Heinrich Klaasen smashed an unbeaten century as South Africa claimed a 74-run victory over Australia in their first one-dayer played on a slow Boland Park wicket on Saturday. After winning the toss, South Africa overcame an early wobble to post 291 for seven in their 50 overs, a total boosted by the maiden ODI ton from middle-order batsman Klaasen, who crashed 123 from 114 balls. Australia were up with the run-rate for much of their reply, but South Africa then strangled the scoring with intelligent use of the slow pitch as the visitors slumped to 217 all out from 45.1 overs.
Australia bowled out South Africa for a below-par 212 despite David Miller's defiant 101 but the chase was not as straightforward as Pat Cummins and his team would have liked.
'We go into every game with our plans and our ways that we're going to try and win the game'
After electing to bat, Sri Lanka were bowled out for 225, three balls short of their 50 overs, for another below-par score in a series where they have found no answer to South Africa's rampant pace and spin attack.
Sue Redfern is poised to make history as the inaugural ICC-appointed female neutral umpire
IMAGES from the IPL 2024 Qualifier 1 played between SunRisers Hyderabad and Kolkata Knight Riders in Ahmedabad, on Tuesday.
Starc, who is carrying niggles since the Ashes and was rested for Australia's last league match of the World Cup against Bangladesh, was seen training with teammates during Monday's optional session ahead of the Thursday's semi-final.
Rohit Sharma has now led India to the third global final in last 12 months.
One stellar IPL season of 19 wickets in Kolkata Knight Riders' triumphant campaign brought pacer Harshit Rana into the national reckoning.
Images from the second One-Day International between South Africa and India, in Paarl, on Friday.
"We're playing a strong team in India, and as a team, we know we're not good enough at the moment and we have to turn it around."
Thousands of movie buffs remember the double deckers of Mumbai, associating them with stars and blockbuster songs of yesteryear, recalls Debarghya Sanyal.
This period saw big stars of the likes of Sunil Gavaskar and Kapil Dev fade into the sunset while it was witness to the birth of slew of young Indian cricketers that made their mark home and abroad.
From setting up cutting-edge facilities to cater to the domestic market and building capabilities of global standards, the action is building up.
Who do you think should be part of India's playing for the first Test against South Africa?
India captain Virat Kohli led from the front with an unbeaten 72 to help secure his team's comprehensive seven-wicket victory over South Africa in the second Twenty20 International, in Mohali, on Wednesday.
Images from the World Cup match between South Africa and England at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai on Saturday.
Kirsten said Gill, who took over as GT skipper after Hardik Pandya moved to MI, has adjusted to his role well.
England restricted South Africa to 256 for seven in 50 overs. Joe Denly top-scored with 66, reaching their target with 40 balls to spare to claim a share of the series after the second game was washed out by rain.
South Africa's Quinton de Kock top-scored with a fluent 94 as they cruised to a 113-run victory over Sri Lanka and a 2-0 lead in their five-match One-day International series on Wednesday.
Rohit & Co. eye better batting show against USA
Mumbai Indians coach Mark Boucher really felt bad watching skipper Hardik Pandya face hostile reactions and boos from fans throughout the disastrous IPL campaign and admitted that it did affect the star all-rounder, something the management would need to address in coming days.
Aiden Markram stroked a half-century to steer Sunrisers Hyderabad to a comfortable six-wicket victory against Chennai Super Kings.
How India's players rated in the South Africa Test series.
Three South American sides have accounted for almost half of all World Cup titles but their worst overall performance since 2002 has raised the question: Is South American football on the wane?
The ONGC-Hinduja combine would meet Iranian the authorities around mid-April to finalise 'participating agreement' for the development of Phase-12 of the giant South Pars gas field and South Azadegan oilfield, ONGC Chairman and Managing Director R S Sharma told reporters in New Delhi on Wednesday. The consortia was in Tehran earlier this month to do technical due diligence for the two fields but ended up being shown old data for the Phase-12 and no data of South Azadegan.
Who do you think should be part of the Indian team for the T20 World Cup Super 8s match against Australia?
Steve Smith's manager debunks former Australian captain's retirement talks
Sachin Tendulkar, Sania, Mirza, Anil Kumble and Virat Kohli hailed Moon mission Chandrayaan-3's successful landing
Suryakumar Yadav smashed an unbeaten century as Mumbai Indians eased past Sunrisers Hyderabad by seven wickets.
If the IPI deal wins out, then it will send an uplifting message about Indo-Pak collaboration, but also a sobering one about America's international clout.
There is a view that heavyweight portfolios like home, finance, defence and external affairs besides education and culture, two ministries with strong ideological hues, will be kept by the BJP, while its allies can get anywhere between five to eight cabinet berths.
Chasing targets has been their Achilles heel throughout the tournament. The same batters who've plundered the bowling and scored daddy hundreds batting first, have resembled pale shadows of themselves chasing targets.
Images from the World Cup opener between England and South Africa at the Oval, on Thursday.
IPL: Comeback-man Pant the highlight as Delhi Capitals take on Punjab Kings
Disillusioned with the 'politics' in South African cricket administration, Brian McMillan decided to stay away from the game.
Rahul Dravid said he enjoyed every bit of his coaching tenure.
