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Two defeats in two days for Australia has dragged to a halt any momentum they had heading into the World Cup, which starts in just six days’ time for them, but if Monday’s defeat to India was a blip, Tuesday’s loss to South Africa was just a mauling. Read full story plus a round-up of [...]
Pakistan and South Africa have drawn their first Test in Dubai, with play abandoned with Pakistan 107 runs in arrears an less than an hour of play remaining to complete what had become an impossible chase. Read more at http://blogs.bettor.com/Pakistan-and-South-Africa-draw-first-Test-a41525.
Herschelle Gibbs new autobiography has ensured the South Africa cricket team has been grabbing headlines for all the wrong reasons with the 36-year-old reportedly accusing Proteas’ skipper Graeme Smith of having too great an influence over the side. Read more at http://blogs.bettor.com/Cricket-South-Africa-reacts-to-Herschelle-Gibbs-book-a38569.
South Africa paceman Makhaya Ntini has retired from international cricket after having played 101 Tests and 173 ODI matches for his country. Read the full article at http://blogs.bettor.com/Makhaya-Ntini-retires-from-international-cricket-a38223.
The revolving door of the Pakistan Test captaincy has ushered in yet another new face for the job, and this time it will be Misbah-ul-Haq taking the reins in the five-day format. http://blogs.bettor.com/Misbah-ul-Haq-named-Pakistans-latest-Test-captain-a32756
After winning their ODI series against the West Indies 5-0, South Africa will be looking to continue in the same vein when the first Test of the series in the Caribbean begins tomorrow. With Hashim Amla continuing his fine run of form in the ODIs, and Dale Steyn to lead the bowling attack, the Proteas [...]
With the No. 1 Test ranking on the line in the second Test between India and South Africa, it was again Hashim Amla who led the Proteas batting in the first innings, with a top-score of 114. While Amla gained support from opener Alviro Petersen, who scored an even century, there as precious little support [...]
It’s been a case of coaching musical chairs in the cricket world of late but as South Africa begins its search for Mickey Arthur’s replacement, New Zealand and West Indies have named their off-field leaders. The Caribbean side have named Ottis Gibson as their new head coach, and he’ll take up that role in time [...]
In the wake of South Africa failing to reclaim the No. 1 Test ranking in their recent series against England, Mickey Arthur has quit as the team’s coach. The resignation, effective immediately, means Cricket South Africa’s High Performance Manager, Corrie van Zyl, will stand in as interim coach for the Proteas’ forthcoming tour of India [...]
The ICC has announced it will undertake an independent investigation of the application of the umpire Decision Review System, specifically the procedural issues surrounding the use of the technology, as applied in the fourth Test between England and South Africa this January. The announcement of the investigation follows the ECB’s lodging of an official complaint [...]