Cricket News

Centurion: While a pall of gloom hung over the England dressing room last night, and most of it they would have to admit is self-induced, Clive Eksteen finally managed to take Mike Atherton's wicket

Centurion: Neil McKenzie may have lifted the spirits of the crowd yesterday but serious question marks hovered over the Test future of opening batsman Adam Bacher on a gloomy second day Combined XI outing against the England tourists

Allan Donald and Shaun Pollock smiled at the Harare Sports Club pitch, and the pitch smiled back at them

Bloemfontein: England secured the second win of their South African tour on Monday when they outclassed a Free State/Griqualand West Combination XI by 153 runs at Goodyear Park

Bloemfontein: England experienced their best day of their South African tour on Sunday as Darren Gough and Mark Butcher put a smile back onto the normally stern face of coach Duncan Fletcher

Centurion: One of the national selectors, Clive Rice, paid what appeared to be a ``courtesy call'' at SuperSport Park yesterday and got an eyeful of why South Africa A have become the professional, unbeatable side they are

Bloemfontein: Former South African Test player, Gerhardus Liebenberg, proved to be a thorn in England's side as a Combined Free State/Griqualand West XI held their own against the tourists on the second day of their four-day match at Goodyear Park on

Centurion: Rushdie Majiet may be in Harare watching South Africa take control of the second Test against Zimbabwe but the convener of the national selectors has, no doubt, also heard the loud rapping on the door of opportunity yesterday by three fast

Bloemfontein: Chris Adams and Andrew Flintoff rescued England from a potentially embarrassing first innings collapse on the first day of their four-day Tour match against a make-shift Combination team from the Free State and Griqualand West at

Centurion: If you ask Mark Bruyns if there is such a thing as the Tooth Fairy he will no doubt think of the two chances he gave in his career-best innings yesterday as he helped himself to his third century of the season

Bloemfontein: It was a typical response from the South African captain, Hansie Cronje, which neatly tied up the post-match conference and highlighted Paul Adams

Bloemfontein (South Africa) There are those who have loftily accused Hansie Cronje of having the batting technique of an honest journeyman but lacking in flair and then pass on without giving the dismissive comment a second thought

Potchefstroom: Sri Lanka A lost their first tour match when they opened their five weeks tour with a six-wicket defeat at the North West Stadium by a combined side made up of Free State, North West and Griqualand West players

Sri Lanka A ended the second day of their three-day match against a Combined XI on 120 for three, still 51 runs short of avoiding an innings defeat in Potchefstroom on Monday

Free State opening bowler Herman Bakkes, who toured Sri Lanka last year with the South Africa A team renewed his acquaintance with the tourists with a blistering six wickets haul at North West Oval in the one-time capital of the old Transvaal,

As the Eastern Province openers had done on day one, Adam Bacher and Swen Koenig struggled through the early morning session, but managed to keep the scoreboard ticking over

As the Eastern Province openers had done on day one, Adam Bacher and Swen Koenig struggled through the early morning session, but managed to keep the scoreboard ticking over

Johannesburg - Eastern Province, after being beaten by the rain last weekend, have only themselves to blame for the position they find themselves in at the end of day one in their SuperSport Series match against Gauteng at The Wanderers Stadium

A Loose Natal batting display saw the home side squander a great chance to put themselves in a match-winning position on the second day of their SuperSport Series cricket match against Boland at Kingsmead on Friday

Pieter Strydom's 125 followed by penetrative seam bowling put Border exactly where they wanted to be after two days of this match