South Africa will be looking to complete a comprehensive 5-0 rout over the hapless West Indies and give retiring hero Shaun Pollock a fitting farewell with a victory over the Windies in the fifth chapter of this five match MTN ODI series to be played at the Wanderers this Sunday.

South Africa will be looking to take one step further in demolishing an already fragile West Indies confidence when they host the fourth one dayer at the Kingsmead Oval in Durban in three days. South Africa have an unassailable 3-0 lead in the series and on the current turn of events, it

Alcohol abuse by some of the South African cricketers was a cause of their poor performance during the recent ICC World Cup in the West Indies, observes Adrian le Roux, the former fitness trainer of the team. "In my opinion, the use of alcohol within the national team is a problem. Th

Hosts South Africa announced a provisional 30-member squad for the inaugural ICC Twenty20 World Cup in September. Graeme Smith has been named as captain while Jacques Kallis was chosen as vice-captain of the side. The list which include veterans Shaun Pollock and Mark Boucher will be pr

India might struggle to put 11 players on the park even as they look for revenge when they take on South Africa in the first one-day international of the three-match Future Cup series here tomorrow. After Mahendra Dhoni pulled out of India's opening game due to high fever, players like Sac

South Africa captain Graeme Smith won the toss and bat first against Australia in the second World Cup semi-final at the Beausejour Stadium in St. Lucia today. South African pacer Makhaya Ntini will not play in today’s crucial semi-final. Both teams have played 66 matches in which A

Cricket skipper of Kenya, Steve Tikolo, will be vice-captain to the South African captain Graeme Smith in the Africa team for the second Afro-Asian cricket tournament to be held in India in June. According to the sources, Tikolo was one of four Kenyans in the squad that also feature pla

South Africa will have to shed their burden of history and perform out of their skin to halt the unstoppable march of Australia as the two teams square off in an epic semifinal showdown of the cricket World Cup tomorrow. Emotions will run high as world's top two cricketing nation once again s

Indian cricketers continued their free fall in the ICC ODI Rankings with stumper Mahendra Singh Dhoni dropping two places to eighth and skipper Rahul Dravid slipping one spot to 14th in the latest list. The other Indians in the list also dropped down with Yuvraj Singh barely maintaining h

Australia has defeated South Africa by 83 runs in their final league match to top Group 'A' at St. Kitts here. Chasing a mammoth total of 378 runs, South Africa was bowled out for 294 in 48 overs. Australia carry forward two points from this match in to the Super Eights round. Ea

The Australia can once again be termed mighty after their World Cup win over South Africa on Saturday which erased the bad memories of their consecutive defeats against New Zealand recently. Australia need to win this week's Super Eights World Cup matches against the West Indies and Bangl

All-rounder Andrew Hall's efforts with bat and ball rescued South Africa's in their World Cup warm-up match against Ireland in St Augustine on Monday. Hall hit an unbeaten 67 to prop up South Africa's innings of 192 and then took three for 26 as Ireland were dismissed for 157 to lose by

Keeping his eye glued on the World Cup trophy, South African captain Graeme Smith said that the new World No 1 tag will not distract his team from the immediate and important goal of winning the event. The World Cup will be played in the Caribbean from March 13. "We are pleased with o

South Africa has announced an unchanged 15-man squad for ICC Cricket World Cup, which beat Pakistan 3-1 in the recent one-day series. Hard-hitting batsman Loots Bosman, who showed promise and character during the one-day series against India, has been named in the squad. Announcing t

Australia are in danger of losing their top position to a resurgent South Africa in the International Cricket Council (ICC) One-day International (ODI) Championship table following the Proteas' series win over Pakistan. ICC said Thursday that if Australia (120 points) lose their up

Sourav Ganguly today said India still has a chance to pull off win in the third Test against South Africa as it would not be an easy task for the home team to achieve the target on the final day of the match. Ganguly believed the game was evenly poised and the South Africans might fin

South Africa batsmen made short work of India's bowlers as they cruised to a nine-wicket win in the fifth one day international, completing a 4-0 whitewash in the series on Sunday. Victory was achieved with 18 overs and four balls to spare as the Proteas reached their victory target of 2