Firdose Moonda

South Africa and women's cricket correspondent, ESPNcricinfo

@FirdoseM

Panyangara goes for a swim

Plays of the Day from the Group B game between South Africa and Zimbabwe in Hamilton

15-Feb-2015•Firdose Moonda in Hamilton

Calm Masakadza ready for special debut

For the first time in 14 years as an international cricketer, Hamilton Masakadza will play in a World Cup and the cricketer is relishing the challenge of shouldering Zimbabwe's batting duties

14-Feb-2015•Firdose Moonda in Hamilton

Zimbabwe out to catch greatness

When Steve Hansen, the All Blacks coach, turned up at Lincoln for a meet-up with New Zealand's cricket coach, Mike Hesson during the warm-up match between Zimbabwe and the co-hosts, the Zimbabwe players were the first in line to get his autograph

14-Feb-2015•Firdose Moonda in Hamilton

De Villiers turned on for Zimbabwe

"Zimbabwe. Tomorrow." AB de Villiers expects the pressure to start right from the first game

14-Feb-2015•Firdose Moonda in Hamilton

African flavour to spice up Hamilton

South Africa and Zimbabwe, the only two teams from the African continent, kick off their respective campaigns against each other and there's no shortage of brotherly love between them

14-Feb-2015•Firdose Moonda in Hamilton

Zimbabwe's floodlight challenge

Zimbabwe requested to practice under lights at Seddon Park in Hamilton ahead of their opening World Cup game against South Africa on Sunday

13-Feb-2015•Firdose Moonda in Hamilton

Hamilton lays the green carpet for the Cup

Being part of the event far outweighs the results and in Hamilton, they seem to have understood it perfectly as their gear up for their three big days in this competition

13-Feb-2015•Firdose Moonda in Hamilton

Hard not to be able to jump in - Donald

A dozen years have passed since Allan Donald played international cricket in a career that ended at the 2003 World Cup, and the fire for the biggest stage has not dimmed

13-Feb-2015•Firdose Moonda in Hamilton

South Africa cotton-woolling Steyn

Dale Steyn bowled largely off a short run-up in training on Friday, after bowling just seven overs in the first warm-up and being rested for the second

13-Feb-2015•Firdose Moonda in Hamilton

South Africa 'not fazed' by big defeat

Despite losing heavily to New Zealand, JP Duminy said South Africa were not worried by their performance

11-Feb-2015•Firdose Moonda at Hagley Oval

Men Who Will Own The Cup: Quinton de Kock

How much of an impact will Quinton de Kock have at the World Cup?

11-Feb-2015•Firdose Moonda

New Zealand serve South Africa a thrashing

With batting contributions all round and a five-wicket return for Trent Boult, things could not have gone better for New Zealand ahead of their tournament opener as they thrashed South Africa by 134 runs

10-Feb-2015•Firdose Moonda in Christchurch

De Villiers getting ready for SA's final steps

Ab de Villiers is expected to return to captain a South African side anxious to begin the competition proper in their final World Cup warm-up match against New Zealand on Wednesday

10-Feb-2015•Firdose Moonda in Christchurch

Christchurch: Broken, resurgent

Damaged by an earthquake four years ago, the city is still recovering. The World Cup will allow it to show off what it has achieved so far

10-Feb-2015•Firdose Moonda

'We were counting down every run' - Abbott

Winning and losing is secondary to sorting out patterns of play except when pressure threatens to pull that pattern out of shape

09-Feb-2015•Firdose Moonda at Hagley Oval

Zimbabwe stuck in uneasy limbo

Zimbabwe know they are capable of upsetting a top-eight side or two, but their first priority at the World Cup is to avoid embarrassment against Ireland or UAE

09-Feb-2015•Firdose Moonda

South Africa overcome pressure test

South Africa got the pressure situation they wanted to practice ahead of a major tournament and they rose above it all to beat Sri Lanka, who had been led by Tillakaratne Dilshan's ton

08-Feb-2015•Firdose Moonda at Hagley Oval

What more could Zimbabwe want?

Shorter, more sharply-focused practices, a fresh mindset and space for a bit of fun have turned Zimbabwe from highly-strung to hopeful, which their senior players have put down to one thing: a change of coach

08-Feb-2015•Firdose Moonda

'I was ready to walk away' - Williams

Zimbabwe batsman Sean Williams has revealed that he nearly walked out on the team after being left out of the tour of Bangladesh in October

08-Feb-2015•Firdose Moonda

De Villiers keen to prevent Australia dominance

AB de Villiers, the only member from South Africa's 2007 World Cup squad in the current team, believes that his team has the confidence to be the "best team in the world"

07-Feb-2015•Firdose Moonda

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