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(c)Cricinfo en-gb It was the 1507th Test in cricket history https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/85127.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/85127.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-85127 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT The authorities in the cricket world have lately been facing the predicament of having to take harsh decisions against leading cricketers of their respective countries https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/85033.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/85033.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-85033 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT All things considered, South Africa could not have asked a great deal more of Shaun Pollock and his overhauled team than has been forthcoming in Sri Lanka over the past five to six weeks https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/84984.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/84984.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-84984 Thu, 20 Mar 2025 14:11:01 GMT Bright sunshine graced the Sinhalese Sports Club this evening as the game petered out into a predictable draw https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/84974.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/84974.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-84974 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Its crunch time on the morning of the third and final test match here in Sri Lanka https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/84965.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/84965.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-84965 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT The final test match of a previously enthralling series has become an anticlimax, a victim of the timid approach of both sides and the return of the monsoon https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/84938.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/84938.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-84938 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Were this a heavyweight boxing bout, something it thankfully hasn't become despite some ordinary umpiring once again, it would have involved much sparring but few knockout punches https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/84905.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/84905.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-84905 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Well, what can you say https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/84902.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/84902.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-84902 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT The second test of the final test match was for the most part a gloomy occasion https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/84871.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/84871.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-84871 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT After the dramatic and quite remarkable scenes in Kandy it was back to normality at the Sinhalese Sports Club today https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/84835.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/84835.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-84835 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT It was the 1505th Test in cricket history https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/84801.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/84801.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-84801 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT With the old guard performing but the youth still struggling to achieve the consistency required, the selectors have addressed the demi-crisis created by Sri Lanka's loss in Kandy, by returning to the comfort of experience https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/84799.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/84799.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-84799 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT A few years ago Fanie de Villiers argued that South Africans don't quit https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/84774.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/84774.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-84774 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Seldom can a team have so stubbornly refused to lie down and die https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/84724.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/84724.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-84724 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT The fourth day for the second test match between South Africa and Sri Lanka started amidst controversy surrounding a late night inspection of this Kandy pitch by the match referee, Brian Hastings, and umpire, Darryl Harper https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/84714.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/84714.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-84714 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT When we arrived here in Sri Lanka on the 1st of July, there was nothing much happening but as the tour progressed and the days have gone by, we've ventured out a bit into the city of Colombo to check out its features https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/84713.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/84713.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-84713 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Their backs firmly nestled against the wall and the ignominy of a series defeat stretching before them, the South African's bravely fought themselves back into this game throughout the day https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/84690.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/84690.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-84690 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Well, we've arrived in Kandy, the mountainous village region of Sri Lanka where the second test match is to be held https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/84674.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/84674.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-84674 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT When the dark clouds descended on this ground and the players left the field for bad light, it would have been the South Africans who were most relieved https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/89403.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/89403.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-89403 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT The new boundary hoardings that have graced this idyllic hill county stadium, courtesy of the Board of Control for Cricket in Sri Lanka (BCCSL), proclaim that, "cricket stimulates the nation." On a day of fluctuating fortunes, brilliant strokeplay https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/89379.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/89379.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-89379 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Day 27 and yes, it seems like we are still not used to the heat https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/89321.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/89321.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-89321 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Of all the mistakes made by Shaun Pollock in his first Test match as captain (and, let's be honest, he made a few), the worst by some distance was his failure to call the toss correctly on the first morning in Galle https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/89320.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/89320.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-89320 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT The two-day practice match between the touring South Africans and the Board XI which ended in a draw at the De Soysa Stadium yesterday saw fast bowler Nantie Hayward and batsman Tillekeratne Dilshan enhancing their claims for places ahead of Sunday's https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/89311.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/89311.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-89311 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT South Africa's fastest bowler Nantie Hayward put himself in line for a Test recall when he crashed through the Board XI batting taking five wickets for 32 runs on the opening day of the two-day practice match played at the De Soysa Stadium, Moratuwa https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/89273.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/89273.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-89273 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT It was the 1504th Test match in cricket history https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/89261.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/89261.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-89261 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Well, we've just returned from Galle, a lovely seaside resort a few hours drive down the coast from Colombo with picturesque views and really interesting people https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/89237.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/89237.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-89237 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT With the monsoon rains not forthcoming for the South Africans, the Galle test match came to a predictable but nevertheless historic conclusion https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/89179.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/89179.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-89179 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Mutiah Muralitharan is a man that rarely fails to exceed the enormous expectations placed upon him https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/89158.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/89158.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-89158 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT The South African flag was flown upside down today https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/89118.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/89118.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-89118 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT So just what does a disgraced former Test captain do with his spare time these days https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/89114.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/89114.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-89114 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Howzit from Galle, Sri Lanka https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/89104.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/89104.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-89104 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Before we arrived in SL, we were all told the story by the guys who had been here on the "A" tour in '98 that July and August was not to the best time of year to tour here https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/89097.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/89097.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-89097 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT The Portuguese fort that forms that backdrop to the picturesque Galle International Stadium, may well have been overrun by foreign invaders before but surely none of them can have created as much carnage as Sanath Jayasuriya did to the South https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/89069.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/89069.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-89069 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Ranatunga.. https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/89058.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/89058.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-89058 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT CricInfo.com, the world's largest cricket web site and host to the United Cricket Board of South Africa's site, is broadcasting video coverage of the whole of the Test Series between the Proteas and Sri Lanka live on http://ucbsa.cricket.org https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/89040.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/89040.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-89040 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT GALLE, Wednesday - South Africa go into the first test match against Sri Lanka starting at the Galle International Stadium on Thursday without their best player of spin bowling Hansie Cronje https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/89027.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/89027.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-89027 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT South African exposed the young Board XI batsmen's frailty to pace when they shot them out for 109 runs in their two-day warm-up game which ended in a draw at the Saravanamuttu Stadium on Monday https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/88987.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/88987.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-88987 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT This is my first tour away with the national team following my other excursions to the Super 8's tournament in Malaysia and an SA Invitation team's trip to Malawi back in 1995 https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/88973.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/88973.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-88973 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Left-arm spinner Paul Adams was doubtful for the first Test against Sri Lanka starting at the Galle International Stadium on Thursday, after pulling a groin muscle during the Singer Triangular Series final against Sri Lanka at the R https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/88943.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/88943.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-88943 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Neil McKenzie staked a claim for a berth in the South African Test side when he hit a superb 156 not out on the opening day of the two-day warm up match against a Sri Lanka Board XI played at the Saravanamuttu Stadium on Sunday https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/88942.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/88942.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-88942 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Robin Peterson, a 20-year-old left-arm spinner, has been flown to Sri Lanka as cover for Paul Adams https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/88915.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/88915.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-88915 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Aravinda De Silva's future as an international cricketer is now in doubt after being dropped for the forthcoming test series against South Africa which starts on the 20th July at Galle International Stadium https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/88875.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/88875.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-88875 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Let me start by saying that I am a bit frustrated at the moment as the last game of cricket that I played was on March the 30th, earlier this year https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/88840.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/88840.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-88840 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Cricketers love to talk about finding themselves "staring down the barrel" https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/88817.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/88817.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-88817 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT At the risk of reading too much into a single performance, South Africa might have to quickly make up their minds exactly what role they want Nantie Hayward to play in Sri Lanka https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/88683.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/88683.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-88683 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT The first thing that struck me over the few days we've been here in Sri Lanka is the close similarity to India, having just toured there a few months ago https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/88673.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/88673.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-88673 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT On a day of crushing disappointment for South African sport, Shaun Pollock and his Protea team-mates added their commiserations to those flooding in around the country following the failure of South Africa's bid to host the 2006 football World Cup https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/88661.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/88661.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-88661 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT For the fishing folk of Moratuwa and the touring South African's, todays warm-up match at De Soysa Stadium was a relaxed and enjoyable affair https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/88605.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/88605.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-88605 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT After a long and tedious trip we finally reached our final destination Colombo, Sri Lanka only to be greeted by a tropical monsoon storm https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/88592.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/88592.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-88592 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Not so much the man who would be king as the man who had to be king, Shaun Pollock will carry a fair bit of excess baggage in his coffin when he flies off to Sri Lanka with his South African side on Friday https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/90026.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/90026.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-90026 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT History, brief though it may be, suggests that South Africa will hold sway in Sri Lanka next month when they return for their second tour of the island https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/89969.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/89969.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-89969 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT The South African cricket team fly to Sri Lanka on Friday eager to maintain their fine record on the sub-continent and to repair some of the damage done by the Hansie Cronje scandal https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/southafrica/content/story/89955.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/southafrica/content/story/89955.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-89955 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT On Friday 2 June 2000, it was conveyed to the United Cricket Board by legal representatives for Mr Herschelle Gibbs, that he admitted having been approached with a view to match fixing, that he had agreed to participate in this regard (but in the https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/89589.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/89589.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-89589 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT As you would expect from a young man who has had his more share of attention than most sportsmen, Paul Adams was far from fussed by it all during his four days at the indoor nets at SuperSport Park https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/90959.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/90959.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-90959 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Cricket Board interim committee chairman Rienzie Wijetilleke said that the on-going war in the North is unlikely to stop the cricket tours here by Pakistan and South African teams next month https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/90816.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/90816.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-90816 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Johannesburg - A dash to Galle, one of the most scenically pleasing venues at international level, awaits South Africa as they enter the post-Hansie Cronje era when South Africa's tour of Sri Lanka starts on July 6 https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/90758.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/90758.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-90758 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Australian expertise is being used to help the United Cricket Board design the tough new contracts being offered South Africa's top players over the next two years in the wake of the Hansie Cronje scandal https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/84443.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/84443.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-84443 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT