Peter Robinson

Styris starts to look like a Test match candidate

These things always have to be put into some kind of perspective, but New Zealand have done nearly as much as they might have wanted over the first two days of their three-day match against Boland at Boland Park in Paarl

08-Nov-2000•Peter Robinson

Wiseman suffers the curse of the Winelands

Odd things have happened to touring teams who visit Paarl

07-Nov-2000•Peter Robinson

More last ball heartbreak for New Zealand as Klusener does it again

It was not, Stephen Fleming conceded, quite as heartbreaking as losing a series off the last ball of a match, but it still wasn't that great a way to go down

04-Nov-2000•Peter Robinson

Easterns in charge before the rain comes down

Rain severely curtailed the first day's play in the Supersport Series match between Easterns and Eastern Province at Willowmoore Park on Friday, but in the 40.2 overs which were possible, Easterns continued this season's impressive form, reducing the

03-Nov-2000•Peter Robinson

Boje keeps on riding the wave

Stand Springbok and Golden Lions scrumhalf Werner Swanepoel next to Nicky Boje in a reasonably well-lit room and you'd be hard-pressed to tell the two apart

03-Nov-2000•Peter Robinson

South African quicks likely to outgun injury-strapped Black Caps

To his credit, Stephen Fleming has not yet started to wear the hunted look of a captain who suspects that he might be on a hiding to nothing

03-Nov-2000•Peter Robinson

Cairns out of South African tour

All-rounder Chris Cairns is to quit New Zealand's tour of South Africa and return home on Sunday, it was confirmed on Thursday

02-Nov-2000•Peter Robinson

Faint light at the end of the tunnel for Cronje?

The life ban imposed by the United Cricket Board on former South African captain Hansie Cronje came into full effect on Thursday, November 2

02-Nov-2000•Peter Robinson

Klusener, Kallis see SA through in rain-hit scramble

By his own standards, Lance Klusener has had a quiet time of it in the Standard Bank one-day series against New Zealand, but on Kingsmead on Wednesday night he showed that there's still a bit left in the great lump of wood he uses as a bat

01-Nov-2000•Peter Robinson

CBI report: Bacher nearly says 'I told you so'

United Cricket Board managing director Ali Bacher just managed to avoid saying "I told you so" in response to the release of the Central Bureau of Investigation report in India on Wednesday

01-Nov-2000•Peter Robinson

Kirsten century ensures South Africa victory over Kiwis

Gary Kirsten fashioned his 10th one-day century and shared in a record partnership for the second wicket as South African tracked down a 288 victory target to beat New Zealand by five wickets in the Standard Bank series at the De Beers Diamond Oval

28-Oct-2000•Peter Robinson

Captains dazzled by 'brilliant' cricket in Kimberley

Separately but unanimously, Shaun Pollock and Stephen Fleming both used the word 'brilliant' to describe the cricket played by South Africa during the first four matches of the Standard Bank one-day international series, a series wrapped up by the

28-Oct-2000•Peter Robinson

Boje century is foundation for 115-run victory over New Zealand

Whatever anyone else thinks, Nicky Boje is claiming exclusive rights to the number three slot in the South African one-day day

25-Oct-2000•Peter Robinson

Ngam added to South African squad for remaining one-day matches with New Zealand

Mfuneko Ngam, the impressive 21-year-old Eastern Province fast bowler has almost been added to the South African squad for the last three Standard Bank one-day internationals against New Zealand, it was announced on Wednesday night

25-Oct-2000•Peter Robinson

South Africa complete comfortable victory to take series lead over New Zealand

Stephen Fleming had been looking forward to winning in Benoni on Sunday, he said, "to give the wicket some"

22-Oct-2000•Peter Robinson

Rain brings premature end to first one-day international

Torrential rain 38 overs into the South African innings drove the players from the field and brought a premature end to the first Standard Bank one-day international at the North West stadium in Potchefstroom on Friday

20-Oct-2000•Peter Robinson

Kiwis cruise home in Soweto

Nathan Astle helped himself to a century and Stephen Fleming at last got himself among the runs as New Zealand eased into their South African tour with a 79-run one-day victory over a Highveld Strikers Invitation XI in Soweto on Wednesday

18-Oct-2000•Peter Robinson

UCB ignores Cronje deadline

The 4pm deadline given to the United Cricket Board by lawyers for Hansie Cronje came and went on Tuesday with no sign that the UCB intends to review or reconsider the life ban it intends to impose on the disgraced former South African captain

17-Oct-2000•Peter Robinson

Cairns cleared to go ahead with SA tour

ICC KnockOut 2000 champions New Zealand were given a further lift as they settled into the South African leg of their tour in Johannesburg on Tuesday with the news that star all-rounder Chris Cairns does not require immediate surgery on his injured

17-Oct-2000•Peter Robinson

Cairns steers New Zealand to heroic victory over India in ICC KnockOut final

How much of a role Chris Cairns will play on New Zealand's forthcoming tour of South Africa remains to be seen, but he did enough in the ICC KnockOut 2000 final against India at the Nairobi Gymkhana Club on Sunday to keep his shares up for some time

15-Oct-2000•Peter Robinson

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