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India (average score: 4.7)
8 - Sachin Tendulkar (326 runs at 81.5): Looked the most comfortable (Indian) batsman in the Centurion Test, didn’t contribute to the Durban Test victory, and showed a batting masterclass at Cape Town. Point...(more)

We are good on 4th JanuaryWhat a test match this has been !! Whatever happens over the next two days, this series will definitely go down as one of the most gripping tests played in recent times by the two best teams in the cricketing world...(more)

This is obviously a great big time-saver of a post, so I won’t waste time setting it up or explaining it, even though that’s exactly what I just did.
Both the first South Africa-India first test at the Centurion and the Austral...(more)

In a few days time, the number one side in test cricket India would lock horns with the number two side South Africa for test supremacy. It promises to be a mouth watering contest between the top two teams in the rankings. I do expect a clo...(more)

South Africa announced their twelve for the first test match yesterday - leaving out Parnell, Duminy and Botha from the initial squad. The squad looks formidable on paper - just have a look at the team below:Graeme Smith (capt), AB de Vill...(more)

Has Paul Harris become superfluous to South Africa’s needs over the course of one Test? The evidence seems to suggest so.He has been comprehensively out-bowled by Johan Botha in the Test series against the West Indies - Botha has only...(more)


Dale Steyn and Morne Morkel proved beyond doubt they are the most devastating new-ball pairing in Test cricket when they ran through the West Indies in the first Test in Port of Spain like a rhino through butter.Although I should probably t...(more)

I feel safe calling it a foregone conclusion that South Africa will hand the West Indies their sorry asses in the upcoming three-match Test series.The last time the Windies beat South Africa in a Test series was also the first time, when th...(more)

Much has been ranted about South Africa’s early exit from the World Twenty20 this year, as was bound to happen. What was the alternative? Lashings of undiluted praise and worship?The cold light of dawn on the first day of the rest of ...(more)

It was officially confirmed today that Paul Harris has left the Titans and joined the Highveld Lions, although it was reported on this blog almost a month ago to the day.The Titans were unable to guarantee him a place in all three versions ...(more)

Cricket South Africa annoucned their squads for the South African tour of the West Indies today, including a shortlisted 18-man squad for the ICC World Twenty20 which includes newcomer Rusty Theron and old-timer Justin Kemp.Directly after t...(more)


The Highveld Lions won the first leg of their best-of-three Standard Bank Pro20 semifinal against the Titans in Johannesburg this evening off the last ball of the match, as Robbie Frylinck heaved David Wiese over the boundary for six.Four r...(more)

India’s Virender Sehwag has moved to the top of the ICC Player Rankings for Test batsmen after his heroics during the second Test against South Africa in Kolkata.The opening batsman smashed 165 in the first innings and has gained five...(more)

As bad as India’s bowlers were in Nagpur, in Kolkata South Africa’s were no better. Although it was a devastating batting collapse that ultimately cost South Africa the second Test, the bowlers were unable to reproduce their pri...(more)

India’s innings victory over South Africa in the second Test in Kolkata was as complete a turnaround in form as you’re likely to see. A strange case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Singh.Zaheer Khan and Harbhajan Singh started the rot lat...(more)


Leg-spinner Imran Tahir has blasted the management of his Titans franchise for not selecting him in recent times and revealed he has been approached about a move to the Dolphins in Durban. Interviewed in the March issue of The Wisden C...(more)
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