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McKenzie and Boucher guide South Africa home on tense final day

Middle order batsman Neil McKenzie and vice-captain Mark Boucher guided South Africa to a tense and acrimonious four-wicket win against Sri Lanka in the second Test to win the series 2-0 at SuperSport Park on Tuesday.

14-Jun-2006•Charlie Austin

Sri Lanka in selection chaos over South Africa tour squad

Sri Lanka's selectors, captain Sanath Jayasuriya and sports minister Johnston Fernando have become embroiled in a selection dispute over the squad picked for the forthcoming Sri Lanka tour of South Africa

08-Jul-2005•Charlie Austin

South Africa supremacy continues at Goodyear Park

South Africa's supremacy in this one-day series continued at Goodyear Park on Friday night as they completed a comfortable six wicket against Sri Lanka in the final One-Day International

06-Dec-2002•Charlie Austin

Hours of work ahead for Dav Whatmore

Sri Lanka's performance against South Africa in a vital clash that decided the series should certainly have their coach worried

06-Dec-2002•Pat Symcox

South Africa can win the World Cup, says Whatmore

Sri Lanka coach Dav Whatmore believes that South Africa have a good chance of winning the World Cup next year

06-Dec-2002•Charlie Austin

Jayasuriya left furious with television decision

Sri Lankan captain Sanath Jayasuriya was left seething on Wednesday night after his side's eight-wicket defeat against South Africa, complaining that the controversial dismissal of opener Marvan Atapattu had turned the game

04-Dec-2002•Charlie Austin

South Africa wrap up series with emphatic victory

Herschelle Gibbs scored an unbeaten century as South Africa crushed Sri Lanka by eight wickets to take an unassailable 3-1 lead in this five-match series at the De Beers Diamond Oval on Wednesday

04-Dec-2002•Charlie Austin

Sri Lankan win breaths new life into series

On a day when the fortunes of both teams fluctuated so dramatically that one never knew who had the upper hand from one bowling spell to the next, Sri Lanka came to the World Cup in a big way

02-Dec-2002•Pat Symcox

Atapattu stars as Sri Lanka strike back at Benoni

Opener Marvan Atapattu scored his seventh one-day century as Sri Lanka kept their hopes alive in this five-match series with a seven-wicket victory against South Africa at Benoni on Sunday

01-Dec-2002•Charlie Austin

World cricket needs a competitive Sri Lankan team

The Sri Lankans ran into rampant South African lineup that had all the aces right from the outset

30-Nov-2002•Pat Symcox

Jayasuriya labels performance "unacceptable"

A despondent skipper Sanath Jayasuriya labeled his team's performance as "unacceptable" as Sri Lanka slumped to a humiliating 177 run defeat against South Africa at SuperSport Park on Friday night

29-Nov-2002•Charlie Austin

Rampant South Africa overwhelm Sri Lanka at Centurion

South Africa's pre-World Cup form continues to snowball as they overwhelmed Sri Lanka at SuperSport Park on Friday night to take a two-nil lead in the five-match series

29-Nov-2002•Charlie Austin

Whatmore expects Sri Lanka to fight back at Centurion

Sri Lanka coach Dav Whatmore believes that his side can bounce back in thesecond one-day international at Centurion on Friday

28-Nov-2002•Charlie Austin

Sri Lanka need a fifth and sixth bowler

The Wanderers bullring must seem like the Coliseum to the Sri Lankan team

28-Nov-2002•Pat Symcox

Sri Lanka record in South Africa paints a dull picture

It is said that one of the ways to judge the future is to look into the past

27-Nov-2002•Pat Symcox

South African seamers too hot to handle on Wanderers green top

South Africa new ball bowlers Makhaya Ntini and Shaun Pollock shared seven wickets to condemn Sri Lanka to a comprehensive six-wicket defeat in the opening One-Day International at Wanderers on Wednesday.

27-Nov-2002•Charlie Austin

A better surface is needed for World Cup final, says Pollock

South Africa skipper Shaun Pollock admitted that the pitch used for the opening one-day international against Sri Lanka was too heavily loaded in favour of seam bowlers

27-Nov-2002•Charlie Austin

Let the World Cup preparations begin

The first One-Day International of real consequence to the World Cup happens at the Wanderers tomorrow and from now on, everything the Proteas think, eat, breathe or do, will be done with one single goal in mind: Win the World Cup 2003

26-Nov-2002•Pat Symcox

Aravinda de Silva applauds Sri Lanka's new abrasive approach

Veteran middle order batsman Aravinda de Silva, the longest serving international cricketer on the circuit today, has applauded his younger teammates for their abrasive, never-say-die approach in the final Test against South Africa

26-Nov-2002•Charlie Austin

World Cup countdown begins at Wanderers

Sri Lanka and South Africa begin their final world cup countdowns on Wednesday when the two sides meet for the first game in a five-match ODI series at Wanderers

26-Nov-2002•Charlie Austin

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