Keith Lane

Easterns and Free State bow out of the Standard Bank Cup

Easterns and Free State, each requiring a win to have any further say of a place in the semi-finals of the Standard Bank Cup, both squandered their chances in exciting matches and in so doing brought an early end to their season

03-Jan-2003•Keith Lane

Gibbs and Smith hammer Pakistan into submission at Newlands

Records may have tumbled during the Second Castle Lager/MTN Test between South Africa and Pakistan in Cape Town, but the day belonged to Herschelle Gibbs who walked off the lush Newlands turf on cloud nine as he waved to an appreciative crowd

02-Jan-2003•Keith Lane

Standard Bank Cup heads for exciting finish

Standard Bank, the leading sponsors of limited overs cricket in South Africa, could not have scripted a better finale to the 2002-03 Standard Bank Cup as it heads for an exciting finish, with only Border, winning a home semi-final match, and Boland,

30-Dec-2002•Keith Lane

South Africa go one up with clinical win over Pakistan

The South African opening pair of Herschelle Gibbs and Graeme Smith made short work of scoring the 44 runs required to beat Pakistan by ten wickets in the First Castle Lager/MTN Test at Kingsmead in Durban

29-Dec-2002•Keith Lane

South African final 15 World Cup squad announced

Gerald Majola, CEO of the UCBSA, announced the final squad of fifteen players that will represent South Africa at the upcoming World Cup starting 8 February 2003 with the opening ceremony at Newlands in Cape Town

29-Dec-2002•Keith Lane

Pollock carries weight of South Africa into World Cup

With the announcement of the final squad of 15 who will represent South Africa at the 2003 ICC World Cup, captain Shaun Pollock will carry the hopes of the hosting nation on his shoulders when the opening game against West Indies starts at Newlands

29-Dec-2002•Keith Lane

South Africa on the brink of victory in Durban

A fine display of South African pace bowling has all but won the first Castle Lager/MTN Test at Kingsmead with Pakistan leading by 11 runs with two wickets in hand.

28-Dec-2002•Keith Lane

Pakistan collapse all but hands Test to South Africa

South Africa have taken the First Castle Lager/MTN Test by the scruff of the neck as the visitors collapsed from 81/1 at tea to 120/8 when bad light brought another early end to proceedings in Durban.

27-Dec-2002•Keith Lane

Border qualify for home Standard Bank Cup semi-final

In a remarkable and tense fourth round Standard Bank Cup clash in East London, Border became the first side to qualify for a home semi-final in beating Easterns by 16 runs

27-Dec-2002•Keith Lane

Weather does not dampen Kallis hundred

Rain, a slow pitch and bad light could not stop Jacques Kallis from scoring his eleventh, and first against Pakistan, Test hundred as South Africa took the honours on day one of the First Castle Lager/MTN Test ending on 250 for five wickets in an

26-Dec-2002•Keith Lane

Dolphins canter to six wicket win over Titans

A week ago the KwaZulu-Natal Dolphins travel to Centurion in defence of the Discovery Health Challenge, leaving empty handed, they returned on Sunday (22nd) to take sweet revenge on Northern Titans by beating the hosts by six wickets in a fourth

22-Dec-2002•Keith Lane

Western Province beat Free State in the rain.

What should have been the clash of the titans, turned into a wet squid as rain in Cape Town forced the Standard Bank Cup fourth round match between Western Province and Free State into a 32 over smash and grab with the hosts running out victor by six

21-Dec-2002•Keith Lane

Namibia batting lets Boland move to top of Standard Bank Cup

Namibia batting once again failed miserably as the Boland bowlers demolished the top order, bowling the visitors out for 79 in 31.5 overs, winning by 111 runs and securing a bonus point to go to the top of Pool B, as round four of the Standard Bank

20-Dec-2002•Keith Lane

Welcome return of the Standard Bank Cup.

After a break of nearly a month the fourth round of the Standard Bank Cup starts again Friday 20th with Griqualand West hosting North West and Namibia going to Paarl to do battle with Boland

20-Dec-2002•Keith Lane

South Africa bowl to victory in Cape Town

A brilliant end of innings bowling performance saw South Africa win an exciting fifth and final Standard Bank One-Day International at Newlands by 34 runs bowling Pakistan out for 231 runs in 47.4 overs and in so doing convincingly winning the series

18-Dec-2002•Keith Lane

South Africa A team for Pietermaritzburg announced

Chances are running out for fringe players to make a decisive impact on the National Selectors before the final 15 names are announced that will represent South Africa at the World Cup in February 2003

17-Dec-2002•Keith Lane

South Africa clinch series with nine-wicket win in Paarl

South Africa have beaten Pakistan by nine wickets and in so doing have clinched the Standard Bank one-day international series, going into the last game in Cape Town, on Wednesday, with an unassailable three-one lead.

16-Dec-2002•Keith Lane

Discovery Health Challenge at SuperSport Park

A trip to Zanzibar as first prize for the winning team and their partners was enough incentive to turn the third Discovery Health Knock-out Challenge into a huge success and a concept that South African cricket authorities can do well to look into

15-Dec-2002•Keith Lane

South Africa come back from defeat to record incredible win

All but buried alive, South Africa came back from deaths door with an inspired spell of bowling from Captain Shaun Pollock and Makhaya Ntini, bowling Pakistan out for 120 in 36.2 overs and winning the third Standard Bank One-Day International by 62

13-Dec-2002•Keith Lane

Total turn around by Pakistan in Port Elizabeth

Pakistan produced a near perfect display of one-day cricket to level the tandard Bank One-Day International series with an emphatic 182-run win over South Africa at St

11-Dec-2002•Keith Lane

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