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Having won the toss, the South African captain TL Tsolekile decided to have a bat in South Africa's first match of the Youth World Cup

The Natal bowling attack will have to show significant improvement in their crucial Super Eight match against Border in East London from Friday if Dale Benkenstein's team are to achieve their aim of reaching the SuperSport Series final

Natal made heavy weather of defending a total of 223 in their Standard Bank Cup match against Free State at Kingsmead last night, squeezing home by seven runs in an exciting contest that produced much for the crowd of 4000 to enjoy

In an exciting game of high scores and low wicket hauls, Gauteng pulled ahead of the EP target to finish their innings on 245/5 with a few balls to spare off their allotted 45 overs

Gary Kirsten led the way on a day of tumbling batting records at Kingsmead yesterday as South Africa salvaged an honourable draw against England in the third cricket Test

TWO late wickets from medium-pacer Andrew Flintoff restored England's hopes of winning the third Test at Kingsmead on Wednesday after opener Gary Kirsten had scored a record-breaking century to guide South Africa towards safety

THE South African cricket selectors' decision to omit Jonty Rhodes from the team for the third Test against England at Kingsmead was exposed on Tuesday as Andy Caddick shot the home team out for just 156 and England enforced the follow-on, 210 runs

England underwent an astonishing metamorphosis on the second day of the third Test against South Africa at Kingsmead, finishing on 366 for nine after their first-day crawl to 135 for two which left most of the sizeable crowd close to stupor in

Johan Myburgh's ability to handle sub-standard sub-continental surfaces helped Northerns yesterday beat Free State at Springbok Park in Bloemfontein on a pitch described as "a shocker" by the coach, Peter Kirsten

Eastern Province opener Carl Bradfield batted for the whole day at Kingsmead on Monday to ensure their SuperSport Series Super Eights match against Natal ended in a draw

It was a Sunday stroll for batsmen at Kingsmead yesterday and despite classy centuries from Andrew Hudson and Errol Stewart, Natal will find it tough to bowl Eastern Province out today and set up victory in their SuperSport Series Super Eights game

Natal enjoyed the benefits of winning a very good toss as their pacemen reduced Eastern Province to 239 for nine on the first day of their SuperSport Series match at Kingsmead on Friday

England captain Nasser Hussain has been so impressed by the performance of rookie KwaZulu-Natal all-rounder Kevin Pieterson that he has asked the youngster for a chat today concerning the possibility of him playing his cricket in Essex during the

England fumbled around like a pimply adolescent on a first date for most of a glorious sunny Sunday at Kingsmead, before Andrew Flintoff and Alex Tudor finally drove home the advantage and provided some entertainment

NATAL'S match against England did eventually peter out in a draw at Kingsmead on Monday, but in terms of preparation for the vital second Test starting in Port Elizabeth on Thursday, home captain Dale Benkenstein feels the tourists got little out of

Centurion: In a display of style and maturity Justin Ontong helped Boland to two easy batting points and himself to an impressive first-class half century as the visitors continued to dominate their Super Eights A Section match against Northerns

Durban: Natal battled to 136 for five on a rain-marred first day of their four-day match against the English tourists at Kingsmead on Friday, with John Kent and Ross Veenstra keeping them afloat when play was called off at 3.30 pm

Centurion: It was not quite the provincial captaincy debut Neil McKenzie had in mind yesterday when he took over as Northerns new leader

Johannesburg: For weeks it had been billed as the Donald and Atherton show, but the way Allan Donald, alias White Lightning, struck at the Wanderers yesterday, England were also no doubt wondering if there had been a grain of truth in the fitness

Johannesburg - It was not the best weather for a batting picnic: there was even a hint of high drama about the toss which Hansie Cronje won