New Zealand all-rounder, Scott Styris has announced that he will retire from all forms of International cricket. He already announced his retirement from Test cricket in 2008. Styris aged 37 is New Zealand’s 6th highest run scorer in ODI cricket. Styris said that he thought about his future after the World Cup in the sub-continent and [...]
Fast bowler, Abhimanyu Mithun is back in the Indian squad and he hopes to establish himself in the team and catch the selector’s eyes. Mithun is part of the Indian Test squad against West Indies, after both Zaheer Khan and Sreesanth were ruled out due to injuries. Mithun played for India against Sri Lanka, last [...]
South African star batsman and ODI captain, AB de Villiers said that he was looking forward to the challenges of captaincy. de Villiers was made as South Africa’s captain for ODIs and T20 after Graeme Smith stepped down from the position after the World Cup in the subcontinent. de Villiers conceded that he had been [...]
Bangladesh face South Africa in the 39th match of the World Cup at Dhaka. South Africa are already through to the quarter finals but it’s a do or die situation for Bangladesh. If they win their passage is guaranteed to the knock out stages. ‘Progress’ is the word for Bangladeshi cricket team and it carries both- [...]
Ireland face South Africa in the 33rd match of the World Cup at the Eden Gardens in Kolkata. A win here will take South Africa to the top of the Group B standings. Ireland have performed well in this tournament and have been the best of the Associate nations with a surprise win over England [...]
India and South Africa play each other with in the 29th match of the World Cup at the Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium in Nagpur. Currently India are at the top of the Group B with seven points and a win here will confirm their quarterfinal spot. South Africa are on a low after their shocking [...]
West Indies were all-out for 222 runs in their Group B match against South Africa at the Feroz Shah Kotla ground at New Delhi. Darren Bravo top-scored for the Windies with 73 runs. South Africa won the toss and elected to field first. Graeme Smith made a surprise move asking Johan Botha to open the [...]
Ricky Ponting and Michael Clarke scored half centuries to help Australia reach a respectable total. Australia were dismissed for 217 runs in the 48th over. Ricky Ponting won the toss and chose to bat first. However, the Aussies lost both the openers with just six runs on the board. Shane Watson and Brad Haddin made [...]
South Africa won their warm-up game against Zimbabwe at the MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chepauk, Chennai by eight wickets. Zimbabwe chose to bat first after Elton Chigumbura won the toss in the afternoon. Brendan Taylor and Charles Coventry added 49 runs for the first wicket before Coventry (21) was removed by Morne Morkel. Tatenda Taibu departed [...]
Sydney 1992, Edgbaston 1999 and now at Durban in 2003, South Africa were yet again knocked out of the World Cup in the most bizarre manner as they tied the match with Sri Lanka after the rains messed it up for the Proteas who were on the verge of a victory. South Africa who were [...]
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