Topic: South Africa
Sri Lanka's sports minister on Wednesday blamed the cricket team's poor form on team bickering, squad politics and the influence of players' agents.Addressing parliament, Minister Mahindananda Aluthgamage said players had admitted disunity and miscommunication were distracting the team.He was responding to a ...
Sri Lanka's fast bowler Nuwan Pradeep has been ruled out of the ongoing tour of South Africa after tearing his right hamstring, Sri Lanka Cricket said on Monday.Pradeep, 25, suffered the injury while bowling during the warm-up game against the South Africa ...
The touring Sri Lankans had more joy on the third and final day of a warm-up match before facing South Africa from Thursday in the first of three Tests.They restricted a South African Invitation X1 to 34 runs Sunday while grabbing four ...
India's Virender Sehwag was on Friday hailed as a "genius" by teammates and opponents after smashing the highest individual score in one-day cricket with a scintillating double-century.Sehwag hammered 219 off 149 balls in the fourth one-dayer against the West Indies in Indore ...
Daniel Christian was added Monday to the Australian squad for this week's second and final Test against New Zealand in Hobart as the home side look to wrap up a series win.The South Australian allrounder, yet to make his Test debut, was ...
Tillakaratne Dilshan said on Monday he would like to continue as Sri Lanka captain for another tour before deciding about his future after losing his third one-day series in a row.A Shahid Afridi-inspired Pakistan edged out Sri Lanka by 26 runs on ...
Geoff Marsh said Wednesday that Australia's capitulation for a mere 47 in the first Test against South Africa was a "one off" thing and that his country's team is still one of the top sides in the world.South Africa won the Test ...
Renowned cricket writer Peter Roebuck committed suicide in his hotel room South African police confirmed to AFP on Sunday.England-born Roebuck, 55 and a former first class cricketer, was covering the ongoing Test series between South Africa and Australia.Captain Frederik van Wyk, spokesman ...
Opening batsman David Warner has been named as a replacement player in Australia's squad for this week's second Test against South Africa in Johannesburg, Cricket Australia said on Sunday.The New South Wales batsman will replace Shaun Marsh, who is continuing his recovery ...
South Africa beat Australia by eight wickets on the third day of the first Test at Newlands on Friday, taking a 1-0 lead in the two-match series.Scores: Australia 284 and 47. South Africa 96 and 236-2.122788353&bid=informcom" /> Copyright 2011  AFP Global Edition
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