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Smith: 'Kallis is unbelievable'

02-Jan-2005•Andrew Miller

Pollock cleared to play

Shaun Pollock, the South African allrounder, has been passed fit to play in the third Test against England that starts this Sunday at Cape Town

31-Dec-2004•Cricinfo staff

A year to forget

The dark clouds that huddled over Kingsmead and ended the Boxing Day Test match against England provided some sort of silver lining at the end of a difficult year for South Africa in international cricket

31-Dec-2004•Telford Vice

Cricket community gears up for fund-raiser

The international cricket community is moving quickly to organise a fund-raising match for the victims of the natural disaster that struck South Asia days ago

31-Dec-2004•Cricinfo staff

'South Africa got out of jail,' says Vaughan

"An epic!" declared Michael Vaughan, as he strode in to face the media after the second Test at Durban had ended in a nailbiting draw

30-Dec-2004•Andrew Miller

England donate £15,000

The England team have pledged £15,000 to the disaster-relief funds of the tsunami and earthquake victims in South-East Asia

30-Dec-2004•Cricinfo staff

Darkness - and de Villiers - thwart England at Durban

Darkness drove the players from the field just before 4.30pm at Durban - around half-an-hour before the scheduled close - handing South Africa a lifeline after England had seemed certain to wrap up the match, and with it a 2-0 lead

30-Dec-2004•The Bulletin by Steven Lynch

'I think we were a bit lucky at the end there'

Graeme Smith admitted that fortune had smiled on South Africa in the closing stages of the second Test at Durban, but praised the tenacity of his team, since lesser sides might have crumbled in the face of such a turnaround

30-Dec-2004•Andrew Miller

'We're going out there to have a go,' says Steyn

It's been a pretty torrid Test baptism for Dale Steyn, South Africa's 21-year-old pace bowler, who has been forced to toil against England's batsmen on two uncompromising surfaces at Port Elizabeth and now Durban

29-Dec-2004•Andrew Miller

Thorpe puts his hand up

Graham Thorpe put his hand up and came to the party just when England needed him most, by scoring a brilliant unbeaten 118 at Kingsmead to set up the chance of their most improbable win of the season

29-Dec-2004•Andrew Miller

Gibbs fined for gesture to umpire

Herschelle Gibbs been fined 40 percent of his match fee

29-Dec-2004•Cricinfo staff

The issue that dares not speak its name

It is the issue that dares not speak its name, but is nonetheless bubbling away beneath the surface of the South African team at present

29-Dec-2004•Andrew Miller

England on top after Thorpe's 16th century

A superb unbeaten hundred from Graham Thorpe put England in the driving seat as South Africa ended the fourth day needing a mountainous 357 to win at Durban

29-Dec-2004•The Bulletin by Jenny Thompson

'Too soon to relax', says Trescothick

Marcus Trescothick and Andrew Strauss cemented their names in therecord-books with an opening stand of 273, to swing a topsy-turvy matchback in England's favour on the third day at Kingsmead

28-Dec-2004•Andrew Miller

'We are good enough to handle the pressure'

After a day in which England wrested back the initiative, the South Africa coach Ray Jennings addressed the media on the third day of the second Test at Durban.

28-Dec-2004•Andrew Miller

Strauss and Trescothick hundreds put England ahead

Marcus Trescothick and Andrew Strauss both strolled to centuries as England gained an 88-run lead in a remarkable turnaround on the third day at Durban

28-Dec-2004•The Bulletin by Jenny Thompson

Sublime Kallis puts South Africa on top

A masterful century from Jacques Kallis put South Africa firmly in control of the second Test on the second day at Durban as they raced to a lead of 193 runs

27-Dec-2004•The Bulletin by Jenny Thompson

'It's good to perform against the best', says Kallis

A magnificent 162 from Jacques Kallis lifted South Africa from a dicey 116for 6 at the midpoint of their innings, to give them control of the second Test at Kingsmead

27-Dec-2004•Andrew Miller

'We're chuffed to have bowled England out for 139'

Duncan Fletcher, England's coach, was critical of his side's cavalierapproach to their innings after South Africa had bundled them out for 139on the opening day of the second Test at Kingsmead

26-Dec-2004•Andrew Miller

Smith's gamble reaps dividends

After winning the toss and putting England in, South Africa bowled them out for 139 and reached 70 for 3 in reply on the first day at Durban

26-Dec-2004•The Bulletin by Jenny Thompson

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