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South Africa start the Test series today against India, the team is as follows:
Graeme Smith (capt), Ashwell Prince, Hashim Amla, Jacques Kallis, AB de Villiers, JP Duminy, Mark Boucher (wk), Dale Steyn, Wayne Parnell, Morne Morkel, Paul Ha...(more)

The battle for the world’s number one ranking is on when India host South Africa in the first Test in Nagpur starting on Saturday.The odds are stacked heavily in India’s favour as all they need is a drawn series to win the $175,...(more)

The second (and final) day of South Africa’s tour match against the Indian Board President’s XI in Nagpur was a good one for the batsmen, with everyone spending some quality time in the middle.Jacques Kallis was the hot tamale o...(more)

So I wandered onto the ICC website to see what delights were to be found.And I found out that:Jimmy Anderson like Pulp Fiction.Dale Steyn likes Happy Gilmore.AB De Villiers likes Gladiator.and . . . Paul Collingwood "loves" Dumb and Dumber....(more)

The day didn’t begin as badly as I might have feared it would. With Graeme Smith flying and Jacques Kallis just beginning at the close last night, it didn’t look good.Smith only added 21 to his overnight score before he went cau...(more)

Team of the day: England...just!Player of the day: Jacques KallisAndrew Strauss elected to bowl after winning the toss, citing the good overcast conditions and the patches of green on the wicket as the reasons for his decision.He ...(more)

England 356 (Swann 81, Harris 5-123) and 11 for 1 (Cook 4*, Anderson 6*) need another 353 runs to beat South Africa 418 (Kallis 120, Swann 5-110) and 301 for 6 dec (Amla 100) Team of the day: South AfricaPlayer of the day: Hashim Am...(more)

South Africa 418 & 182/5 (61.0 ov) England 356 South Africa lead by 244 runs with 5 wickets remainingTeam of the session: South Africa Player of the session: Hashim AmlaOh, how one session can change the course of a match. In ...(more)

SA 80/4 (32.0 ov, AB de Villiers 17*, HM Amla 34*, SCJ Broad 1/14) - Lunch Team of the session: EnglandPlayer of the session: Graham OnionsI thought that today’s first session was vitally important, we needed to take wickets and fast,...(more)

Dale Steyn might think the IPL was a paid holiday but it’s time the IPL franchises found a way to earn the return on their overseas investments. It’s time to bring back the supersub so that the owners don’t throw money at ...(more)


No-one was quite sure what it was, but everyone agreed that it was very clear that the stumps suddenly seemed like they were going to explode.
Billy Bowden backed away. Monty Panesar attempted to protect himself with his oversized hands an...(more)
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This is how I saw it: Vettori high fiving, so someone was out – hope it’s not Dilshan. Replay. Dilshan facing, so it is Dilshan. No wait, that’s not a catch, the ball ricochets off Vettori’s hand, hits the stumps, and knocks the bai...(more)

Last week Wisden announced their inaugural Test XI, the team of 2008. The purpose of the team’s announcement was to recognize the best players in the game and their contributions for the calendar year. The Wisden Test XI read as follows:1...(more)

These numbers are a few weeks old, but if you’ve ever wondered how the Facebook community rallies around certain players, wonder no more.Kevin Pietersen - 6,689Daniel Vettori - 1, 049Ricky Ponting - 4,922Dale Steyn - 1,587Anil Kumble ...(more)

South Africa produced an ominously clinical performance to send Scotland packing in the ICC World Twenty20, beating them by the second highest margin of 130 runs
de Villiers and South Africa crush Scotland - Read the rest of the piece at Cr...(more)

These numbers are a few weeks old, but if you’ve ever wondered how the Facebook community rallies around certain players, wonder no more.Kevin Pietersen - 6,689Daniel Vettori - 1, 049Ricky Ponting - 4,922Dale Steyn - 1,587Anil Kumble ...(more)

Each Test between Australia and South Africa in this 6 Test series has been a seesawing affair, ending well into the 5th day. This Test, not so much. South Africa have dominated since the 2nd hour of Day 1 and things have gotten only worse ...(more)

Well, there’s only some meaningless Twenty20 and ODI’s between now and the Ashes. So as the focus shifts from sledging South Africans to the traditional Aussie/England rivalry, a new author has joined Cricket-Blog, an Englishman...(more)
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