Firdose Moonda

South Africa and women's cricket correspondent, ESPNcricinfo

Australia ahead after Cummins, Rabada and Ngidi dominate pulsating second day

With two third-innings wickets still to prise out, South Africa already need to pull off the fourth-highest successful chase at Lord's

12-Jun-2025•Firdose Moonda

The best of Rabada wasn't in the balls that got the wickets

Kagiso Rabada's performance at Lord's was exactly what is expected of a big player in a big match

11-Jun-2025•Firdose Moonda

Bavuma: Picking Ngidi over Paterson 'tactical'

By leaving Paterson out, SA lengthened their batting and slotted Mulder at No. 3, where he has batted only twice before in Tests

10-Jun-2025•Firdose Moonda

Conrad on SA's C-word tag: 'Unfair to burden this group with anything that's gone before'

South Africa head coach doesn't want the pressure of the WTC final to get to the players

09-Jun-2025•Firdose Moonda

The WTC final is the biggest match of Temba Bavuma's career, but he's dealt with this kind of pressure before

Labels and expectations have dogged the South Africa captain through his career, but he's over them now

09-Jun-2025•Firdose Moonda

Markram: Playing two-Test series throughout WTC cycle could help us in the final

"There's no second dip at it. We have to make sure we hit the ground running and are nice and sharp come day one"

08-Jun-2025•Firdose Moonda

Boucher: 'Winning WTC final could be the turnaround for Test cricket in South Africa'

The former coach says Stubbs and Rickelton could be key to South Africa's chances

07-Jun-2025•Firdose Moonda

Road to WTC final: SA chase Test crown after seven straight wins

The story of how South Africa won one out of their first five Tests and then remained unbeaten in their next seven

07-Jun-2025•Firdose Moonda

Arundel rain leaves South Africa banking on pre-tour preparation ahead of WTC final

Bowling coach Botha is also looking forward to meeting Broad and picking up "one or two new ideas"

06-Jun-2025•Firdose Moonda

Brevis, Lhuan-dre Pretorius in SA Test squad for Zimbabwe series

Senior Test players have been rested for this two-Test series in Bulawayo, with Senokwane, Yusuf and Subrayen also in line for Test debuts

06-Jun-2025•Firdose Moonda

There and back again: South Africa look to come full circle at Lord's

Graeme Smith and Vernon Philander look back to 2012, when South Africa became the No. 1 Test side, and what the team needs to do to get there again in the WTC final

06-Jun-2025•Firdose Moonda

Prince says 'all possibilities open' as SA deal with problem of plenty in batting order

On the evidence of how they lined up at Arundel, Mulder will bat at No. 3, Stubbs at five and Bedingham six with de Zorzi likely to sit out

05-Jun-2025•Firdose Moonda

$Ben Curran faces time on the sidelines with fractured hand$

Ben Curran faces time on the sidelines with fractured hand

The Zimbabwe opener suffered the injury during a practice game against South Africa in Arundel and might be out for four to six weeks

05-Jun-2025•Firdose Moonda

In green Arundel, Zimbabwe quietly help neighbours SA tune up for their biggest Test

There's little to be gained for Zimbabwe, but they still agreed to play what felt like a club game from the days before sportainment

04-Jun-2025•Firdose Moonda

Klaasen's retirement a short-sighted move? SA head coach Conrad hopes not

Conrad does not think Klaasen's decision was prompted by his pronouncement that the players needed to prioritise the national duty over T20 leagues

03-Jun-2025•Firdose Moonda

Namibia to play South Africa for first time in new Windhoek stadium in October

The stadium is expected to host games during the 2026 Men's U-19 World Cup and the 2027 Men's ODI World Cup

27-May-2025•Firdose Moonda

Kapp, Sekhukhune and Hlubi return for South Africa's white-ball tour of the West Indies

Lara Goodall hasn't found a place in the South Africa touring side despite Anneke Bosch's continued unavailability

26-May-2025•Firdose Moonda

Zimbabwe give back the joy as long exile ends in heroic failure

Ex-pat community rally round to celebrate the occasion of first Test in England since 2003

24-May-2025•Firdose Moonda

Shoaib Bashir seals innings win as Sean Williams stars for spirited Zimbabwe

Visitors put in battling display through morning session before spinner stars with fourth Test five-for

24-May-2025•Firdose Moonda

Zimbabwe fans singing 'gave me goosebumps', says centurion Bennett

Opener produces Test best with 139 off 143 to lift tourists at Trent Bridge

23-May-2025•Firdose Moonda

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