Marcus Prior

Hall ban won't hurt SA, says Symcox

Pat Symcox, the former South African Test player and ex-national selector, believes South Africa won't miss the banned Andrew Hall against Pakistan

22-Jun-2005•Marcus Prior

Sarwan settles down to lead the challenge

Marcus Prior on how the West Indies tourists have the steel to avoid a repeat of the drubbing they received last time they were in South Africa

11-Dec-2003•Marcus Prior

Wessels comes out fighting to clear his name

Former South African captain Kepler Wessels has come out with all guns blazing in a bid to clear his name as quickly and completely as possible after accusations of racism leveled at him by two of his provincial players

21-Nov-2003•Marcus Prior

The end of Zulu?

In a team sport as quirkily individual as cricket, players are often credited with winning a match single-handedly, but only one man has nearly won a World Cup off his own bat

20-May-2003•Marcus Prior

Klusener left out of South African team for England

Lance Klusener was the most high-profile casualty as South Africa announced the most demographically representative touring party since they were readmitted to the international cricket community

20-May-2003•Marcus Prior

West Indies end one-day series with six-wicket win

West Indies win the seventh and final one-day international by six wickets, but South Africa still take the series 5-2

16-May-2001•Marcus Prior

South Africa shrug off drug scandal to win sixth one-dayer by 53 runs

South Africa's cricketers put the controversy of the past 24 hours behind them with a courageous 53-run win in the sixth one-day international at the Queen's Park Oval, dismissing the home side for 137 after they themselves were bundled out for 190

12-May-2001•Marcus Prior

South Africa likely to experiment with one-day series in the bag

If there was any doubt that the pressure has lifted from the South African squad, it was instantly erased on Friday morning when practice ahead of Saturday's sixth one-day international in Trinidad consisted almost entirely of a game of touch rugby

11-May-2001•Marcus Prior

South Africa clinch one-day series on back of Gibbs' brilliance

A quite magnificent fifth one-day international century from Herschelle Gibbs lead South Africa to a crushing seven-wicket win over a sloppy West Indian side in the fifth one-day international at the Kensington Oval on Wednesday

09-May-2001•Marcus Prior

Eight wicket win gives South Africa 3-1 lead in one-day series

South Africa drew maximum reward from a hard weekend of cricket as they beat the West Indies by eight wickets in the fourth one-day international at Queen's Park stadium on Sunday and took a healthy 3-1 lead in the seven-match series

06-May-2001•Marcus Prior

Kallis century sets up crushing South African victory over West Indies in third ODI

A tenacious and unrelenting effort in the field ensured South Africa capitalised on Jacques Kallis' seventh limited overs century as they beat the West Indies by 132 runs in the third one-day international on Saturday

05-May-2001•Marcus Prior

Gibbs century lifts South Africa to eight-wicket win in Antigua ODI

A South African record second wicket stand of 179 between Herschelle Gibbs and Jacques Kallis proved the undoing of the West Indies as South Africa won the second one-day international by eight wickets at the Antigua Recreation Ground and levelled

02-May-2001•Marcus Prior

Patient Dippenaar hopes for place in SA one-day side

"Every game is a must-win for South Africa

01-May-2001•Marcus Prior

Jacobs snatches last ball win for West Indies in first ODI

A full toss from Allan Donald, struck through backward point by Ridley Jacobs, was eventually all that separated the West Indies and South Africa as the home side grabbed a dramatic last-ball victory at Sabina Park to take a 1-0 lead in the

28-Apr-2001•Marcus Prior

South Africa set for one-day Caribbean carnival

"It's all part of the game these days," South African captain Shaun Pollock reflected as he answered questions on the rapid turnaround - in attitude and focus - required of his players as they turn from test match cricket to one-day internationals

27-Apr-2001•Marcus Prior

West Indies give Walsh 130-run victory in final Test as farewell present

A spectacular collapse by South Africa after lunch, during which Courtney Walsh picked up two further wickets on his final appearance on the Test stage, brought the curtain down on an absorbing fifth Test match and a great career

23-Apr-2001•Marcus Prior

Walsh at centre stage as Sabina Park Test draws to intriguing conclusion

As the curtain is gradually drawn on the great career of Courtney Walsh, a compelling Test match is also drawing to an intriguing close at Sabina Park

22-Apr-2001•Marcus Prior

Jacobs and Samuels take fifth Test away from South Africa

A rollicking undefeated 67 from Ridley Jacobs and a superb half-century from 20 year-old Marlon Samuels ensured that the West Indies capitalised on their strong overnight position to virtually bat South Africa out of the fifth Test at Sabina Park on

21-Apr-2001•Marcus Prior

Bowlers give West Indies the edge in final Test

Just when they were being written off

20-Apr-2001•Marcus Prior

South Africa keen to make it 3-0 in Jamaica

The series may be won, but don't anyone tell the South Africans that the fifth Test against the West Indies which begins at Sabina Park on Thursday is any less important than the four which have preceded it

19-Apr-2001•Marcus Prior

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