Firdose Moonda

South Africa and women's cricket correspondent, ESPNcricinfo

Piet Botha quits as Warriors coach

Midway through a season in which the Warriors have lost 12 of the 17 matches they have played across all formats, head coach Piet Botha has announced he is stepping down with immediate effect

10-Dec-2014•Firdose Moonda

Duminy elected SACA president

JP Duminy has been elected president of the South African Cricketers' Association

10-Dec-2014•Firdose Moonda

Van Zyl eyes opening slot

Stiaan van Zyl will make his debut at No. 7 in the absence of the injured JP Duminy, but he has suggested his long-term future in the Test side may lie further up the order

09-Dec-2014•Firdose Moonda

Picking Rabada and Bavuma a major stride for South Africa

The selection of the first pair of black Africans to figure in the Test squad in four years is a landmark

09-Dec-2014•Firdose Moonda

Van Zyl to have early WI sighting

Stiaan van Zyl will have an early sighting of the opposition he is expected to make his Test debut against when he plays for the South African Invitation XI against West Indians in a three-day tour match next week

04-Dec-2014•Firdose Moonda

Tsotsobe in contention for World Cup spot

Lonwabo Tsotsobe, who occupied top spot in the ODI bowling rankings from February 2012 to May 2013 but has not played for South Africa since March, is in contention for a World Cup spot after being named in the 30-man preliminary squad

03-Dec-2014•Firdose Moonda

Ramdin urges young batsmen to step up

West Indies are without two of their headline batsmen in Chris Gayle and Darren Bravo but Test captain Denesh Ramdin is confident they can still compete on their tour of South Africa

02-Dec-2014•Firdose Moonda

Gayle available for Lions in Ram Slam

Despite pulling out of the West Indies squad for the forthcoming Test series against South Africa, Chris Gayle will turn out for his South African franchise, the Lions, in Sunday's Ram Slam T20 competition playoff and, if they win, next week's final

02-Dec-2014•Firdose Moonda

A new low for Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe have endured win-less tours before, but wouldn't have expected to slip to that level against the team they are supposed to be competitive against

02-Dec-2014•Firdose Moonda

Peterson back in South Africa Test squad

Robin Peterson, the left-arm spinner, has been recalled to the South Africa Test squad for the home series against West Indies later this month

02-Dec-2014•Firdose Moonda

Van Zyl, Behardien tussle for Test spot

With JP Duminy's knee injury forcing him out of the start of South Africa's home Test summer, the selectors have a difficult choice to make between two strong candidates for the number seven slot

01-Dec-2014•Firdose Moonda

'We are better than Australia' - de Villiers

AB de Villiers does not think the 4-1 series loss in Australia makes them a lesser side or any less likely to win the World Cup. In fact, quite the opposite

24-Nov-2014•Firdose Moonda

De Villiers blames over-thinking as plans go awry

Given the intricacy of South Africa's planning for next year's World Cup, it is difficult to believe it has all come down to this: a 4-1 defeat to the opposition they believed they needed to beat to consider themselves ready

23-Nov-2014•Firdose Moonda

Titans, Warriors in undecided tie

A round-up of the Ram Slam T20 Challenge matches that took place on November 23, 2014

23-Nov-2014•Firdose Moonda

Series defeat raises South Africa doubts

Problems closing out innings with bat and ball have plagued South Africa in this series and have suggested the team is not as ready for the World Cup as they thought

21-Nov-2014•Firdose Moonda

De Villiers gets the inside track on Canberra

Though South Africa lost to Australia in Canberra, AB de Villiers was able to take away a solid gameplan for the World Cup when they would play Ireland here: batting the opposition out

19-Nov-2014•Firdose Moonda

Steyn granted license to attack

Dale Steyn has said that his ODI captain AB de Villiers has given him the "license to run in and try to hit the stumps and attack the body a little bit more"

18-Nov-2014•Firdose Moonda

World Cup memories spur on Sammy

Darren Sammy remembers something that happened eight years before he was born

18-Nov-2014•Firdose Moonda

South Africa to host rare four-Test series

South Africa will play their first four-Test series in six years when they host England in 2015-16

17-Nov-2014•Firdose Moonda

Vallie provides Warriors reinforcement

Warriors have called in the cavalry from as far afield as opposition territory in an attempt to jumpstart a season that has not got out of first gear

14-Nov-2014•Firdose Moonda

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