Peter Robinson

Gloomy ending to Lankan tour match

As might have been expected ever since the whole of the first day was lost to rain Sri Lanka's three-day match against KwaZulu-Natal at The Oval in Pietermaritzburg fizzled out to a tame draw on Saturday

23-Dec-2000•Peter Robinson

Sri Lankan batting gives cause for concern

Another abbreviated day for Sanath Jayasuriya's Sri Lankans and another day of frustration for the tourists' senior batsmen as time starts to run out ahead of the first Test match against South Africa at Kingsmead on Boxing Day

22-Dec-2000•Peter Robinson

Lankans outclass young Natal team

Sri Lanka gained the second victory of their South African tour when they beat a KwaZulu-Natal XI by 57 runs at the Chatsworth Oval on Tuesday, but they may well have been left wondering exactly what had been achieved

19-Dec-2000•Peter Robinson

Donald out of Kingsmead Test, Ngam will play

Just one day after being named in the South African squad for the first Castle Lager/MTN Test match against Sri Lanka at Kingsmead, champion fast bowler Allan Donald has withdrawn, opening the way for Mfuneko Ngam to win his second Test cap

18-Dec-2000•Peter Robinson

South Africa hit their straps to crush Sri Lanka in second ODI

With an utterly charming Neil McKenzie century as the cornerstone, South Africa produced their best one-day performance of the summer to crush Sri Lanka by 95 runs in the second game of the Standard Bank Series at Buffalo Park on Sunday

17-Dec-2000•Peter Robinson

Fitness test for Donald, New Year recall for Gibbs?

Allan Donald faces yet another fitness test before taking his place in the South African team to play Sri Lanka in the first Castle Lager/MTN Test match starting at Kingsmead on Boxing Day

17-Dec-2000•Peter Robinson

Tom Bourdillon - obituary

Tom Bourdillon was born at Shangani in 1938 and educated at REPS (Rhodes Estate Preparatory School), Plumtree School and Rhodes University

17-Dec-2000•Peter Robinson

Rhodes back with a bang as South Africa win by four wickets

Six weeks off while South Africa played out the Test series against New Zealand have clearly done Jonty Rhodes no harm whatsoever

15-Dec-2000•Peter Robinson

King commission: Second interim report released

The King commission of inquiry into match-fixing has recommended far greater supervision of players and suggests that the United Cricket might take control of betting on cricket, in its second interim report released in Cape Town on Tuesday

14-Dec-2000•Peter Robinson

Frustrating end to series

Like few other sports cricket has the ability to make itself look silly

12-Dec-2000•Peter Robinson

McKenzie back in one-day squad

Neil McKenzie's maiden Test century in Port Elizabeth has been sufficient to earn him a recall to the South African one-day team for the first two internationals against Sri Lanka

10-Dec-2000•Peter Robinson

Seam attack gives South Africa the upper hand

South Africa's bowlers, not least among them the 21-year-old debutant Mfuneko Ngam, vindicated Shaun Pollock's decision to bowl first on the second day of the third Castle Lager/MTN Test match at the Wanderers with a disciplined effort on a fast and

09-Dec-2000•Peter Robinson

Ngam in Test side as Donald withdraws

Mfuneko Ngam, the 21-year-old Eastern Province fast bowler, will make his Test debut for South Africa against New Zealand at the Wanderers on Friday following the withdrawal of Allan Donald from the side on Thursday

07-Dec-2000•Peter Robinson

Hall shines on dark afternoon

Traditionally a low-key affair - a one-day game with no restrictions or limitations - Sri Lanka's opening match in South Africa against a Nicky Oppenheimer XI at Randjesfontein ended utterly inconclusively because of bad light, but not before Andrew

07-Dec-2000•Peter Robinson

Low key start for the Sri Lankans

Sri Lankan captain Sanath Jayasuriya expects his team to take between one to two weeks to settle into South African conditions ahead of their three-Test, six one-day international tour

06-Dec-2000•Peter Robinson

South Africa seized the moment, says Pollock

South African captain Shaun Pollock argued that his side had seized the big moments to win the second Castle Lager/MTN Test match - and the series - by seven wickets at St George's Park on Monday

04-Dec-2000•Peter Robinson

South Africa poised to wrap up series

New Zealand bent, buckled and finally broke on the fourth afternoon of the second Castle Lager Test match at St George's Park on Sunday, collapsing in their second innings to leave South Africa with what should be the formality of victory on Monday

03-Dec-2000•Peter Robinson

Ngam in squad for third Test

Eastern Province fast bowler Mfuneko Ngam has been drafted into a 12-man South African squad for the third Castle Lager/MTN Test match against New Zealand starting at the Wanderers on December 8

03-Dec-2000•Peter Robinson

'Chip off the old block' McKenzie takes it away from NZ

Cellphone etiquette in the South African dressing room ensured that Kevin McKenzie could not phone son Neil to congratulate him immediately after his 120 against New Zealand at St George's Park on Saturday

02-Dec-2000•Peter Robinson

Record-breaking Sinclair turns it around for New Zealand

When Mathew Sinclair goes, he quite clearly goes big

01-Dec-2000•Peter Robinson

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