Peter Robinson

Three centuries, two of them from Indian master batsmen Sourav Ganguly and Sachin Tendulkar, were fashioned in the first Standard Bank One-Day International at the Wanderers on Friday

There was some good news, even if it came with a qualification, for India on the eve of Friday's opening Standard Bank One-Day international against South Africa at the Wanderers when touring captain Sourav Ganguly announced that both he and master

Ajit Agarkar blasted India to an unlikely three-wicket victory over South Africa A at Willowmoore Park in Benoni last night, hauling the tourists out of deep trouble with uninhibited display of clean hitting

Ajit Agarkar blasted India to an unlikely three-wicket victory over South Africa A at Willowmoore Park in Benoni last night, hauling the tourists out of deep trouble with an uninhibited display of clean hitting

Still no Allan Donald and still no Nicky Boje, but South Africa will take a 12-man squad of proven quality to the Wanderers on Friday for the first Standard Bank Summer Spice Series one-day match against India

Makhaya Ntini and Mfuneko Ngam became the first African players to receive one of South African cricket's highest awards on Monday when they were named among five 2001 Cricketers of the Year

India's tour of South Africa kicks off in earnest, well, semi-earnest anyway, on Monday with what has become a traditional pipe-opener for touring teams against a Nicky Oppenheimer XI at the privately-owned Randjesfontein ground in Midrand

Whatever else Hansie Cronje has said and done over the past couple of years, one contradiction keeps slithering through: if the former South African captain really loves cricket as much as he professes, then why does he persist in putting the game

A Tuesday night meeting between lawyers representing the United Cricket Board and banned former captain Hansie Cronje ended without a settlement being reached and Cronje's challenge to his life ban in the Pretoria High Court will go ahead as

United Cricket Board vice-president Robbie Kurz said it was a "sad, sad day" when cricket found itself in court

With relatively little fanfare, Sourav Ganguly's Indian tourists flew into South Africa on Monday seeking to avoid the pitfalls encountered by two previous Indian sides

Allan Donald, the premier South African bowler of his generation, will now miss the entire Zimbabwe tour, stricken by yet another dose of what seems an extraordinarily unpleasant dose of flu

South Africa need to sort a few things out before they take on Australia

The 2003 Cricket World Cup will be the "best" and "cleanest" to date, Lord Condon, the director of the ICC's Anti-Corruption Unit, said on Monday

Fast bowler Allan Donald has been withdrawn from South Africa's tour of Zimbabwe as a consequence of what seems to be a remarkably virulent dose of flu

Boland swing bowler Charl Langeveldt and Western Province captain and batsman HD Ackerman have been called up to tour Zimbabwe as South Africa's early-season preparations were thrown into disarray on Monday

Next Friday Shaun Pollock's South Africans start their first Test match of the summer in Harare against Zimbabwe

South African sports minister Ngconde Balfour is adamant that South Africa's tour of Zimbabwe next month should go ahead as planned

A poll conducted by the News24 website recently called for South Africa's cricket to Zimbabwe next month to be cancelled and, what's more, for a full range of sanctions to be slapped on Robert Mugabe as quickly as possible

Former West Indies captain Jimmy Adams is set to skipper Free State this summer, subject to approval from the United Cricket Board's finance committee