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For over a decade the burden of Pakistan’s middle order was on the shoulders of Inzamam Ul Haq, Mohammad Yousuf, and Younis Khan.While for the last three years it has been the YoYos with no one stepping up and playing the role that In...(more)

South Africa completed their thorough dismantling of West Indian cricket early on the morning of Day 4 of the third and final Test in Barbados, winning the third Test by seven wickets and the three-Test series 2-0.When added to their wins i...(more)


At last, this the match we’ve been waiting for.
Not because it is the final of a world cup.
Not because it is England versus Australia and has some (but no) semblance to the Ashes.
Okay, it is for those reasons and more, but for me...(more)

Chief Executive of Cricket Australia James Sutherland, on the future of the Australian T20 side:"While hosting Tests here, Australia could have its Twenty20 team touring somewhere else. It is difficult not to see a generation of players com...(more)

Group C should be interesting. Indians and South Africans have played a lot of cricket recently, starting from the Test and ODI series before the IPL. They haven’t had a lot of time to rest, and the rapidly growing up Afghanistan will...(more)

Now that KKR’s campaign is over (I’m leading the Interblogactic IPL Battle table, btw), I can finally concentrate on the team I really support - the Mumbai Indians. They have been the standout team this season, leading the table...(more)

I feel safe calling it a foregone conclusion that South Africa will hand the West Indies their sorry asses in the upcoming three-match Test series.The last time the Windies beat South Africa in a Test series was also the first time, when th...(more)

South Africa squeaked out a one-wicket win in the fifth and final ODI against the West Indies in Port of Spain on Thursday to record another series whitewash against the Islanders, who once again snatched defeat from the jaws of victory.The...(more)

South Africa chased down 304 runs in Dominica today to extend their ODI winning streak against the West Indies to 10 in a row, with a series whitewash just around the corner.A brilliant last over from Dwayne Bravo almost soured matters some...(more)

South Africa went 2-0 up in the ODI series against the West Indies tonight despite the heroics of Darren Sammy, who hit the fastest ever ODI half-century by a West Indian.His 58* off 24 balls featured some of the cleanest hitting you’...(more)

South Africa sealed the two-match Twenty20 series against West Indies in Antigua yesterday with a nailbiting one-run win, on exactly the same crappy pitch used in the first game.How anyone could have sent those sides out to play the second ...(more)

South Africa’s tour of the West Indies got off to a mildly disturbing start last night in Antigua with one of the more peculiar games of Twenty20 I’ve ever witnessed.From atrocious umpiring to unusually tatty Proteas kit, the da...(more)

South Africa kicks off their (huge, extended, everlasting) tour of the Caribbean with two Twenty20 Internationals in Antigua on Wednesday and Thursday and it affords both ailing sides the opportunity to redeem themselves in the T20 format.W...(more)

Much has been ranted about South Africa’s early exit from the World Twenty20 this year, as was bound to happen. What was the alternative? Lashings of undiluted praise and worship?The cold light of dawn on the first day of the rest of ...(more)

World Cup silverware continues to elude South Africa after yet another embarrassingly bad performance saw them cower in fear and choke to death because of it. Here, in St Lucia, on a Monday night.I can handle an honest defeat as manfully as...(more)


England and South Africa are looking good to advance to the quarterfinals of the ICC World Twenty20 after comfortable wins in their opening games of the Super Eights on Thursday, against Pakistan and New Zealand respectively.I’ll go s...(more)

Image via WikipediaMS Dhoni tried to up the ante (as though it was required in the first place) at the beginning of the match against South Africa today - resting one of his strike bowlers (Zaheer Khan) even though he know that his regular ...(more)

India did South Africa a massive favour in beating us by 14 runs in our ICC World Twenty20 game in St Lucia on Sunday and I’d like to be the first to thank MS Dhoni, Suresh Raina, God, my mother and even Pommie Mbangwa for their kindn...(more)
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