South African captain Graeme Smith warned the visiting Indian team to find a way to tame Hashim Amla or forget the chance of levelling the three-Test series in the second game starting in Durban on Sunday.
'Don't forget this is a fight between the top two teams in Test cricket. India will come out fighting, especially in the batting department,' said South Africa skipper Graeme Smith on the eve of the Durban Test.
India's dramatic collapse in the first innings notwithstanding, South Africa captain Graeme Smith said there was no demon in the wicket and he was surprised to see the visitors surrendering for a paltry 136.
Images of the Day 2 play of the first Test between India and South Africa played at the Centurion on Friday.
India will be under pressure to justify their number one ranking by winning away from home when they play second-placed South Africa in a three-match Test series, starting at Centurion on Thursday.
In what should please South Africa no end, skipper Graeme Smith and in-form batsman Hashim Amla have been cleared to play in the first Test of the three-match series against India, starting Thursday in Centurion.
The BCCI's refusal to have the Decision Review System during India's tour of South Africa this month has not gone down well with host captain Graeme Smith, who feels the implementation of DRS should be decided by the ICC instead of individual boards.
South Africa captain Graeme Smith has been ruled out of the rest of the second and final Test against Pakistan with a fractured hand.
Former England captain Michael Vaughan has warned South Africa to abstain from its "cocky jibes", saying that they will backfire against the visitors.
It is the first time that India have made a clean sweep in a Test series in the West Indies.
AB de Villiers will take over wicketkeeping duties from Mark Boucher for the limited-overs series against the West Indies. South Africa captain Graeme Smith announced the decision, saying it was prompted by the team's focus on next year's World Cup in the subcontinent.
Despite being accused of creating a divide in the team by Herschelle Gibbs in his autobiography, 'To the Point', South Africa skipper Graeme Smith said the out-of-favour opener could still make a comeback to the national team.
# MS Dhoni was captaining India for the 16th time in the World Cup. He now holds the record of making most appearances as a captain in the World Cup, eclipsing South African Graeme Smith's tally of 15 appearances.
The South African team has the talent and ability to win the 50-over cricket World Cup to be held in the Indian subcontinent next year, feels Andrew Hudson, the newly-appointed convenor of selectors.
Afghanistan, who have honed their cricket skills in a warzone, may pose more of a threat to South Africa's hopes of winning the Twenty20 World Cup than the leading nations, captain Graeme Smith said.
JP Duminy smashed a South African record score of 96 not out to lead the home side to an eight-run victory over Zimbabwe in a Twenty20 International on Sunday. South Africa, who clinched the series 2-0, piled up 194 for six and Zimbabwe made a spirited reply with a national record total of 186 for seven.
Aiden Markram led South Africa to victory at the 2014 Cricket Under-19 World Cup, and had been tipped by current CSA director of cricket Graeme Smith as a future captain for the senior side.
South Africa's new Twenty20 captain Johan Botha has his sights firmly set on taking over the ODI captaincy once Graeme Smith steps down after the World Cup next year.
Off-spinner Johan Botha has replaced Graeme Smith as South Africa's Twenty20 captain, Cricket South Africa (CSA) announced on Saturday.
Graeme Smith will step down as captain of South Africa's One-Day International and Twenty20 teams in order to prolong his career, he said on Wednesday.
Herschelle Gibbs will represent his home team Cape Cobras, instead of his Indian Premier League franchise Deccan Chargers, in this year's Champions League Twenty20 tournament.
Rajasthan Police has confirmed that there is a terror threat to the first One-Day International (ODI) to be played between India and South Africa at the Sawai Mansingh stadium in Jaipur.
Their number one ranking under threat, India cannot settle for anything less than a win when they go into Sunday's final cricket Test against South Africa who received a big boost with their captain Graeme Smith being declared fit.
Mahendra Singh Dhoni had to endure his first Test defeat as captain against a team that had given him his first win as well -- South Africa.
The flat decks in India no longer worry pacers, said South Africa captain Graeme Smith as he attributed Dale Steyn's devastating form in the first cricket Test against India to a changed mindset of not letting conditions dictate bowling.
Reminiscing that 'kind of a T20' knock Gibbs said Australia had left the South Africans with no options but to fire on all cylinders in order to set another world record in the same match.
A magnificent 159 by the ever reliable Jacques Kallis, an equally well-made 115 by Hashim Amla and their unbroken 285-run partnership for the third wicket helped South Africa to a commanding position against India on the first day of the opening Test at Nagpur on Saturday.
South Africa's top batsmen gave a good impression of themselves as the two-day match against Board President's XI ended in a draw in Nagpur on Wednesday. Having bowled out the local side for 318, Graeme Smith and his men did overwhelm the target, folding for 354, but not before leg-spinner Piyush Chawla (4/88) and offie R Ashwin (3/96) exposed the vulnerability of the Proteas, especially the middle and lower order, against turning deliveries.
India will start the forthcoming Test series as favourites but South Africa is good enough to dethrone them and regain the world number one tag, visiting captain Graeme Smith said in Nagpur on Monday.
The visitors commence their short tour with a two-day warm-up game against the Board President's XI, led by Mumbai middle order batsman Rohit Sharma, on February 2. This will be followed by two Tests -- Nagpur (Feb 6-10) and Kolkata (Feb 14-18) and three one-dayers in Jaipur (Feb 21), Kanpur (Feb 24) and Ahmedabad (Feb 27).
A good record in the subcontinent and experienced players will help South Africa on their tour of India after a tumultuous week in which coach Mickey Arthur resigned, captain Graeme Smith said.
Virender Sehwag on Friday slipped to fifth position, loss of one place, in the ICC ranking for the Test batsmen but his fellow opener Gautam Gambhir held on to his top position.
South Africa survived a fiery spell of fast bowling to complete a seven-wicket victory over the West Indies before lunch on day four of the third Test on Tuesday and clinch the series 2-0. Needing 47 to win, the Proteas limped to 49 for three after fast bowler Kemar Roach struck Graeme Smith and Jacques Kallis on the helmet and the umpires had to intervene to keep the peace as tempers flared between the players.
South Africa were 46 for two in reply to the West Indies' modest total of 231 at the end of the first day's play in the third and final Test in Barbados on Saturday. Captain Graeme Smith was unbeaten on 35 at the close, with nightwatchman Paul Harris two not out for the visitors who are 1-0 up in the series.
The second Test was meandering towards a draw when South Africa reached 23 for no loss at the end of the fourth day in St Kitts on Monday, a lead of 20 over West Indies.
South Africa captain Graeme Smith offered his support to under-fire India skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni on Monday after the defending champions crashed out of the World Twenty20.
England captain Andrew Strauss shrugged off criticism from South Africa counterpart Graeme Smith on Thursday that his team's middle-order was under pressure heading into the second Test.
Captain Graeme Smith cracked his 21st Test century to put South Africa in complete control on the first day of the second Test against West Indies on Friday.
South Africa took control of the first Test against West Indies on Saturday after pacemen Dale Steyn, who reached 200 Test wickets, and Morne Morkel had skittled the hosts for 102 on the third day. South Africa, with a first innings lead of 250, declined to enforce the follow-on and extended their lead by reaching 155 for two at the close at the Queens Park Oval in Trinidad.
Experienced South Africa all-rounder Jacques Kallis will not be able to bowl in the first Test against England, captain Graeme Smith said on Tuesday.
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