Dazzling Tendulkar turns the tables on South Africa
The floodlights were turned on for the last hour at Goodyear Park on Saturday, but the glow that suffused the first day of the first Castle Lager/MTN Test came largely from a majestic Sachin Tendulkar century
03-Nov-2001•Peter Robinson
ICC confirms officials and Test Championship details for South Africa v India
The ICC has confirmed details of match referee and umpire appointments for the forthcoming Test series between South Africa and India, starting on the 3rd November
01-Nov-2001•ICC Media Release
Boje and Hayward recalled to South African Test squad
Nicky Boje and Nantie Hayward have been recalled to a South African squad of 12 for the first Test match against India starting at Goodyear Park in Bloemfontein on Saturday November 3
27-Oct-2001•Peter Rob inson
India take 11.3 overs to crush Kenya by 10 wickets
As if anxious to spend as little time as possible at Goodyear Park, India took just 11.3 overs to sweep to a 10-wicket victory over Kenya in their Standard Bank One-Day International on Friday evening
12-Oct-2001•Peter Robinson
Tests allocated to the usual suspects
All six of South Africa's regular Test venues will stage a Test match this summer despite speculation that some centres might miss out while others, like Newlands, would host two games
05-Jun-2001•Peter Robinson
Free State turn tables on EP to win by four wickets
Free State produced a remarkable fightback to beat Eastern Province by four wickets in topsy-turvy Supersport Series Super Eight match which finished comfortably inside three days at Goodyear Park on Saturday
17-Mar-2001•Marcus Prior
Creed and Botha leave Free State with difficult task ahead
A viper of a pitch and some ordinary batting have conspired to turn this into one of the lower scoring Supersport Series games of the season, but an unbroken sixth wicket partnership of 55 between Murray Creed and South African schools captain Johan
16-Mar-2001•Marcus Prior - MWP
Mpitsang helps skittle Eastern Province
Victor Mpitsang claimed his second five wicket haul of the season as Free State skittled Eastern Province for just 180 on day one of this Supersport Series Super Eight match at Goodyear Park on Thursday
15-Mar-2001•Marcus Prior - MWP
Free State has a mountain to climb
Only two years ago, Free State chased a second innings victory target in excess of 400 to win a first-class match, but that was in the days of Hansie Cronje
04-Mar-2001•MWP
Border have Free State under pressure
Only two years ago, Free State chased a second innings victory target in excess of 400 to win a first-class match, but that was in the days of Hansie Cronje
04-Mar-2001•MWP
Henderson bowls Border to emphatic victory over Free State
Border gave their chances of reaching the Supersport Series final a tonic with an emphatic 162-run defeat of Free State in Bloemfontein on Sunday, their 18-point haul catapulting them into second place on the standings behind runaway leaders Western
04-Mar-2001•MWP
Border take giant stride in bid to reach final
If Border claim a place in the final of the Supersport Series, then Friday in Bloemfontein might just be the day they gave themselves the chance
02-Mar-2001•Marcus Prior - MWP
Border recover to post competitive total against Free State
Border recovered well from a potentially precarious 136 for five midway through day one of this Supersport Series Super Eight match to eventually post a total of 308 all out which will at least allow their bowlers to attack the Free State top order
01-Mar-2001•Marcus Prior - MWP
KwaZulu-Natal take Duckworth-Lewis win over Free State
BLOEMFONTEIN, Jan 19 - Kwazulu-Natal turned this game on its head and in
the process almost guaranteed themselves a place in the last for of the
Standard Bank Cup with a 12-run win over Free State in Bloemfontein under
the Duckworth/Lewis method on
19-Jan-2001•MWP
5th ODI, South Africa v Sri Lanka, Statistical Highlights
It was the 1671st ODI in cricket history
18-Jan-2001•Rajneesh Gupta
Gibbs comes good as SA stretch winning run to 10
Whether Herschelle Gibbs was more relieved than pleased with himself was difficult to tell, but who could blame the 26-year-old for either emotion after his 79 had ensured South Africa's five-wicket victory in the fifth Standard Bank one-day
14-Jan-2001•Peter Robinson
Eagles squash the Strikers' challenge
The Highveld Strikers, who had set their sights on winning the Standard Bank Cup after a dismal defence of their Supersport Series first-class title this season, took another step backwards in the limited overs format when they lost to Free State by
07-Dec-2000
1st Test, South Africa v New Zealand, Statistical Highlights
It was 1514th Test match in cricket history
26-Nov-2000•Rajneesh Gupta
Ntini sets up five-wicket win for South Africa
After six Test matches spread out over nearly three years, Makhaya Ntini finally established himself as an international bowler in his own right as South Africa won the first Castle Lager/MTN Test against New Zealand by five wickets at Good year Park
21-Nov-2000•Peter Robinson
Cruel luck for Fleming as NZ stage rearguard action
On a day when his side produced a fightback brimming with spirit and courage, New Zealand captain Stephen Fleming suffered the bitter disappointment of failing to convert his 26th Test fifty to a third hundred
20-Nov-2000•Peter Robinson