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MacLeod counters Rashid threat in style

The Scotland batsman clinically dismantled ODI cricket's No. 1 ranked bowler during the course of his third 150 plus score in the format

04-Mar-2018•Peter Della Penna

De Kock shows the fight he and his team needed

Quinton de Kock buckled down and played an uncharacteristic innings of great importance to South Africa's confidence. It was a fine effort in erasing any doubt over his place in the XI too

04-Mar-2018•Firdose Moonda in Durban

Markram makes future look bright amid present gloom

Against a top-class attack, in a tough situation, the young opener showed there will be someone for South Africa to fall back on once their old pros move on

04-Mar-2018•Firdose Moonda in Durban

New Australia, same old hostility

The 'pack of dogs' that Faf du Plessis spoke of four years ago was back in full force at Kingsmead, 'headbutting the line' in a manner more reminiscent of Zinedine Zidane than Jonny Bairstow

04-Mar-2018•Daniel Brettig in Durban

Zimbabwe's last big job

The World Cup Qualifier at home presents an opportunity for several senior players to sign their careers off with one last hurrah

04-Mar-2018•Liam Brickhill

Six to watch: a 15-year-old Nepali, a Zimbabwe-born Netherlands quick

Rohit Paudel and Shane Snater are among the promising players to watch out for at the World Cup Qualifier

03-Mar-2018•Peter Della Penna

Australia break the cycle of collapses

Australia did not bat particularly well at Kingsmead, but well enough to ensure the process of constructing a consistently successful team was not stalled

03-Mar-2018•Daniel Brettig in Durban

South Africa left wondering 'how' things went wrong

Maybe the hosts were undercooked. Maybe they had underestimated Australia or maybe they are facing uncertainty on the administrative front

03-Mar-2018•Firdose Moonda in Durban

'Afghanistan are here to win' - Phil Simmons

Phil Simmons, the Afghanistan head coach, on what makes his team a success and what work remains to be done to take the next step up

03-Mar-2018•The Interview by Nagraj Gollapudi

Marsh and Lyon script their Second Act

A little over 12 months ago, neither man was certain of his place in the Australian Test XI. Now, they have become immensely vital cogs

02-Mar-2018•Daniel Brettig in Durban

Can South Africa defer de Villiers' break-up with Test cricket?

AB de Villiers proved yet again how much South Africa needs him and how much Test cricket needs him. But does the batsman still need South Africa and Test cricket?

02-Mar-2018•Firdose Moonda in Durban

What is the World Cup Qualifier?

The tournament begins in Zimbabwe on Sunday and will continue across Harare, Bulawayo and Kwekwe until March 25. Here is everything you need to know about it

02-Mar-2018•ESPNcricinfo staff

Test-nation gravitas spices up World Cup Qualifier

This tournament will ask existential questions of almost every team: what would it mean for West Indies, winners of the inaugural World Cup in England more than 40 years ago, to miss out?

02-Mar-2018•Liam Brickhill

Maharaj's control shapes tense and teasing day

Whether or not South Africa specifically asked for slower surfaces, they got one at Kingsmead, and their left-arm spinner played the holding role perfectly to keep Australia's aggressive line-up in check

01-Mar-2018•Firdose Moonda in Durban

Australia top-order lose battle of the crease

Australia's hopes of setting a dominant agenda were stymied by an attitrional South Africa bowling effort led by Vernon Philander

01-Mar-2018•Daniel Brettig at Kingsmead

How much dying can Test cricket do?

Plenty, and then some more, as we found out in February

01-Mar-2018•Andrew Fidel Fernando

Dangerous nostalgia at heart of rivalry

South Africa's Test battles with Australia have been reliably hard-fought. But an overdue victory on home soil is important to the hosts for numerous reasons

28-Feb-2018•Daniel Brettig in Durban

The Beast from the East stops play

The County Championship gets underway in just over a month's time, but it's two-sweater weather around the shires at present ...

27-Feb-2018•ESPNcricinfo staff

A hundred in your 100th ODI and in your 100th Test

How many players have achieved the feat?

27-Feb-2018•Steven Lynch

'It was like driving a Rolls-Royce one day and sleeping on the pavement the next'

Sourav Ganguly talks about making the decision to retire in this extract from his new book

27-Feb-2018•Sourav Ganguly

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