Firdose Moonda

South Africa and women's cricket correspondent, ESPNcricinfo

Hurting Philander eases South Africa's pain

Vernon Philander was suffering from a toothache last night but he was incisive with the ball, before shoring up a South Africa collapse with a defiant innings

19-Dec-2013•Firdose Moonda in Johannesburg

Can Kallis make a U-turn?

He may have hit one of the roughest patches in his career, but Jacques Kallis, in the past, has shown he can recover spectacularly

19-Dec-2013•Firdose Moonda

Forty-two and fighting

Veteran Kenya allrounder Steve Tikolo made an age-defying comeback recently to help his side reclaim some past glory

19-Dec-2013•Firdose Moonda

South African quicks aim to refocus radar

Just as they did at The Oval last July, South Africa's quicks bowled too wide on the first day. Allan Donald hopes they can stage an Oval-style turnaround

18-Dec-2013•Firdose Moonda

An insight into South Africa's sanctum

South Africa's dressing-room environment is said to be at all time high and the current crop of players credit a team culture based on respect, friendship and family-values for much of their recent success

17-Dec-2013•Firdose Moonda in Johannesburg

Smith's South Africa keen to build legacy

South Africa squashed their opponents at home last summer. This year's visitors are expected to be tougher, and Graeme Smith wants his team to be as ruthless

17-Dec-2013•Firdose Moonda in Johannesburg

Out-of-practice India against stiff odds

After months of squabbling between the boards, during which the itinerary was rejigged and clipped, the Test series between the first and second ranked teams is finally here

17-Dec-2013•The Preview by Firdose Moonda in Johannesburg

Morkel content with supporting role

Though the Wanderer's pitch is expected to favour Morne Morkel's style of bowling, the quick is comfortable playing second fiddle to Dale Steyn and Vernon Philander

16-Dec-2013•Firdose Moonda

Wanderers groundsman says no devils in track

The Wanderers groundsman squashed talk of a track with extreme pace and bounce, and says he's "not doing anything fancy"

16-Dec-2013•Firdose Moonda

Smith braces for another Zaheer tussle

The South Africa captain has had his troubles against Zaheer - and other left-arm quicks - and his attempts to sort them out will be tested in the India series

15-Dec-2013•Firdose Moonda

Men of South Africa

South African cricket is synonymous with fast bowling, and a new book celebrates the best of it

14-Dec-2013•Firdose Moonda

South Africa's ODI drought 'not ideal'

South Africa are not scheduled to play ODIs for the next seven months, and possibly until November 2014, a gap that three former players said CSA needed to fill

13-Dec-2013•Firdose Moonda

Benoni drying up for tour match

Benoni has received its entire year's rainfall in the last three weeks with 800 milimetres pouring down on the city and a tenth of that in the last two days

12-Dec-2013•Firdose Moonda

De Kock laughs off Ishant's 'lucky' remark

There were a few sniggers in the pressroom when Ishant Sharma said Quinton de Kock, who scored three consecutive hundreds against India, had "been quite lucky"

11-Dec-2013•Firdose Moonda in Centurion

Gibbs sees a bit of himself in fearless de Kock

On a day when Quinton de Kock joined elite company with a third successive century, one of those who had managed the feat before him, Herschelle Gibbs, applauded the young batsman for his carefree method of play

11-Dec-2013•Firdose Moonda in Centurion

The Citi Golf carves its niche

Ryan McLaren has made a space for himself as an allrounder in South Africa's 50-over team, distinct from the role Jacques Kallis plays

10-Dec-2013•Firdose Moonda

India's last chance to turn up before Test challenge

While South Africa will want to win what is likely to be their last ODI for months, India will hope to finally gain a semblance of confidence in alien conditions ahead of the Tests

10-Dec-2013•Firdose Moonda

South Africa mull their best Test eleven

The South Africa thinktank is involved in a discussion around three areas of the team composition - the opening berth, a specialist wicketkeeper and what type of spinner to use

09-Dec-2013•Firdose Moonda

South Africa cruise to series win

India made significant changes to their bowling attack, played on a surface far more suited to them and showed some improvement from Thursday, but the end result was still the same

08-Dec-2013•The Report by Firdose Moonda

Smith's ODI career seemingly on the wane

Form and injury have combined to give Graeme Smith a forgettable time of late in the one-day game, and it looks like it will be a long road back for him in ODI cricket should he choose to keep at it

06-Dec-2013•Firdose Moonda

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