Firdose Moonda

South Africa and women's cricket correspondent, ESPNcricinfo

New Zealand must show patience

Ross Taylor and Brendon McCullum are naturally aggressive but must learn from Jacques Kallis to wait for run-scoring opportunities as they attempt a record chase

10-Mar-2012•Firdose Moonda in Dunedin

Jacques Rudolph's second coming

A demotion to No.6 in a stop-start career was one last chance for Jacques Rudolph to revive his Test career. In this Test, he has grabbed his opportunity

10-Mar-2012•Firdose Moonda in Dunedin

A strategic break and a mistaken identity

ESPNcricinfo presents the Plays of the Day from the fourth day of the first Test between New Zealand and South Africa, in Dunedin

10-Mar-2012•Firdose Moonda in Dunedin

Kallis unconvinced by ball-tracking technology

A review today sparked another debate about the Decision Review System, with Jacques Kallis saying he "is not convinced by the predictive path" of the delivery shown by the ball-tracking technology

09-Mar-2012•Firdose Moonda in Dunedin

Smith builds foundation for South Africa, again

The fact that South Africa have never lost a Test when Graeme Smith has scored a century, is testament to his prowess as a batsman

09-Mar-2012•Firdose Moonda in Dunedin

Boult's attack, and a bonus for Kallis

ESPNcricinfo presents the Plays of the Day from the third day of the first Test between New Zealand and South Africa in Dunedin

09-Mar-2012•Firdose Moonda in Dunedin

New Zealand falter after weathering the storm

New Zealand's batsmen survived a technique-testing new-ball burst but squandered the advantage due to some poor shot selection

08-Mar-2012•Firdose Moonda in Dunedin

Tahir shows control and poise

The legspinner showed signs of frustration early on, but recovered to bowl an accurate spell

08-Mar-2012•Firdose Moonda in Dunedin

Applause for Martin, grimaces for Morkel

The Plays of the Day from the second day of the first Test between New Zealand and South Africa, in Dunedin

08-Mar-2012•Firdose Moonda in Dunedin

'Feeling of calmness' playing South Africa - Martin

Chris Martin has taken a measured view of why he was able to trouble a highly-rated South Africa batting line-up, yet again

07-Mar-2012•Firdose Moonda in Dunedin

New Zealand enliven dull day with piercing bowling

After a cagey beginning, New Zealand decided to depend on aggression rather than the pitch to make inroads, with Chris Martin leading the way. Once conditions started helping, their bowlers had South Africa in trouble

07-Mar-2012•Firdose Moonda in Dunedin

Dunedin's bowling crease, and sawdust in the outfield

ESPNcricinfo presents the Plays of the Day from the first day of the first Test between New Zealand and South Africa, in Dunedin

07-Mar-2012•Firdose Moonda in Dunedin

Taylor not daunted by South Africa's stars

Ross Taylor was not wound up by suggestions that South Africa's gallery of stars will outshine his own

06-Mar-2012•Firdose Moonda in Dunedin

We have become more aggressive on tours - Smith

Graeme Smith says South Africa are better equipped to win in New Zealand now than in 2004

06-Mar-2012•Firdose Moonda in Dunedin

Martin v Smith and other key battles

From Chris Martin versus South Africa's left-handers to the mental battle between both teams, there are plenty of gripping contests in store in this Test series

06-Mar-2012•Firdose Moonda in Dunedin

Vettori insists New Zealand won't be pushovers

New Zealand will look to recent history and dig deep into their reserves of self-belief as they prepare for the first fixture in the three-Test series against South Africa

05-Mar-2012•Firdose Moonda in Dunedin

Kirsten focussed on thorough preparation

Gary Kirsten wants South Africa to be thoroughly prepared when they take on New Zealand in a three-Test series

05-Mar-2012•Firdose Moonda in Dunedin

Boucher likely to retire after England tour

The South African keeper will mentor a potential replacement on the tour

05-Mar-2012•Firdose Moonda

And it's goodbye from Mark

A decade and a half after he first started playing for South Africa, Boucher is ready to hang up his boots

05-Mar-2012•Firdose Moonda

Martin looks ahead to fast-bowling duel

Chris Martin warned batsmen on both sides that they will be caught in the crosshairs of a furious fight between the quicks operating in favourable conditions

04-Mar-2012•Firdose Moonda in Dunedin

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