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(c)Cricinfo en-gb Advocate Brent Lockie, a senior barrister from Edinburgh, will team up with the former West Indies captain, Clive Lloyd, to carry out an independent investigation into the Umpire Decision Review System controversy https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/65400/65407.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/ci-icc/content/story/445854.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/ci-icc/content/story/445854.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-445854 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT The ICC is planning a meeting with television broadcasters in March to sort out problems arising from the Umpire Decision Review System https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/91100/91130.3.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/ci-icc/content/story/445765.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/ci-icc/content/story/445765.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-445765 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT The ICC will appoint a panel to investigate whether Daryll Harper in the television umpire's room had the volume feed turned up to the appropriate level during the fourth Test between South Africa and England at the Wanderer https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/113000/113002.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/445671.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/445671.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-445671 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT The South Africa coach has expressed his "mixed feelings" about the Umpire Decision Review System (UDRS), and has called for standardising the use of the system across the world by using all the tools available https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/112600/112648.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/southafrica/content/story/445034.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/southafrica/content/story/445034.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-445034 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Graeme Smith, the South African captain, and Morne Morkel, one half of his hostile new-ball pair, have climbed to career-best rankings after South Africa's resounding victory in the fourth Test at the Wanderers. https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/113100/113109.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/rsaveng09/content/story/444950.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/rsaveng09/content/story/444950.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-444950 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Andrew Strauss has defended his decision to sit out of England's tour of Bangladesh, saying it is an effort to save himself from burn-out during a busy 18-month period which includes the Ashes series and the World Cup https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/bdeshveng2010/content/story/444948.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/bdeshveng2010/content/story/444948.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-444948 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Andrew Strauss has been rested for England's forthcoming tour of Bangladesh, but he may yet miss more matches for England after his team was fined for maintaining a slow over rate during the course of South Africa's victory in the final Test of the series https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/112300/112362.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/rsaveng09/content/story/444893.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/rsaveng09/content/story/444893.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-444893 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT The plays of the day from the fourth and final day at the Wanderers https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/113100/113108.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/rsaveng09/content/story/444585.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/rsaveng09/content/story/444585.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-444585 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Morne Morkel routed England's lower-order in a spell of 3 for 0 in six deliveries, before JP Duminy extracted the battling Paul Collingwood for a brave but futile 71, as South Africa levelled the series https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/113100/113107.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/rsaveng09/content/story/444573.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/rsaveng09/content/story/444573.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-444573 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT The ECB have asked the ICC to reinstate the review that was used up for the controversial appeal against Graeme Smith on the second day at the Wanderers https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/113000/113006.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/rsaveng09/content/story/444425.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/rsaveng09/content/story/444425.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-444425 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT England's bowlers claimed three vital wickets in a gripping first hour of the third morning at Johannesburg before AB de Villiers and Mark Boucher responded with an urgent sixth-wicket stand of 89 https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/113000/113052.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/rsaveng09/content/story/444424.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/rsaveng09/content/story/444424.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-444424 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT The ICC match referee has insisted that Daryl Harper did everything right when he controversially ruled Graeme Smith not out to a reviewed caught behind appeal https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/112900/112988.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/rsaveng09/content/story/444392.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/rsaveng09/content/story/444392.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-444392 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT England have announced they intend to lodge an official complaint following Graeme Smith's controversial reprieve by the third umpire, Daryl Harper, during the second day of the fourth and final Test at Johannesburg https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/rsaveng09/content/story/444322.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/rsaveng09/content/story/444322.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-444322 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Plays of the day from day two, South Africa v England, 4th Test, Johannesburg https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/112900/112998.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/rsaveng09/content/story/444317.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/rsaveng09/content/story/444317.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-444317 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Graeme Smith's second century in as many innings hoisted South Africa into a position of utter authority on the second day of the fourth and final Test at the Wanderers, but England's fading hopes in the contest were boosted by a massive thunderstorm https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/112900/112998.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/rsaveng09/content/story/444277.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/rsaveng09/content/story/444277.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-444277 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT The depths of confusion surrounding the call-up of Imran Tahir to the South Africa squad for the second Test against England have been revealed https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/112900/112981.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/rsaveng09/content/story/444256.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/rsaveng09/content/story/444256.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-444256 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Plays of the day from day one, South Africa v England, 4th Test, Johannesburg https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/112800/112894.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/rsaveng09/content/story/444153.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/rsaveng09/content/story/444153.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-444153 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT England's hopes of emerging from South Africa with a memorable series win were dealt a devastating blow on a breathless first day at Johannesburg, as Dale Steyn and Morne Morkel combined with ruthless intent a helpful but not unplayable surface https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/112800/112893.3.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/rsaveng09/content/story/444041.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/rsaveng09/content/story/444041.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-444041 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Kevin Pietersen's performances against South Africa were always going to be analysed in great depth - it has been the story of his career - but his poor returns in Cape Town have turned the spotlight squarely on him ahead of the series decider at the Wand https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/111700/111722.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/rsaveng09/content/story/443911.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/rsaveng09/content/story/443911.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-443911 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT The next five days will give an indication of whether South Africa can recapture the form that took them to the top of the world rankings https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/110700/110700.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/rsaveng09/content/story/443899.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/rsaveng09/content/story/443899.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-443899 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT For Andrew Strauss the final Test against South Africa is the type of contest that "gets the juices flowing" with the prospect of a significant series victory if England either win or draw at the Wanderers. https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/112800/112810.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/443885.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/443885.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-443885 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Andrew Miller previews the fourth and final Test between England and South Africa at Johannesburg https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/112700/112721.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/rsaveng09/content/story/443862.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/rsaveng09/content/story/443862.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-443862 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Regardless of the result in the final Test at the Wanderers, England will leave South Africa with more international victories than defeats. If anyone had offered that outcome two months ago they would have been greeted with bemused looks https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/112000/112017.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/rsaveng09/content/story/443845.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/rsaveng09/content/story/443845.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-443845 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT South Africa are trying to convince everyone that they aren't feeling sorry for themselves as they enter the final Test against England needing a win to level the series despite having dominated two of the three matches https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/112300/112348.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/rsaveng09/content/story/443722.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/rsaveng09/content/story/443722.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-443722 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Dale Steyn believes that the departure of Makhaya Ntini from South Africa's Test team has been the making of his new new-ball partner, Morne Morkel https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/112200/112229.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/rsaveng09/content/story/443712.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/rsaveng09/content/story/443712.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-443712 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Dale Steyn can't quite believe that South Africa are 1-0 down going into the final match of their series against England, after the manner in which they dominated both drawn Tests at Centurion and Cape Town https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/112300/112399.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/rsaveng09/content/story/443711.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/rsaveng09/content/story/443711.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-443711 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT At the end of a batsman's career, history rates them by how many hundreds they have scored for their country, but for Paul Collingwood there should be an extra column. How many Tests he has saved for England https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/112400/112440.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/rsaveng09/content/story/443710.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/rsaveng09/content/story/443710.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-443710 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT This time last year Monty Panesar was still his country's first-choice spinner, but he has slipped so far down the pecking order that questions are circulating as to whether he has an international future https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/112600/112663.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/rsaveng09/content/story/443579.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/rsaveng09/content/story/443579.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-443579 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT South Africa have had to shelve plans to assess their spin-bowling options after they were forced to withdraw Imran Tahir from the squad for the final Test against England https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/105500/105564.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/rsaveng09/content/story/443574.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/rsaveng09/content/story/443574.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-443574 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT One of the key challenges that England will have to confront as they aim to secure a series victory against South Africa won't actually come from the home side, but rather the geographical location of the Wanderers https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/112200/112247.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/rsaveng09/content/story/443558.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/rsaveng09/content/story/443558.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-443558 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT South Africa will bank on home advantage finally paying off against England with a pitch that will boost their chances of levelling the series in the final Test https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/96800/96840.3.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/rsaveng09/content/story/443555.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/rsaveng09/content/story/443555.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-443555 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Jonathan Trott's return to South Africa was always likely to be one of the talking points of this tour, and he has made an instant impression with a series of half-centuries in the Twenty20s, ODIs and, significantly, the first Test at Centurion where he h https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/rsaveng09/content/story/443544.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/rsaveng09/content/story/443544.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-443544 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT With England heading into the final Test against South Africa with a 1-0 lead the selectors are feeling vindicated in their choices for this tour, after the original squad raised some eyebrows https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/112200/112240.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/443466.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/443466.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-443466 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT South Africa will bank on home advantage finally paying off against England with a pitch that will boost their chances of levelling the series in the final Test https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/112400/112442.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/rsaveng09/content/story/443295.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/rsaveng09/content/story/443295.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-443295 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Barely a day after they named him in the squad for the crucial final Test against England, South Africa's selectors have withdrawn Imran Tahir, the uncapped legspinner, owing to his ineligibility to represent the country https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/105500/105564.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/rsaveng09/content/story/443220.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/rsaveng09/content/story/443220.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-443220 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Ian Bell has rated his last-day heroics at Newlands higher than his century in England's win in Durban https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/112400/112422.4.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/rsaveng09/content/story/443215.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/rsaveng09/content/story/443215.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-443215 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Wayne Parnell, the left-arm paceman, is in line for a Test debut against England at the Wanderers with Friedel de Wet struggling with injury https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/111700/111738.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/rsaveng09/content/story/443205.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/rsaveng09/content/story/443205.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-443205 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Stuart Broad and James Anderson, the two England bowlers at the centre of the recent ball-tampering controversy, have steadfastly defended their actions during the third Test against South Africa https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/112300/112376.5.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/rsaveng09/content/story/443197.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/rsaveng09/content/story/443197.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-443197 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Coach Andy Flower hailed Paul Collingwood's "bulldog spirit" after his role in England's latest great escape at Newlands https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/112400/112440.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/443144.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/443144.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-443144 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Wayne Parnell is in line for his Test debut in South Africa's must-win final Test against England at the Wanderers next Thursday https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/104800/104828.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/rsaveng09/content/story/443135.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/rsaveng09/content/story/443135.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-443135 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Cricket has always been a game of narrow margins, but this is ridiculous https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/112200/112295.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/rsaveng09/content/story/443016.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/rsaveng09/content/story/443016.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-443016 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Plays of the day from the 5th day of the 3rd Test between England and South Africa at Cape Town. https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/112400/112407.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/442991.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/442991.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-442991 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT South Africa moved two steps closer to squaring the series on the fifth and final morning of the third Test in Cape Town, as James Anderson and Jonathan Trott were prised from the crease https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/112400/112422.4.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/rsaveng09/content/story/442914.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/rsaveng09/content/story/442914.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-442914 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Alastair Cook believes England can draw on recent experiences to haul themselves to safety in the third Test at Newlands https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/rsaveng09/content/story/442840.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/rsaveng09/content/story/442840.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-442840 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT AB de Villiers accused Stuart Broad of being "a little bit naughty" for stepping on the ball early in South Africa's second innings https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/112100/112156.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/rsaveng09/content/story/442836.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/rsaveng09/content/story/442836.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-442836 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Plays of the day from day four of the third Test between South Africa and England at Cape Town https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/112300/112381.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/rsaveng09/content/story/442824.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/rsaveng09/content/story/442824.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-442824 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Andrew Strauss and Alastair Cook completed the first leg of England's survival bid in the third Test at Newlands, successfully negotiating a typically hostile new-ball onslaught from Morne Morkel and Dale Steyn https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/112300/112381.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/rsaveng09/content/story/442745.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/rsaveng09/content/story/442745.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-442745 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT South Africa will not lay an official complaint over England's treatment of the ball during the third day's play at Cape Town https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/112300/112314.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/rsaveng09/content/story/442621.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/rsaveng09/content/story/442621.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-442621 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Plays of the day for day three of the third Test between South Africa and England at Cape Town https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/112200/112276.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/rsaveng09/content/story/442615.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/rsaveng09/content/story/442615.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-442615 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Graeme Smith loves nothing better than to grind England into the dust, and on the hottest day of the tour so far, he produced an innings of intensity and drive to set up the prospect of a series-squaring victory in the third Test at Newlands https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/112200/112295.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/rsaveng09/content/story/442521.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/rsaveng09/content/story/442521.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-442521 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Makhaya Ntini has said he hasn't signed a contract to play county cricket in England as a Kolpak player because he believes his Test career isn't finished https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/112100/112125.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/southafrica/content/story/442486.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/southafrica/content/story/442486.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-442486 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Plays of the day for day two of the third Test between South Africa and England at Cape Town https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/112200/112216.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/rsaveng09/content/story/442422.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/rsaveng09/content/story/442422.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-442422 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Alastair Cook reproduced the calm obduracy of his Durban century to steady England with a vital unbeaten 65, and Ian Bell demonstrated a new-found resilience https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/112200/112229.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/rsaveng09/content/story/442320.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/rsaveng09/content/story/442320.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-442320 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Plays of the day from the 1st day of the third Test between South Africa and England at Cape Town https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/112100/112149.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/rsaveng09/content/story/442218.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/rsaveng09/content/story/442218.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-442218 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Makhaya Ntini, South Africa's iconic fast bowler, is expected to announce his retirement from international cricket later this week https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/112100/112125.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/rsaveng09/content/story/442147.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/rsaveng09/content/story/442147.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-442147 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Jacques Kallis has proven, time and again, that he is South Africa's man for a crisis https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/112100/112166.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/rsaveng09/content/story/442131.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/rsaveng09/content/story/442131.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-442131 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT The most important sporting event this year for the country of South Africa starts in June, but for the cricket team the next five days are what matters https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/112100/112126.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/rsaveng09/content/story/442041.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/rsaveng09/content/story/442041.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-442041 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Having rekindled Ashes memories with their draw at Centurion, followed by Stuart Broad's and Graeme Swann's second-innings demolition of South Africa at Durban, England are now hoping to avoid a repeat of what happened against Australia https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/112100/112124.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/rsaveng09/content/story/442039.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/rsaveng09/content/story/442039.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-442039 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Graeme Smith has admitted the decision over Makhaya Ntini's is a "sensitive" issue, but he didn't give the struggling fast bowler his unqualified support https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/111700/111738.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/rsaveng09/content/story/442030.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/rsaveng09/content/story/442030.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-442030 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Cricinfo previews the third Test between South Africa and England in Cape Town https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/rsaveng09/content/story/442022.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/rsaveng09/content/story/442022.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-442022 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Mickey Arthur has confirmed South Africa are set to make changes for Newlands https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/111800/111815.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/rsaveng09/content/story/441955.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/rsaveng09/content/story/441955.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-441955 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Paul Collingwood is rated 50-50 to be fit for the third Test against South Africa in Cape Town https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/112000/112093.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/rsaveng09/content/story/441954.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/rsaveng09/content/story/441954.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-441954 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT South Africa's convenor of selectors, Mike Procter, has called on the team to show their "character" after the innings-and-98-run drubbing against England at Durban https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/112000/112053.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/rsaveng09/content/story/441898.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/rsaveng09/content/story/441898.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-441898 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Stuart Broad has defended his on-field behaviour after recent criticism since the start of the series against South Africa https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/111600/111630.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/rsaveng09/content/story/441887.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/rsaveng09/content/story/441887.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-441887 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Stuart Broad can now remember Durban for the good times. His fourth-afternoon spell put England on course for their crushing innings-and-98-run victory https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/112000/112050.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/rsaveng09/content/story/441876.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/rsaveng09/content/story/441876.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-441876 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/102600/102641.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/441812.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/441812.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-441812 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT For a long time it appeared that the five overs Graeme Swann bowled in a one-day international against South Africa, at Bloemfontein, on the 1999-2000 tour might be the sum total of his England career https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/112000/112075.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/rsaveng09/content/story/441809.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/rsaveng09/content/story/441809.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-441809 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT England's cricketers needed just 18 overs on the final morning at Durban to wrap up a thumping innings-and-98-run victory in the second Test https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/112000/112071.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/rsaveng09/content/story/441764.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/rsaveng09/content/story/441764.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-441764 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Plays of the day from day four at Durban https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/112000/112051.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/rsaveng09/content/story/441705.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/rsaveng09/content/story/441705.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-441705 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT A sensational collapse of six wickets for 23 in 71 balls left South Africa clinging to the wreckage of their second innings at Kingsmead https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/112000/112051.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/rsaveng09/content/story/441660.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/rsaveng09/content/story/441660.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-441660 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT England suffered an injury scare shortly before the start of the fourth day's play in Durban when Paul Collingwood dislocated his left index finger during fielding practice https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/112000/112037.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/rsaveng09/content/story/441643.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/rsaveng09/content/story/441643.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-441643 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Plays of the day from the third day of the second Test between South Africa and England at Durban https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/111900/111994.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/rsaveng09/content/story/441568.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/rsaveng09/content/story/441568.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-441568 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Alastair Cook produced a performance of limitless concentration and increasing authority to post his tenth Test century in his 50th appearance https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/112000/112000.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/rsaveng09/content/story/441534.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/rsaveng09/content/story/441534.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-441534 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT The former Indian captain has said the reason why Stuart has not even been reported or called before the match referee over his petulance, is because of his father, Chris Broad, the ICC match referee https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/111300/111313.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/rsaveng09/content/story/441451.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/rsaveng09/content/story/441451.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-441451 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/111900/111963.5.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/441429.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/441429.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-441429 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Andrew Strauss took a leaf out of Dale Steyn's batting textbook, and launched England's innings in the same aggressive manner with which South Africa's No. 10 had closed that of his own team https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/111900/111947.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/rsaveng09/content/story/441390.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/rsaveng09/content/story/441390.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-441390 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Plays of the day from the first day of the second Test at Durban https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/rsaveng09/content/story/441308.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/rsaveng09/content/story/441308.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-441308 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Plays of the day from the first day of the second Test at Durban https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/111900/111905.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/rsaveng09/content/story/441300.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/rsaveng09/content/story/441300.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-441300 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT South Africa's old guard of Graeme Smith and Jacques Kallis combined superbly in a third-wicket stand of 150 to claw their side into the ascendancy on the opening day of the Boxing Day Test at Kingsmead, but England claimed five wickets in 17 overs https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/111900/111902.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/rsaveng09/content/story/441245.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/rsaveng09/content/story/441245.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-441245 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Cricinfo previews the second Test between South Africa and England in Durban https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/rsaveng09/content/story/441128.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/rsaveng09/content/story/441128.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-441128 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT If either side can take the series lead in Durban then they really will have the momentum https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/111700/111742.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/rsaveng09/content/story/441113.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/rsaveng09/content/story/441113.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-441113 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT South Africa coach Mickey Arthur is confident Dale Steyn will be fit to resume his new-ball duties in the second Test at Durban https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/111800/111816.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/rsaveng09/content/story/441012.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/rsaveng09/content/story/441012.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-441012 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT There was no way Andrew Strauss was going to reveal England's plans for the second Test against South Africa at Kingsmead, but an unchanged line-up is an increasing possibility. https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/111700/111722.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/rsaveng09/content/story/441007.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/rsaveng09/content/story/441007.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-441007 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT South Africa captain Graeme Smith has assured Makhaya Ntini of his starting place in the second Test against England at Durban even if Dale Steyn recovers from his hamstring injury https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/111500/111593.4.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/rsaveng09/content/story/440898.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/rsaveng09/content/story/440898.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-440898 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Kevin Pietersen has backed the actions of Jonathan Trott in standing his ground during their run-out mix-up at Centurion, which ended a partnership of 145 that was taking England towards a comfortable draw in the opening Test against South Africa https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/111700/111724.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/440896.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/440896.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-440896 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT England's coach, Andy Flower, has jumped to the defence of the underperforming batsman, Ian Bell https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/111700/111788.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/rsaveng09/content/story/440732.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/rsaveng09/content/story/440732.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-440732 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Jonathan Trott won't be changing the way he bats despite riling the South Africans with the slow nature of his preparations https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/111500/111575.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/rsaveng09/content/story/440646.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/rsaveng09/content/story/440646.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-440646 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Dale Steyn is not a certain starter for the Boxing Day Test in Durban and expects an early decision to be made over the state of his hamstring injury https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/99500/99501.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/rsaveng09/content/story/440643.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/rsaveng09/content/story/440643.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-440643 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Graeme Smith has suggested that England over-celebrated their last-gasp draw in the opening Test at Centurion https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/rsaveng09/content/story/440510.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/rsaveng09/content/story/440510.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-440510 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT For a moment, Paul Collingwood thought he'd made a fatal decision that would cost England the first Test at Centurion https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/111700/111735.9.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/rsaveng09/content/story/440509.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/rsaveng09/content/story/440509.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-440509 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT The ICC should be very grateful to England. Whether they are winning, losing or drawing, it's rarely dull https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/111700/111744.4.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/rsaveng09/content/story/440507.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/rsaveng09/content/story/440507.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-440507 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT The plays of the day from the fifth and final day at Centurion https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/111700/111739.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/rsaveng09/content/story/440495.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/rsaveng09/content/story/440495.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-440495 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Wayne Parnell, the uncapped left-arm seamer, has been dropped from South Africa's squad for the next two Tests against England in Durban and Cape Town https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/104800/104828.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/rsaveng09/content/story/440469.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/rsaveng09/content/story/440469.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-440469 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Kevin Pietersen injected England's innings with some much-needed confidence following the early dismissal of both overnight batsmen https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/111700/111742.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/rsaveng09/content/story/440456.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/rsaveng09/content/story/440456.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-440456 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT The plays of the day from the fourth day at Centurion https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/111600/111688.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/rsaveng09/content/story/440372.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/rsaveng09/content/story/440372.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-440372 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT England's bowlers produced a morning session of immense discipline on an increasingly treacherous surface to claim three vital South African wickets and haul themselves ever further into contention https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/111600/111691.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/rsaveng09/content/story/440324.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/rsaveng09/content/story/440324.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-440324 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT The series turned feisty on the third day at Centurion Park, when England's No. 8, Stuart Broad, was involved in an ugly on-field exchange with the umpires after being given out lbw following a delayed review from the South Africans https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/111600/111630.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/rsaveng09/content/story/440259.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/rsaveng09/content/story/440259.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-440259 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT The plays of the day from the third day of the first Test at Centurion https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/111500/111593.4.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/rsaveng09/content/story/440242.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/rsaveng09/content/story/440242.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-440242 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Makhaya Ntini claimed the big wicket of Andrew Strauss for 46, and the left-arm spinner Paul Harris capped an excellent spell by bowling his close friend and former Under-19 team-mate, Jonathan Trott, for 28 https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/111600/111637.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/rsaveng09/content/story/440147.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/rsaveng09/content/story/440147.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-440147 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT The plays of the day from the second day of the first Test at Centurion https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/111500/111573.2.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/440031.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/440031.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-440031 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT