South Africa captain Graeme Smith praised young left-arm seamer Wayne Parnell for his five-wicket haul in their five-wicket Champions Trophy win over New Zealand on Thursday.
Ashwell Prince has been recalled to replace the injured Graeme Smith as South Africa captain for the third Test against Australia where he will open the batting alongside debutant Imraan Khan.
Left-arm seamer Wayne Parnell claimed a maiden five-for to help South Africa score a comfortable five-wicket victory over New Zealand and revive their campaign in the Champions Trophy at the Centurion on Thursday
Interestingly, Kevin Pietersen's debut as England captain comes against South Africa -- the country of his birth.
Graeme Smith hit a sprightly half-century as South Africa, bidding to complete the highest successful run chase in Tests, reached 178 for two after the fourth day of the first Test against Australia on Sunday.
All-rounder Andrew Flintoff was recalled to the national team on Monday after England took only three South African wickets on the last two days of the first Test at Lord's. Former captain Flintoff, 30, who has not played Test cricket since January last year, is the only the change to an England 12 named shortly after a sixth successive Test draw.
South Africa captain Graeme Smith will play in the three-Test series against Australia starting this month after missing the two teams' recent one-day series through injury.
Bollywood actress Shilpa Shetty and her business partner Raj Kundra on Tuesday bought a 12 per cent stake in the Indian Premier League team Rajasthan Royals, the inaugural champions of the Twenty20 event.
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 African captain Graeme Smith and New Zealand captain Daniel Vettori are among those who have agreed to join the Indian Premier League.
South Africa will be without their injured captain Graeme Smith in the two Twenty20 and five ODI matches against Australia and Johan Botha would lead the side in his absence, coach Micky Arthur said in Sydney on Thursday.
Peter Siddle took three wickets to give Australia the upperhand as South Africa were reduced to 198 for seven at stumps on day two of the second Test at the MCG in Melbourne on Saturday. Captain Graeme Smith scored a fine 62 but kept losing wickets at regular intervals in reply to Australia's first innings score of 394.
The Rajasthan Royals team in the ongoing Indian Premier League gives you a few lessons on how to create wealth.
The continuing form slump coupled with Australia's overall decline may prompt opener Matthew Hayden to retire from cricket after the ongoing Test series against South Africa. Hayden, who has been woefully out of touch all through the season, may end his career after the third Test in Sydney.
Australia were 341 for 9 against South Africa at the end of first day's play in the first Test at Perth.
Statistical highlights of the fourth day's play in the first Test between India and England.
Ricky Ponting's over-rate woes after spin wizard Shane Warne's retirement have cost the Australian cricket team a hefty 130,000 dollars in fines so far.
Australian all-rounder Shane Watson powered Rajasthan Royals to a commanding seven-wicket victory over Bangalore Royal Challengers.
Jacques Kallis, the top run-scorer in the Twenty20 World Cup, will miss South Africa's final second round match against India on Tuesday because of injury. Captain Graeme Smith told a news conference on Monday that Kallis, who has scored 174 runs in four matches at opener, is suffering from a minor back injury.
Impressed with South Africa's performance in the ongoing Twenty20 World Cup, former fast bowler Alan Donald has rated Graeme Smith's men as the favourites to clinch the title in second edition of the tournament.
Losing the toss three straight times in India has frustrated Faf du Plessis so much that South Africa's embattled Test captain has suggested doing away with the rule in the five-day format.
After putting up just 128 for 7, the Proteas restricted the Kiwis to 127 for 5.
Jaffer and Sehwag on Friday registered their first double century partnership for the first wicket - their third 100-plus in Tests.
South Africa are confident they will put their selection problems behind them during their forthcoming Test series in India, captain Graeme Smith said in Chennai on Saturday. The tourists arrived for the three-Test series amid a storm or controversy following the omission of paceman Andre Nel to fulfil the team's quota of non-white players.
South Africa beat West Indies by one run to win their two-match Twenty20 series 2-0 after an exciting final over.
India's formidably consistent match-winners have a date with history in the New Year when they take on an out-of-sorts South Africa in the second Test in Johannesburg from Monday in pursuit of a coveted first-ever series win in the Rainbow Nation.
An unbeaten 62 off only 30 balls by the dashing all-rounder enabled Rajasthan Royals recover from a bad start and score a five-wicket victory in the Indian Premier League match in Centurion on Tuesday.
Here is a list of cricketers who are not offering value for money so far in the second season of the Indian Premier League. We must note, however, that a couple of good knocks or good spells can quickly change numbers.
Graeme Smith may have led South Africa to the pinnacle in the limited overs cricket but he is still comfortable with Shane Warne in the forefront of the Rajasthan Royals team in the Indian Premier League.
South African captain Graeme Smith feels Andrew Symonds' return to Australia's national team could be "disruptive" if the all rounder was not managed carefully.
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.
Currently the number one ODI side, South Africa will hope to maintain status quo while Australia would be seeking a coup when the sides cross sword in the five-match ODI series starting in Durban later this week.
South Africa all-rounder Jacques Kallis will captain the side in the third Test against Australia next week. Kallis replaces Ashwell Prince, the official vice-captain, who was recalled to the team after captain Graeme Smith broke his finger in the second Test in Durban.
South Africa were 138 for seven at the close of the second day of the second Test against South Africa at Kingsmead on Saturday.
South Africa captain Graeme Smith will miss the third and final Test against Australia after fracturing a finger, the team said on Saturday.
South Africa captain Graeme Smith plans to put extra pressure on Australia's newcomers in the second Test starting on Friday after his side's comprehensive defeat in the first Test.
South Africa struggled to handle Australia's seam attack on a tricky Wanderers pitch, limping to 85 for three at the close of the second day of the first Test Friday.
South Africa dismissed England for 231 on the first day of the third Test on Wednesday after further failures for captain Michael Vaughan and Paul Collingwood.
Two into one doesn't go. That's what captains Graeme Smith of South Africa and Australia's Ricky Ponting must have realised as they posed with the Reliance Mobile ICC Test Championship mace on Tuesday. The two teams are vying for the number one ranking in Test cricket and the mace that goes with it but only one of them will walk away with that prize at the end of the three-match series that starts in Johannesburg on Thursday.
South Africa frustrated England's attempts to force a result on the final day of the first test at Lord's on Monday with more stubborn defence on a somnolent pitch to earn a draw. A rearguard action, which started on Saturday evening when South Africa followed on 346 runs in arrears, ended on Monday with the visitors 393 for three in their second innings.
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