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(c)Cricinfo en-gb South Africa's epochal series win in Australia had everything international sport should https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/97600/97645.4.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/429996.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/429996.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-429996 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 How South Africa have controlled overs 16 to 40 in their series against Australia https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/388319.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/388319.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-388319 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Test cricket's very first Jean-Paul is a once-in-a-generation player marked for greatness, as his feats in Australia prove https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/387181.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/387181.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-387181 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Jacques Kallis' ODI batting in numbers https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/ausvrsa2008_09/content/story/386605.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/ausvrsa2008_09/content/story/386605.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-386605 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT After surviving a series of career-threatening slumps, Hayden had the energy and the ability, but not the desire https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/386220.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/386220.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-386220 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Hashim Amla made a slow start to his Test career, but over the last year he has grown immensely in stature https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/385821.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/385821.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-385821 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Stats review of South Africa's 2-1 series win over Australia https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/ausvrsa2008_09/content/story/385689.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/ausvrsa2008_09/content/story/385689.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-385689 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Surely after his heroics on the last day in Sydney, Graeme Smith must own the hearts of all South Africa? https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/385681.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/385681.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-385681 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT South Africa own the bravest man in world cricket, but having Graeme Smith was not enough to secure the most dramatic of draws https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/ausvrsa2008_09/content/story/385632.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/ausvrsa2008_09/content/story/385632.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-385632 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT South Africa have done some fabulous impersonations of previous Australian teams while winning this series, but over the past four days they have also copied the dead-rubber syndrome that afflicted sides led by Steve Waugh and Mark Taylor https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/ausvrsa2008_09/content/story/385505.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/ausvrsa2008_09/content/story/385505.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-385505 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Cracks have been forming all over the place during this series. For two Tests the brittleness was Australia's, but in Sydney the fault lines have been shaking South Africa https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/ausvrsa2008_09/content/story/385403.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/ausvrsa2008_09/content/story/385403.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-385403 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Cricket Australia need to find fresh faces in a hurry, but they may have left it too late already https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/385208.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/385208.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-385208 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT A new year comes with the same problems despite all the resolutions and promises of change https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/ausvrsa2008_09/content/story/385122.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/ausvrsa2008_09/content/story/385122.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-385122 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT The year of the IPL also contained some truly memorable moments from Test cricket. We look back at the important numbers from 2008 https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/review2008/content/story/384986.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/review2008/content/story/384986.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-384986 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT The year of the IPL also contained some truly memorable moments from Test cricket. We look back at the important numbers from 2008 https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/384956.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/384956.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-384956 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Stats preview to the third Test between Australia and South Africa in Sydney https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/ausvrsa2008_09/content/story/384968.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/ausvrsa2008_09/content/story/384968.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-384968 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT South Africa greats hail triumph in Australia https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/ausvrsa2008_09/content/story/384773.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/ausvrsa2008_09/content/story/384773.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-384773 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT The significance of South Africa's historic series win transcends cricket https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/384732.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/384732.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-384732 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Australia's rebuild has turned into a major unplanned renovation after the series defeat to South Africa https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/384715.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/384715.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-384715 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Stats highlights from South Africa's historic eight-wicket win, which gave them their first series win in Australia https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/ausvrsa2008_09/content/story/384711.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/ausvrsa2008_09/content/story/384711.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-384711 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT If Matthew Hayden does not decide to end his career after this match, Australia's selectors must be brave enough to finish it for him https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/ausvrsa2008_09/content/story/384586.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/ausvrsa2008_09/content/story/384586.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-384586 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT There were plenty of stats highlights on a day when South Africa turned the tables on Australia. Here are the important numbers https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/ausvrsa2008_09/content/story/384492.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/ausvrsa2008_09/content/story/384492.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-384492 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT The one-sided day has left Australia with little chance of levelling the series in the next two days https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/ausvrsa2008_09/content/story/384490.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/ausvrsa2008_09/content/story/384490.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-384490 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT It is a measure of South Africa's batting strength that JP Duminy was not in their starting line-up when the tour began. In a similar way that Michael Hussey's first few months of Test cricket left non-Australians wondering how on earth he had been overlo https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/ausvrsa2008_09/content/story/384483.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/ausvrsa2008_09/content/story/384483.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-384483 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT South Africa's batsmen struggled through one of the more ferocious spells of the summer as Peter Siddle finished the day with 3 for 24 from 13 overs https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/ausvrsa2008_09/content/story/384379.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/ausvrsa2008_09/content/story/384379.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-384379 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT At the end of a year he this week described as the toughest of his career, Ricky Ponting's outstandingly fluent 101 on Boxing Day was an excellent sign https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/ausvrsa2008_09/content/story/384279.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/ausvrsa2008_09/content/story/384279.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-384279 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Plays of the day from day one of the Boxing Day Test between Australia and South Africa at the MCG https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/ausvrsa2008_09/content/story/384253.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/ausvrsa2008_09/content/story/384253.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-384253 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Matthew Hayden has played the muscular biffer, pillaging mostly average attacks with great success. Is he among the greatest openers, as his figures seem to indicate? https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/384173.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/384173.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-384173 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Already 1-0 down in the series, and with their No. 1 ranking under severe threat, Australia couldn't have asked for a better venue to mount a fightback https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/ausvrsa2008_09/content/story/384155.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/ausvrsa2008_09/content/story/384155.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-384155 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT South Africa have never, yet, snared a series in Australia. But suddenly their corner looks very compellingly like the one to be in https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/383709.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/383709.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-383709 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Stats highlights from South Africa's historic run-chase against Australia in Perth https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/ausvrsa2008_09/content/story/383688.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/ausvrsa2008_09/content/story/383688.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-383688 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT History is written by the victors and this year South Africa have made so many alterations to the accepted version that the past is now irrelevant https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/ausvrsa2008_09/content/story/383687.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/ausvrsa2008_09/content/story/383687.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-383687 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Why South Africa aren't really challenging Australia for No. 1 yet https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/383589.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/383589.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-383589 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT On a day when Rahul Dravid at least delayed further queries about his retirement plans, Matthew Hayden's second failure of the match against South Africa has only intensified speculation over his future https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/ausvrsa2008_09/content/story/383411.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/ausvrsa2008_09/content/story/383411.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-383411 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Mitchell Johnson is like a wind-up toy. He'll tear in at the same speed all day but he has to be pointing in the right direction when the string is pulled https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/ausvrsa2008_09/content/story/383245.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/ausvrsa2008_09/content/story/383245.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-383245 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Since the teams last met nearly three years ago Australia's power has diminished while South Africa have grown stronger https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/ausvrsa2008_09/content/story/382581.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/ausvrsa2008_09/content/story/382581.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-382581 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT South Africa have been better in Australia than their recent results there indicate. Will they finally lay the ghosts to rest this time? https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/382333.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/382333.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-382333 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Stats preview to the first Test between Australia and South Africa in Perth https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/ausvrsa2008_09/content/story/382332.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/ausvrsa2008_09/content/story/382332.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-382332 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT His overall stats against Australia are admittedly modest: in 18 Tests he averages only 38.32, but since 2000, his numbers have been much better https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/381716.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/381716.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-381716 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT South Africa may not really need Jacques Kallis' runs at the moment, but he is a long way from being dispensable just yet https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/381286.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/381286.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-381286 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Australia's low-key series win over New Zealand did not deliver all the solutions ahead of the South Africa title fight https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/380728.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/380728.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-380728 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Duncan Fletcher wants to coach, but without the pressure of responsibility, and that's exactly what the South Africa job gives him https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/378895.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/378895.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-378895 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT