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(c)Cricinfo en-gb The toughest country to beat in their own backyard, and the Indian who's had an amazing 10 months https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/102100/102104.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/399974.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/399974.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-399974 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT How South Africa's bright new all-round hope got serious and got going https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/101200/101226.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/399135.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/399135.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-399135 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Can Australia's captain rebuild an empire ravaged by age and retirement? https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/98200/98255.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/397602.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/397602.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-397602 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT The shortest format has well and truly come into its own and can no longer be sneered at https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/101200/101226.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/397560.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/397560.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-397560 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT A look at why the umpiring referrals system is flawed https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/99700/99706.6.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/397162.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/397162.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-397162 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Bryce McGain should be given all the help he needs to make sure his first Test is not his last https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/396806.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/396806.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-396806 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Stats review of the Test series between South Africa and Australia https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/rsavaus2009/content/story/396531.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/rsavaus2009/content/story/396531.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-396531 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT The Australians must have been waiting for table service at Newlands, where they failed to handle what Harris dished up in a Man-of-the-Match performance that earned him his best match figures of 9 for 161 https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/rsavaus2009/content/story/396418.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/rsavaus2009/content/story/396418.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-396418 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT The Mitchell Johnson allrounder debate is over. His captain says he's an allrounder. He says he's an allrounder. The figures from this tour back them up https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/rsavaus2009/content/story/396407.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/rsavaus2009/content/story/396407.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-396407 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT AB de Villiers' contribution of 163 continued his brilliant series, which had been the intention when the coach Mickey Arthur declined to push him up to open https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/rsavaus2009/content/story/396263.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/rsavaus2009/content/story/396263.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-396263 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Ashwell Prince's return century was also an innings of defiance, not so much against a limp Australia attack but against the shabby way he had been handled by the selectors https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/rsavaus2009/content/story/396094.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/rsavaus2009/content/story/396094.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-396094 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT There was just one problem for Australia - five spare bowlers, no extra batsmen - which meant there was no one to cover for an injured batsman https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/rsavaus2009/content/story/395928.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/rsavaus2009/content/story/395928.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-395928 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT The world's most experienced Test umpire hangs up his boots after the Newlands Test https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/100600/100675.5.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/395527.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/395527.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-395527 Thu, 27 Jun 2024 07:35:27 GMT Stats preview of the third Test between South Africa and Australia in Cape Town https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/rsavaus2009/content/story/395644.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/rsavaus2009/content/story/395644.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-395644 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT An exciting new left-hander of Indian origin may just be the answer to South Africa's opener crisis https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/99200/99244.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/395558.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/395558.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-395558 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Australia now seem to have the wood on their favourite whipping boys for good https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/100400/100424.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/395311.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/395311.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-395311 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT South Africa's greatest strengths on their triumphant tour of Australia were unity and dignity. Those two qualities are disappearing fast https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/100200/100248.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/rsavaus2009/content/story/394892.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/rsavaus2009/content/story/394892.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-394892 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Australia have had to strain every sinew for the win against South Africa. It makes for a nice change https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/394840.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/394840.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-394840 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT The likes of Phil Hughes and Marcus North have made a case for blooding fresh talent https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/394769.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/394769.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-394769 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT A dead rubber it may have been, but the victory in Sydney provided Australia's rookies with invaluable self-affirmation of their abilities at international level https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/rsavaus2009/content/story/394707.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/rsavaus2009/content/story/394707.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-394707 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT The lack of a full-time slow bowler to tie down an end for long chunks of the day while also probing for wickets could prove detrimental to an Australian attack full of young and heavily burdened bodies https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/rsavaus2009/content/story/394510.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/rsavaus2009/content/story/394510.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-394510 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Don Bradman on Friday. George Headley on Sunday. It's a shame Test matches don't span three innings per team or Phillip Hughes could have tried to knock off Garfield Sobers on Tuesday https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/rsavaus2009/content/story/394312.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/rsavaus2009/content/story/394312.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-394312 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT If Johannesburg began as the mirror image of Perth until a changed ending, the second Test in Durban is starting to resemble the corresponding match in Melbourne https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/rsavaus2009/content/story/394103.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/rsavaus2009/content/story/394103.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-394103 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Dale Steyn is the world's No. 1-ranked fast man and Mitchell Johnson is second on the list and on day two in Durban they showed that a fast-bowling community screaming out for new stars is in good hands https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/rsavaus2009/content/story/394102.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/rsavaus2009/content/story/394102.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-394102 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT When Phillip Hughes went into triple-figures with a pair of consecutive sixes he became Australia's most youthful Test centurion in 43 years https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/rsavaus2009/content/story/393917.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/rsavaus2009/content/story/393917.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-393917 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT In the first two sessions of the opening day the South Africans' minds were elsewhere when they should have been focused on making a bold statement to give their series a much-needed boost https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/rsavaus2009/content/story/393916.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/rsavaus2009/content/story/393916.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-393916 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Brydon Coverdale presents the plays of the day from day one in Durban https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/rsavaus2009/content/story/393829.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/rsavaus2009/content/story/393829.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-393829 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Stats preview of the second Test between South Africa and Australia to be played in Durban https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/rsavaus2009/content/story/393494.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/rsavaus2009/content/story/393494.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-393494 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Six of the highest 13 partnerships in Test cricket have come in the last six-odd years; the last three months alone have produced six remarkable stands https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/393326.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/393326.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-393326 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Jacques Kallis may not count among the most exciting of run-machines, but it's been a rather sturdy engine that has helped the South African clock 20,000 international runs https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/rsavaus2009/content/story/392743.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/rsavaus2009/content/story/392743.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-392743 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Instead of scratching their heads for clone of Andrew Flintoff, who haunted them during the 2005 Ashes, the penny has started to drop that attempting to copy natural ability is like trying to replicate the Mona Lisa https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/rsavaus2009/content/story/392696.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/rsavaus2009/content/story/392696.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-392696 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Batting has been most difficult in South Africa over the last four years, and the job has been especially tough for those at the top of the order https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/392432.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/392432.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-392432 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT He may lack the appeal but he has the numbers. Is it so sacrilegious to wonder if he's greater even than Sir Garry? https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/391570.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/391570.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-391570 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/rsavaus2009/content/story/392450.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/rsavaus2009/content/story/392450.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-392450 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT He's done the hard yards and bided his time; his chance may finally have arrived https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/392335.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/392335.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-392335 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Stats preview to the first Test between South Africa and Australia in Johannesburg https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/rsavaus2009/content/story/392164.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/rsavaus2009/content/story/392164.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-392164 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT The win in Australia was an expression of hope; the potential needs to be taken to the next level now https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/391857.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/391857.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-391857 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT In between bouts with Australia, South Africa's pace spearhead has been wrestling wild animals and learning to talk a good game https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/390916.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/390916.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-390916 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT The signs are that Australia may have put the worst behind them https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/390407.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/390407.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-390407 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Australia's touring party for South Africa is a sensible squad chosen with an eye to both the present and future https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/rsavaus2009/content/story/389279.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/rsavaus2009/content/story/389279.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-389279 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT