Hosts South Africa will be hoping to make an explosive start when they face West Indies in the first match of the inaugural World Twenty20 tournament on Tuesday.
The match will be preceded by an opening ceremony described by Cricket South Africa as “a musical celebration of South Africa and Twenty20 cricket”, which will involve the […]
Paul Collingwood says England should not be considered favourites to win the inaugural ICC World Twenty20.
England, who face Zimbabwe in their first game on Thursday, go into the event with real momentum after beating India in a seven-match one-day series.
And captain Collingwood’s squad is also full of experienced Twenty20 experts. Read more
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Kenya has begun searching for a new national cricket coach to replace Roger Harper who is stepping down at the end of September after one and half years.
The former West Indies spinner has made his intentions known that he wants to return home in the Caribbean to be close to his wife and two school-going […]
India bowler Jhulan Goswami has won the Women’s Player of the Year at the ICC Awards in Johannesburg tonight.
The 24-year-old from Bengal has had a remarkable year, averaging 12.40 in Test matches and 21.80 in ODIs. Her phenomenal accuracy with the ball is illustrated by her economy rate of 2.10 in Tests and 3.17 in […]
The recent hullabaloo and fatalities in South African cricket have demanded for something fresh, exciting and competent… this is potentially what two brothers by the name of Albie and Morne have in offer.
Albie, a left-handed upper-middle order batsman and right-handed medium-fast bowler will look to stick into the colossal shoes of the ‘dropped’ Jacques Kallis. […]
Mushtaq Ahmed has ended speculation over his future by signing a new two-year deal which will keep him at Sussex until the end of the 2009 season. There had been reports linking him with a move to Warwickshire.
“Sussex is a family club and it is an honour for me to be playing here,” Mushtaq said. […]
Andrew Flintoff says he still hopes to become England captain, despite being stripped of the vice-captaincy in March following the ‘Fredalo’ incident.
He told BBC1’s Inside Sport he did not expect to be offered the job now but added, “if it became available years down the line, who knows? Read more
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Hosts South Africa open the inaugural ICC World Twenty20 on Tuesday against the West Indies in Johannesburg.
The teams are drawn with minnows Bangladesh in Group A, with two of the three going through to the next stage.
South Africa pick from a squad which had a late change when Andre Nel came in for Loots Bosman, […]
When the revelry begins in Johannesburg, all eyes will be on the aggressive batting approach of West Indies opener Christopher Gayle.
Shaun Pollock, on the other hand, is one of the most economical bowlers in ODI history.
At the ICC Champions Trophy 2006 in India, Gayle and his team gave an unexpected hammering to favourites South Africa […]
Strengths
Young, vibrant team led by the aggressive Graeme Smith. They’re going to enjoy the home support, familiarity with pitches and conditions. Also, they have the destructive ‘six-in-six’ Gibbs in their scheme of things.
Weaknesses
Extremely inexperienced lineup. Gibbs, Smith, Pollock, Boucher and Ntini are the only players with substantial experience. The Proteas have depended too much on […]
Ashwell Prince has resigned as president of the South African Cricketers’ association (SACA) following a report in Rapport, an Afrikaans newspaper, that 30 cricketers had signed a memorandum calling for the eradication of the quota system in South African cricket.
Prince, who was currently touring India with the South African A squad, alleged that details of […]
Hasan Raza, currently leading Karachi Urban against Mumbai in the Mohammad Nissar trophy, has been called up to the Pakistan A squad for the first unofficial Test against Australia A along with Asim Kamal, after the two had failed to make it to the one-day team.
Pakistan won all three ODIs against Australia and were scheduled […]