County cricket – Derbyshire 400/9 dec (Hughes 124, Redfern 55; Linley 6/81) and 99 (Dunn 5/56). Surrey 358 (Davies 78, Hamilton-Brown 69, Maynard 64, De Bruyn 53) and 142/3. Surrey won by 7 wickets. – Lancashire 313 (Horton 94) and 128. Durham 586 (Stokes 186, Benkenstein 137, Mustard 61, Muchall 54). Durham won by an […]
Ashley Mallett pays tribute to former Australian leg-spinner Terry Jenner here. It was Jenner who inspired Shane Warne to absolute greatness. He was one step short of the very best as a player, but without compare as a coach. I had the privilege of watching this fine practitioner of his art at Newlands. http://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/cricket/ashley-mallett-delivers-a-few-yarns-about-his-great-mate-terry-jenner/story-e6frfg8o-1226064683911 And […]
South Africa had its best Super 15 rugby weekend in years as all South African teams, bar the Toyota Cheetahs, won. And they only lost because a local franchise beat them. The MTN Lions scrapped their way to a 26-22 win over the Highlanders, with a last-minute try by Wikus van Heerden taking them past […]
Cape Town’s Jonathan Trott is now the world’s leading batsman, after Sir Donald Bradman. He averages 65,73, the highest of any batsman since Barry Richards, who played just four Tests. He and Alastair Cook put on a monumental 240-run partnership on a rain-curtailed day in Cardiff. Nightwatchman James Anderson was the only man to lose […]
Richard Pybus, coach of the Cape Cobras, is one of the candidates for the position of Proteas coach. SportsCentral spoke to him. Q: Where do you stand with regard to the position of national coach? A: I am in the running. I applied and was recently interviewed. Cricket South Africa is due to make its […]
No bonus point, again, for the Stormers, but they would almost certainly have accepted the offer of a 16-3 win against the Brumbies in Canberra. The win, their second on tour Down Under, keeps them in third position on the composite log, and ensures they are in line for a semifinal position. More details to […]
A last-minute try by the MTN Lions gave them their third win of the Super 15 season, against the Highlanders, 26-22, their second win on tour. More details to follow.
With five sixes and nine fours, Chris Gayle put Royal Challengers Bangalore into the final of the IPL. The competition seems to have been around forever, but is now reaching completion. They now have to take on the Chennai Super Kings. The final will be the 74th match of the longest tournament of all time. […]
http://www.sport24.co.za/Cricket/Twitter-remarks-cost-Lonwabo-Tsotsobe-20110525 London – According to the cricket365.com website, Proteas fast bowler Lonwabo Tsotsobe has been thrown out of the Essex set-up after publicly criticising the English county. Signed by the Division Two outfit during the South African off-season, the left-arm speedster Tsotsobe has endured a torrid time across the County Championship, with five wickets […]
South African players dominated the world stage yesterday. Alviro Petersen, captaining Glamorgan, hit 178 not out against Surrey. Wayne Madsen, a member of the richly talented KwaZulu-Natal Madsen family, made 140 against Kent. Dale Benkenstein ended the day on 90 not out, Albie Morkel, though, was probably the most influential South African player on the […]