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Firdose Moonda

South Africa and women's cricket correspondent, ESPNcricinfo

@FirdoseM

Batsmen set focus on tightening techniques

Jeet Raval and Vernon Philander have called for greater solidity and stickability from their team-mates to build an innings

23-Mar-2017•Firdose Moonda in Hamilton

Injured Southee ruled out of Hamilton Test

New Zealand seamer Tim Southee has been ruled out of the third Test against South Africa in Hamilton due to a hamstring injury he sustained in the hosts' eight wicket-loss in Wellington

23-Mar-2017•Firdose Moonda in Hamilton

De Kock under cloud for Hamilton Test, IPL

Quinton de Kock is in doubt for the Hamilton Test and may also miss the IPL due to tendon damage to his right index finger

23-Mar-2017•Firdose Moonda in Hamilton

South Africa's top order in need of big runs

Stephen Cook, Hashim Amla and JP Duminy have been rather underwhelming on the tour of New Zealand

22-Mar-2017•Firdose Moonda in Hamilton

South Africa welcome dry Hamilton pitch

South Africa coach Russell Domingo believes Seddon Park will offer a good wicket, and has pointed out that the dryness will bring reverse-swing into play in the third Test

22-Mar-2017•Firdose Moonda

De Kock, Boult both still in doubt for Hamilton Test

Quinton de Kock has been taken for a scan on his right index finger, which he hurt during Wellington Test

22-Mar-2017•Firdose Moonda in Hamilton

Hamilton Test could define NZ's season - Watling

New Zealand wicketkeeper BJ Watling says the team is not judging its season on the loss to South Africa in Wellington, but might do so on its performance in the final Test in Hamilton

22-Mar-2017•Firdose Moonda in Hamilton

Where to now for Morris and Olivier?

South Africa are set to play 14 Tests in nine months soon, so both fast bowlers, despite being sent home from New Zealand, should not lose hope

21-Mar-2017•Firdose Moonda

New Zealand shot themselves in the foot - Piedt

South Africa spinner Dane Piedt, who joined the squad on Sunday, has said he was surprised by the New Zealand conditions and their tactic to not back their seamers

20-Mar-2017•Firdose Moonda in Wellington

New Zealand will stick to same squad for Hamilton

New Zealand will not seek a quick fix after losing their first home Test in the summer and confirmed they will not make any changes to the squad ahead of a must-win Test in Hamilton

20-Mar-2017•Firdose Moonda in Wellington

Dunedin's Pretoria boys

How South African coaches Rob Walter and Anton Roux found themselves half a world away, helping Otago pull themselves up

19-Mar-2017•Firdose Moonda

'Maharaj is a grinder, he is a fighter'

Of all the things South Africa would have expected to find in New Zealand, spin success was unlikely to be among them

19-Mar-2017•Firdose Moonda

'Asked for real hard cricketers' - du Plessis

Faf du Plessis praised his team for fighting hard through the difficult phases of the second Test, after they overcame a score of 94 for 6 in the first innings to win comprehensively on the third day

18-Mar-2017•Firdose Moonda in Wellington

Maharaj withstands the wind

Keshav Maharaj has more wickets than any of Morne Morkel, Vernon Philander or Kagiso Rabada this series. For a change, the quicks were creating pressure so the spinner could profit. How South African cricket has changed

18-Mar-2017•Firdose Moonda in Wellington

Bavuma, de Kock follow through on Hobart promise

Temba Bavuma and Quinton de Kock complement each other perfectly. They take pressure off each other because Bavuma knows de Kock will keep the scoreboard moving and de Kock knows Bavuma will show the caution required at the other end

17-Mar-2017•Firdose Moonda in Wellington

Needed to be more aggressive than usual - de Kock

Quinton de Kock said he wasn't affected by facing Jeetan Patel despite falling to the spinner in his last four international innings, and just focused on turning the pressure around on the hosts

17-Mar-2017•Firdose Moonda in Wellington

Nicholls passes the test - for team and self

When Henry Nicholls came out to bat at Basin Reserve, South Africa were sizzling and his career was fizzling. By the time he was done, he had dealt with both problems

16-Mar-2017•Firdose Moonda at Basin Reserve

Duminy moves closer to spinning allrounder role

After his career-best 4 for 47 against New Zealand, JP Duminy said even though the work had been put into his bowling, there weren't too many opportunities to improve

16-Mar-2017•Firdose Moonda in Wellington

Workload balance a challenge - Boult

Trent Boult has conceded that sitting out some matches in the ODI series against South Africa could have kept him fit for all the Tests

16-Mar-2017•Firdose Moonda

Morris heads home from New Zealand

Allrounder Chris Morris will return home from South Africa's touring party in New Zealand on Friday, reducing their contingent of quicks to five

15-Mar-2017•Firdose Moonda

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