Peter Robinson

An easterly wind blew into Port Elizabeth on Wednesday, shrouding St George's Park in drizzle and driving South Africa into the indoor nets two days ahead of the second Castle Lager/MTN Test match

India and the South African A team finally gave up their unequal struggle against the elements in East London on Monday by calling off their four-day game on the morning of the third day

The pressure on Boeta Dippenaar to fully establish himself at the highest level mounted on Monday when Northerns Titans left-hander Jacques Rudolph was added to the South African squad for the second Castle Lager/MTN Test match against India starting

For the second day running no play was possible in India's four-day game against the South African A team at Buffalo Park in East London on Sunday, bringing the total number of days lost either to the elements or the conditions by the Indians in the

India's attempts to get out on the field in between international fixtures were again thwarted in East London on Saturday when the first day's play in the four-day match against a South African A team was called off because of a wet outfield

India have a chance to regroup and reorganise over the next four days in the sleepy seaside town of East London where the tourists meet a South African A team at Buffalo Park

Daryll Cullinan has been given an unexpected opportunity to reclaim his Test match place with a late inclusion in the South African A team which meets India over four days starting in East London on Saturday

After three days of wonderfully entertaining cricket in the first Castle Lager/MTN Test match, India folded up on the fourth day as South Africa swept to a nine-wicket victory and, almost certainly, a considerable psychological advantage in the

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Three days into the first Castle Lager/MTN Test match against South Africa, India found themselves far enough off the pace to have to treat the last six sessions of the game with some suspicion

So much, someone noted, for being a bowler-friendly pitch

The floodlights were turned on for the last hour at Goodyear Park on Saturday, but the glow that suffused the first day of the first Castle Lager/MTN Test came largely from a majestic Sachin Tendulkar century

India, by contrast, have had their preparations disrupted, they have yet tosettle on an opening pair and they seem very likely to attempt to play theseries with only four bowlers, two of whom will be the spinners Anil Kumbleand Harbhajan Singh.

India's ill-fated three-day game against a President's XI in Chatsworth was finally put out of its misery early on Wednesday morning after yet another inspection revealed the ground was still as soggy, if not soggier, than it had been on Monday.

The fiasco of India's three-day tour game against a President's XI in Chatsworth took a new twist on Tuesday when a statement from the KwaZulu-Natal Cricket Union officially abandoning the game was contradicted

India's three-day match against a South African President's XI at the Chatsworth Oval was officially abandoned on Tuesday morning, throwing the tourists' preparations for the first Test against South Africa which starts in Bloemfontein on Saturday

India's ill-fated three-day game against a President's XI in Chatsworth was finally put out of its misery early on Wednesday morning after yet another inspection revealed was still as soggy, if not soggier, than it had been on Monday

India's three-day match against a President's XI at the Chatsworth Oval was officially abandoned on Tuesday morning, throwing the tourists' preparations for the first Test against South Africa which starts in Bloemfontein on Saturday into disarray

World Cup champions Australia will start their defence of their title in a repeat of the 1999 final against Pakistan at the Wanderers in Johannesburg on February 11 according to the 2003 World Cup schedule released in Durban on Saturday

Too slick, too efficient and simply too well organised, South Africa ran away with the Standard Bank One-Day International Series at Kingsmead on Friday with a six-wicket victory that was every bit as comprehensive as the margin suggests