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Ponting rules the roost

Ricky Ponting has finished the year as the highest-rated batsman in world cricket

30-Dec-2003•Wisden Cricinfo staff

Sarwan and Chanderpaul salvage pride

South Africa duly wrapped up the second Test at Durban by an innings and 65 runs, and so took an unassailable 2-0 lead in the four-Test series

29-Dec-2003•Wisden Cricinfo staff

Kallis and Kirsten make Windies toil

Jacques Kallis and Gary Kirsten rattled along to the highest fourth-wicket partnership in South Africa's Test history, as West Indies were torn limb from limb on the third day at Durban

28-Dec-2003•Wisden Cricinfo staff

Gibbs leads the charge

After having his nose rearranged in the first Test at Johannesburg, Herschelle Gibbs exacted the best possible revenge on the West Indian fast bowlers, by careering to his 11th Test century on the second day at Durban

27-Dec-2003•Wisden Cricinfo staff

West Indies recover from dreadful start

Brian Lara and Ridley Jacobs added 98 for the sixth wicket to help West Indies recover from a shambolic start, but by tea South Africa were firmly in command of the second Test at Durban

26-Dec-2003•Wisden Cricinfo staff

Lara and the three cops

West Indies have a tough task ahead of them in the second Tests against South Africa, and their batsmen will look to Brian Lara for inspiration

25-Dec-2003•Rahul Bhatia

Rain wins the day on East Coast

Rain up and down the Eastern Cape coast ensured that no play was possible on the third day of the match between Border and West Indies, and also put paid to any possible result in the Standard Bank Cup match between Eastern Province and Easterns, who

22-Dec-2003•Keith Lane

Kirsten and Adams back for South Africa

South Africa today announced a 13-man squad for the second and third Test matches against West Indies, with recalls for Gary Kirsten and Paul Adams

22-Dec-2003•Wisden Cricinfo staff

Kallis keeps up Western Province's unbeaten run

With a small target to chase Jacques Kallis helped himself to an undefeated 74 and Western Province maintained their unbeaten record as KwaZulu-Natal in their Standard Bank Cup clash at Newlands

21-Dec-2003•Keith Lane

South African Schools teams announced

At the conclusion of the 2003 Coca-Cola Khaya Majola U/19 Week a group of twenty-four players was named by the U/19 Selection panel to represent South African Schools and South African School Colts

21-Dec-2003•Keith Lane

Northerns and Gauteng climb the ladder

Judging by his innings for Northerns in Centurion, Jacques Rudolph is not going to gift his place in the national team

20-Dec-2003•Keith Lane

Rain denies West Indies match practice

The West Indians' tour match against Border at East London ended in a drizzly draw after persistent rain, and a saturated outfield meant there was no play for the second consecutive day

20-Dec-2003•Wisden Cricinfo staff

Chanderpaul and Lara star with the bat

Boundary-studded innings from Brian Lara and Shivnarine Chanderpaul set up a handy West Indian total at Buffalo Park in East London

19-Dec-2003•Wisden Cricinfo staff

Lara and Murali on top

After an action-packed week of Test cricket, Brian Lara and Rahul Dravid rose to the top of the PwC Ratings

18-Dec-2003•Wisden Cricinfo staff

Dippenaar's hundred goes in vain

Hundreds for Benjamin Hector and Boeta Dippenaar entertained a small crowd in Bloemfontein, as Griqualand West and Easterns made up ground on Western Province in the latest round of Standard Bank Cup matches

18-Dec-2003•Keith Lane

Gibbs has operation on his nose

South African opener Herschelle Gibbs has had an operation to reset a double fracture in his nose

17-Dec-2003•Wisden Cricinfo staff

West Indies slide to defeat

Four wickets from Shaun Pollock helped South Africa to a comfortable 189-run win against West Indies in the first Test at the Wanderers

16-Dec-2003•The Wisden Bulletin by Freddie Auld

Nel fined for abusive gestures

Andre Nel's impressive Test comeback was marred after he was fined half his match fee for making offensive gestures at Chris Gayle, the West Indian batsman, during their second innings at the Wanderers

16-Dec-2003•Wisden Cricinfo staff

Ntini puts South Africa on course for victory

Makhaya Ntini took three late wickets to leave West Indies in dire straights on 31 for 3 and 346 runs in arrears at the close of the fourth day at the Wanderers

15-Dec-2003•The Wisden Bulletin by Freddie Auld

Lara: 'Dravid and Laxman inspired me'

Brian Lara talks about his third-day hundred

14-Dec-2003•Wisden Cricinfo staff

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