Firdose Moonda

South Africa and women's cricket correspondent, ESPNcricinfo

Du Plessis calls for 'collective' effort to maintain pitch standards in SA

Despite success in the second Test, South Africa's captain was concerned with the uncharacteristic SuperSport Park surface it was played on

17-Jan-2018•Firdose Moonda in Centurion

Elgar hopes to heal the scars from India

South Africa's defeat on turning tracks in India in 2015 ended a nine-year unbeaten run and they are burning for revenge

16-Jan-2018•Firdose Moonda at Centurion

South Africa hit their straps on subcontinental-style pitch

The home side has had a lot to say about nature of the SuperSport Park track, but on the field they have found a way to make it work for them

16-Jan-2018•Firdose Moonda in Centurion

Markram in race to be fit for Wanderers Test

South Africa opener picked up a mild left-quadricep strain in Centurion and did not take the field in India's second innings

16-Jan-2018•Firdose Moonda

SuperSport Park conditions '100%' like bowling in India - Morkel

"I have played cricket here all my life, I have never seen a wicket like this at SuperSport Park. It's unheard of that a spinner bowls that amount of overs on the first day. There's a very subcontinental feel to it," said South Africa's fast bowler

15-Jan-2018•Firdose Moonda

Fit-again Ngidi scales new high at home ground

After months of rehabilitation following a stress fracture, the quick claimed his maiden Test wicket at SuperSport Park and asked questions of a world-class batting line-up

14-Jan-2018•Firdose Moonda in Centurion

SA throw the bait again but Kohli doesn't bite this time

Kagiso Rabada and Lungi Ngidi tried to fox the India captain the same way Vernon Philander had done at Newlands but he left balls outside off and survived the ones that nipped in

14-Jan-2018•Firdose Moonda in Centurion

We would have liked the pitch quicker - Markram

It was not quicker, bouncier or scarier than Newlands but the uncharacteristic SuperSport Park pitch has not drawn any criticism from the men who have to play on it. At least, not yet.

13-Jan-2018•Firdose Moonda in Centurion

Amla holds South Africa together at SuperSport Park again

South Africa claimed the first session and India the last hour but the SuperSport Park belongs to Hashim Amla and he has the numbers to show it

13-Jan-2018•Firdose Moonda in Centurion

Thando Ntini ready to begin a career of his own

Thanks to his father Makhaya's success, the 17-year-old allrounder was able to attend not one, but two prestigious schools. He now wants to make the kids who lack access to elite sport and his family proud by performing in the Under-19 World Cup

13-Jan-2018•Firdose Moonda

The seven quicks that South Africa can choose from

With seven fast-bowling options in South Africa's squad, here's a look at their certainties, contenders and outsiders for the second Test against India

12-Jan-2018•Firdose Moonda in Centurion

SuperSport curator feels the heat ahead of Test debut

Bryan Bloy, the curator at Centurion, described the intensity of his job as being higher than in any of his previous positions

12-Jan-2018•Firdose Moonda in Centurion

Can India pull off a heist at SA's stronghold?

After India fell short in the first Test in Cape Town, their next challenge - at SuperSport Park, where South Africa have their best win percentage - would be to save the series

12-Jan-2018•The Preview by Firdose Moonda

Top-ranked Rabada 'striving for perfection'

'There's always something you can improve on,' the world's No.1 Test bowler says. 'Once you get something right, there's always something new that you can work on.'

10-Jan-2018•Firdose Moonda

Gibson wants four quicks throughout home summer

'I'm a very fast-bowling minded coach and I guess we will always have to find a balance to see if we get four fast bowlers in the team,' South Africa's coach has said

09-Jan-2018•Firdose Moonda

South Africa play starring role in 'advert for Test cricket'

In what Faf du Plessis called one of his 'favourite games of cricket', South Africa kept getting into difficult positions and kept finding a way out of them

08-Jan-2018•Firdose Moonda in Cape Town

Steyn sidelined for remainder of India series

The South Africa fast bowler will be reassessed in four to six weeks' time

08-Jan-2018•Firdose Moonda

Ntini claims he was asked to step down by Zimbabwe Cricket

Makhaya Ntini has disputed Zimbabwe Cricket's assertion that he resigned from his post as the bowling coach

07-Jan-2018•Firdose Moonda

Did we see the first and the last of South Africa's pace quartet?

When Steyn went off the field, we were quickly faced with the reality that this quartet may not play many matches together

06-Jan-2018•Firdose Moonda in Cape Town

Steyn won't bowl further in first Test, could miss rest of series

The fast bowler suffered tissue damage in his heel and could take four to six weeks to recover

06-Jan-2018•Firdose Moonda in Cape Town

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