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• Semi Final brings Pakistan a full circle

  A tale of the PowerPak v. the Safferers: Albie in the Finals!!! Steyn alive, charging like a Jacques ... for one Morkel, made it to Botha Finals" - Younus Khan 23 minutes ago Will this be Pakistan's Doom(iny)? 29 minutes ago Wasim bowling to... Posted Jun 18 2009, 01:08 PM with | with no comments Filed under: South Africa, ICC, Pakistan, Jacques Kallis, T20I, Younus Khan, World Cup, World T20, Afridi, Umer Gul, Roelof van der Merwe, Shahid Afridi

• Choke De! South Africa?

  Indian fans might not have the opportunity to chant their favorite catchphrase any longer in the second ever World T20 Cup. The news cloud online seems to be full of suggestions that they could have a similar-sounding one for South Africa, if their previous... Posted Jun 17 2009, 12:27 PM with | with 5 comment(s) Filed under: South Africa, World Cup, Favorites, Aussies, Chak De India, Chak De

• Hindsight is 20-20

  Ok ... what just happened? We all have come to terms with the fact that the 2009 edition of the Indian Premier League is NOT actually being in India. But how many of us were ready for the rest of the topsy-turvy ouctomes in just 2 days of IPL? All 8 teams... Posted Apr 20 2009, 04:19 AM with | with no comments Filed under: IPL, Sachin Tendulkar, South Africa, Rahul Dravid, India, Chargers, Bhajji, Anil Kumble, Vettori, Ojha, Rajasthan Royals, Dada, Mumbai Indians, Chennai Super Kings, Bangalore Royal Challengers

• And then there were (n)one - Part 1 - The wins

  Agatha Christie's famous novel did have one left in the end though the readers find that out only in the end. Similarly, when Edwards walked in,walked in the latest thriller @ ARG(ggg), England could have been forgotten for thinking that it was a... Posted Feb 21 2009, 07:10 PM with | with 1 comment(s) Filed under: West Indies, Sri Lanka, South Africa, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Cricket Test, One wicket, 1 wicket

• Bradman's perfection

  Do you know what Don Bradman's Test average is? Of course you do. Except, apparently, you don't. Via Ottayan comes news that Charles Davis, a cricket-mad statistician, says he's uncovered a possible missing four runs from Bradman's record... Posted Aug 23 2008, 07:27 AM with | with no comments Filed under: South Africa, statistics, Australia, Don Bradman, apartheid

• Team ESPN takes on ICC/BCCI?

  Even before this Sunday's ICC teleconference decision day , South Africa have backed out of the Champions Trophy : CSA studied security in Pakistan and plans for the event, along with reports from the South African government. South African Cricketers... Posted Aug 22 2008, 05:48 AM with | with 2 comment(s) Filed under: BCCI, South Africa, ICC, ESPN-Star

• Lanka progress and Fab Four decline

  As England wrap up a final Test win against South Africa, with that cynical little man back in action , Sri Lanka win the series against India . Straight Point breaks out a statistics analysis against sleepy Fab Four supporters to argue that the Fab Four... Posted Aug 11 2008, 05:57 AM with | with 3 comment(s) Filed under: India1, Sachin Tendulkar, Sri Lanka, South Africa, England, S. Badrinath, Fab Four

• Smith smites England

  Graeme Smith extraordinary century gives South Africa their first series win in England since their re-entry into the international game : Smith made an unbeaten 154 as South Africa won by five wickets to take a winning 2-0 lead in the four-Test series... Posted Aug 03 2008, 08:00 AM with | with no comments Filed under: South Africa, Graeme Smith, England

• India win by spin; England struggles with Twenty20

  India manage to win what was a close game in style. Mahesh tries to find a turning point : After the game, I tried to look back at the turning point of the game. Was it Ganguly’s 87 in the first innings, the 46 runs India added for the last wicket or... Posted Apr 13 2008, 08:03 AM with | with no comments Filed under: India1, Mike Brearley, South Africa, Twenty20