India suffered a second successive shock defeat by Zimbabwe, this time losing by seven wickets to the minnows in the triangular series. India, who lost by six wickets to Zimbabwe last Friday, made just 194 from their 50 overs. Off-spinner Greg Lamb took 3-45 in an impressive team bowling performance. In reply, Hamilton Masakadza (66) [...]
South Africa beat the West Indies by one wicket and with two balls to spare at Port of Spain to claim a clean sweep in their five-match one-day series. Shivnarine Chanderpaul’s 67 and 53 from Narsingh Deonarine helped the home side to a solid total of 252-6. Hashim Amla (45), Jacques Kallis (57) and JP [...]
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The United Arab Emirates will provide the venues for Pakistan’s matches against South Africa later this year. Pakistan have not hosted international cricket since terrorists attacked Sri Lanka’s team bus in Lahore in March 2009, killing six policemen and a driver and wounding six members of the touring party. South Africa are scheduled to play [...]
Zimbabwe clinch a shock six-wicket victory over India in the opening game of the Tri-Nations series in Bulawayo. Rohit Sharma smacked four sixes in 114 from 119 balls and Ravindra Jadeja added an unbeaten 61 in India’s 285-5. But Hamilton Masakadza (46) and Taylor (81) put on 88 for the first wicket. Debutant Ervine smashed [...]
South Africa secured a 67-run win over the West Indies in the third one-day international to take an unassailable 3-0 lead in the five game series. South Africa set a modest 224 all out at Windsor Park with AB de Villiers’ 70 the pick of the scores. Morne Morkel’s career best 4-21, ably supported by [...]
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The West Indies Cricket Board have switched the fifth one-day international and first Test of South Africa’s tour from Jamaica to Trinidad because of violent unrest in Kingston. The matches, originally scheduled for Sabina Park on June 3 and June 10-14 respectively, will now take place at the Queen’s Park Oval in Port of Spain [...]
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Pakistan eliminated South Africa from the Twenty20 World Cup with an 11-run win over the Proteas in St Lucia which kept their own qualification hopes alive. The result meant England, who have won both opening Super Eight games, go through to the last four regardless of the outcome of their final match against New Zealand. [...]
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2010 Fifa World Cup