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(c)Cricinfo en-gb Northerns middle order batsman Martin van Jaarsveld is the only new cap named in the South African team to play Bangladesh in the first Castle Lager/MTN Test match at Buffalo Park in East London from the 18th to the 22nd of October https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/southafrica/content/story/122123.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/southafrica/content/story/122123.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-122123 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Kevin Pietersen's sensational 69-ball hundred, England's fastest in one-day cricket was not enough to save England from defeat in a thrilling fifth one-day international at East London https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/144479.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/144479.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-144479 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Despite a top-order wobble, South Africa clinched a six-wicket win and an unassailable series lead over Zimbabwe in the rescheduled second one-day international at East London https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/rsavzim/content/story/259871.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/rsavzim/content/story/259871.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-259871 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Border Cricket has been told it must defend its position as Eastern Cape cricket's fanchise administrative centre https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/southafrica/content/story/210353.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/southafrica/content/story/210353.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-210353 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Verdict https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/144459.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/144459.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-144459 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Kevin Pietersen's sensational 69-ball hundred, England's fastest in one-day cricket was not enough to save England from defeat in a thrilling fifth one-day international at East London https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/144452.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/144452.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-144452 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT England's women won the second ODI against South Africa at East London by a handsome 119 runs, to draw level in the five-Test series https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/southafrica/content/story/136837.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/southafrica/content/story/136837.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-136837 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT The West Indians' tour match against Border at East London ended in a drizzly draw after persistent rain, and a saturated outfield meant there was no play for the second consecutive day https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/126013.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/126013.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-126013 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Boundary-studded innings from Brian Lara and Shivnarine Chanderpaul set up a handy West Indian total at Buffalo Park in East London https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/125984.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/125984.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-125984 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT After their glum-faced humiliation against India the smiles returned to Sri Lanka's players on Saturday as they booked themselves into the World Cup semi-finals with a 74 run victory against Zimbabwe at Buffalo Park https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/130450.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/130450.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-130450 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT After nets on Friday there will be a press conference with Sanath Jayasuriya and Dav Whatmore at Buffalo Park https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/130365.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/130365.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-130365 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT The public are reminded that, in keeping with an assurance made earlier this year, a limited number of tickets will become available in the ticketing system for the nine upcoming Super Six matches which start on Friday https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/130214.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/130214.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-130214 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT After John Davison's fastest-ever ICC Cricket World Cup century against West Indies, his Canada colleague Ishwar Maraj broke a batting record of a completely different sort against South Africa on Thursday https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/127051.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/127051.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-127051 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT South Africa captain Shaun Pollock was full of praise for his team after their 118-run victory over World Cup minnows Canada. https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/127031.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/127031.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-127031 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT South Africa began their World Cup with an upset they could ill afford as a sublime Brian Lara century sent the Proteas scurrying to defeat https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/127029.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/127029.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-127029 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Lance Klusener (RSA) needs 3 wickets to join the 25 World Cup wicket-club Shane Pollock (RSA) needs 4 wickets to join the 25 World Cup wicket-club https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/127010.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/127010.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-127010 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Young pace bowler James Anderson had a dream start to his World Cup career, while England emerged from the nightmare of the last week to get their World Cup campaign off to a very satisfactory winning start https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/126716.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/126716.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-126716 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT England's World Cup build-up continued smoothly at Buffalo Park, where they strolled to a comprehensive win over Border in their second lead-up match https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/126428.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/126428.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-126428 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT England's bowlers put in another clinical performance to set up what should be another manageable victory target at Buffalo Park against Border https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/126425.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/126425.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-126425 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT With all the national players available, the Standard Bank Cup semi-finals sees full strength Border and Western Province meet in East London while the giant killers Boland and Griqualand West meet in an interesting encounter in Paarl https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/southafrica/content/story/127676.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/southafrica/content/story/127676.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-127676 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT In a remarkable and tense fourth round Standard Bank Cup clash in East London, Border became the first side to qualify for a home semi-final in beating Easterns by 16 runs https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/southafrica/content/story/113397.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/southafrica/content/story/113397.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-113397 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT All but buried alive, South Africa came back from deaths door with an inspired spell of bowling from Captain Shaun Pollock and Makhaya Ntini, bowling Pakistan out for 120 in 36.2 overs and winning the third Standard Bank One-Day International by 62 https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/southafrica/content/story/113088.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/southafrica/content/story/113088.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-113088 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT South Africa, thanks to a much improved David Terbrugge, wasted no time at the start of day four of the inaugural Test against Bangladesh at Buffalo Park in East London to record an innings and 107 run victory https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/122273.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/122273.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-122273 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Asked to follow on after being dismissed for 170 in their first innings, Bangladesh have shown resilient defence in their second innings of the first Test against South Africa at Buffalo Park in East London. https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/122264.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/122264.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-122264 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Bangladesh are in danger of following-on after South Africa, declaring at 529/4, reduced the visitors to 153/7, still 176 runs behind the follow-on target https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/southafrica/content/story/122247.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/southafrica/content/story/122247.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-122247 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Gary Kirsten became the first Test player in world cricket to score a century against all of the nine Test playing nations when he completed the full house with a hundred for South Africa against Bangladesh on day one of the inaugural Test at Buffalo https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/southafrica/content/story/122228.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/southafrica/content/story/122228.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-122228 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Two South African venues have been granted new Test Match status by the ICC this summer and, when Bangladesh play the first Castle Lager/MTN Test match at Buffalo Park, East London, from the 18th of October, that ground becomes the seventh venue in https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/southafrica/content/story/122124.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/southafrica/content/story/122124.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-122124 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT The fifth match between Australia 'A' and South Africa 'A' in EastLondon, South Africa, has been abandoned without a ball being bowled. https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/123201.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/123201.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-123201 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Mark Bruyns, who had to left Natal during the off-season in search of a regular game, guided Border to a comprehensive nine-wicket victory over Boland in a Standard Bank Cup match at Buffalo Park in East London Sunday https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/98091.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/98091.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-98091 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT India and the South African A team finally gave up their unequal struggle against the elements in East London on Monday by calling off their four-day game on the morning of the third day https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/107873.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/107873.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-107873 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT For the second day running no play was possible in India's four-day game against the South African A team at Buffalo Park in East London on Sunday, bringing the total number of days lost either to the elements or the conditions by the Indians in the https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/107860.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/107860.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-107860 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT India's attempts to get out on the field in between international fixtures were again thwarted in East London on Saturday when the first day's play in the four-day match against a South African A team was called off because of a wet outfield https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/107820.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/107820.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-107820 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT India have a chance to regroup and reorganise over the next four days in the sleepy seaside town of East London where the tourists meet a South African A team at Buffalo Park https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/107782.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/107782.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-107782 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Still smarting from the nine-wicket loss at Bloemfontein, the Indian team will take the field at Buffalo Park, East London, on Saturday hoping to iron out some glaring flaws in a first-class match against South Africa A https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/107770.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/107770.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-107770 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT KwaZulu-Natal Dolphins captain Dale Benkenstein has been selected to replace the injured HD Ackerman (shoulder injury) as captain of the South Africa 'A' team to play against India in their tour match in East London this weekend https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/southafrica/content/story/107758.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/southafrica/content/story/107758.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-107758 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT South Africa eased ahead of India in the Standard Bank One-Day series at Buffalo Park in East London on Friday night, winning the third meeting between the two teams in the tournament by 46 runs https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/109164.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/109164.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-109164 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT South Africa have retained their 14-man squad for the Standard Bank One-Day International against India in East London on Friday https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/109011.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/109011.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-109011 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Border got one foot into the final of the Supersport Series later this month when they wrapped up a comfortable 164-run victory over Boland at Buffalo Park on Sunday to take 15 points, the same margin by which they are now clear of nearest rivals https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/southafrica/content/story/104942.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/southafrica/content/story/104942.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-104942 Thu, 20 Mar 2025 14:11:02 GMT The ball is in Border's court https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/southafrica/content/story/104904.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/southafrica/content/story/104904.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-104904 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Three wickets by offspinner Geoff Love late on Thursday put Border in a healthy position after the first day of a vital Super Eight encounter against one of the two sides still in a position to prevent them reaching a third successive Supersport https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/southafrica/content/story/104815.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/southafrica/content/story/104815.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-104815 Thu, 20 Mar 2025 13:42:16 GMT Northerns swept into the Standard Bank Cup final with an emphatic nine-wicket win over Border at Buffalo Park on Sunday which stood in sharp relief to the hard-fought first two legs of this semi-final https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/southafrica/content/story/99130.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/southafrica/content/story/99130.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-99130 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Only two days previously, Jacques Rudolph struck a magnificent century and still saw his side Northerns beaten by another plucky display from Border as they took the most dramatic of 1-0 leads in this best-of-three semi-final of South Africa's https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/southafrica/content/story/99087.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/southafrica/content/story/99087.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-99087 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Border reached the close on the second day needing 95 more runs for victory with nine wickets standing and two full days' play left https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/southafrica/content/story/98772.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/southafrica/content/story/98772.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-98772 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT POOR batting and useful bowling by two potent attacks on a pitch of variable bounce saw 15 wickets fall on the first day https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/southafrica/content/story/98725.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/southafrica/content/story/98725.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-98725 Thu, 20 Mar 2025 13:42:16 GMT A stunning collapse by Free State saw them bowled out for just 154, handing Border victory by 55 runs at Buffalo Park and giving them a bonus point for the comprehensive nature of their victory https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/southafrica/content/story/99904.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/southafrica/content/story/99904.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-99904 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Man of the match Pieter Strydom ended the game tantalisingly poised on a hat-trick as Border wrapped up a comprehensive 125-run victory over the Dragons with 8.3 overs to spare https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/southafrica/content/story/86885.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/southafrica/content/story/86885.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-86885 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT It was the 1662st ODI in cricket history https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/86795.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/86795.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-86795 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT With an utterly charming Neil McKenzie century as the cornerstone, South Africa produced their best one-day performance of the summer to crush Sri Lanka by 95 runs in the second game of the Standard Bank Series at Buffalo Park on Sunday https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/86677.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/86677.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-86677 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT New Zealand duly completed a 211-run victory over Border in East London on Monday, but ended the match possibly not a great deal closer knowing the composition of their seam attack for the second Test match against South Africa starting in Port https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/92617.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/92617.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-92617 Thu, 20 Mar 2025 14:11:02 GMT Adam Parore warmed up for the second Test match with a century in less than three hours against Border on Sunday, but the most thought-provoking effort of the day came from Andrew Penn who made a strong argument for inclusion in the side for Port https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/92591.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/92591.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-92591 Thu, 20 Mar 2025 13:42:16 GMT Any hangover left over from defeat in the first Test match was blown away in the sea breeze at East London's Buffalo Park on Saturday as Stephen Fleming's New Zealand tourists rattled up 311 for four declared before grabbing three Border wickets in https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/92556.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/92556.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-92556 Thu, 20 Mar 2025 13:42:16 GMT Border rose from the ashes of a disappointing first knock of 244 to rip out the Easterns top order https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/92169.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/92169.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-92169 Thu, 20 Mar 2025 13:42:16 GMT Western Province beat Border by 77-runs in their Supersport Series match at Buffalo Park in East London on Monday https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/91659.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/91659.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-91659 Thu, 20 Mar 2025 14:11:02 GMT Western Province set Border 321-runs to win their four-day Supersport Series match at Buffalo Park in East London on Sunday https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/91631.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/91631.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-91631 Thu, 20 Mar 2025 14:11:02 GMT Western Province set Border 321-runs to win their four-day Supersport Series match at Buffalo Park in East London on Sunday https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/91630.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/91630.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-91630 Thu, 20 Mar 2025 14:11:02 GMT Western Province were on 286 for five at the close of play on the first day of their four day Supersport Series match against Border in East London on Friday https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/91517.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/91517.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-91517 Thu, 20 Mar 2025 13:42:16 GMT Whoever loses during the 2003 World Cup program, it is not going to be the treasurers running the six Test unions in South Africa and which are to host five games each during the month-long event https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/90984.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/90984.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-90984 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT The Natal bowling attack will have to show significant improvement in their crucial Super Eight match against Border in East London from Friday if Dale Benkenstein's team are to achieve their aim of reaching the SuperSport Series final https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/87809.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/87809.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-87809 Thu, 20 Mar 2025 13:42:16 GMT Pieter Strydom's 125 followed by penetrative seam bowling put Border exactly where they wanted to be after two days of this match https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/83613.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/83613.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-83613 Thu, 20 Mar 2025 13:42:15 GMT