Archive for September, 2007
Thursday, September 27th, 2007
South Africa have still not appointed a vice-captain, hours before their first tour game gets underway against a Patron XI. The match is a 3 day warm-up game, and will be useful for some of the youngsters to get acclimatised to local conditions.
I am not sure what is going on ...
Posted in Graeme Smith, Johan van der Wath, Loots Bosman, Pakistan, Pakistan cricket, SA SQUAD FOR PAKISTAN, SA cricket, SA cricket current controversies, SA selectors embarrassing, SA vice-captain | 1 Comment »
Monday, September 24th, 2007
The Test side to take on Pakistan was announced the other day (click here) and was missing a vice captain. I wrote to Michael Owen-Smith, the media officer for Cricket South Africa about this. He has always come across as a nice guy and sure enough he got back to ...
Posted in CSA, Cricket, Fixtures, ODI, ODI cricket, Pakistan, Pakistan cricket, SA SQUAD FOR PAKISTAN, SA cricket, SA cricket current controversies, SA vice-captain, SA vs Pakistan fixtures, South Africa, test cricket | No Comments »
Friday, September 21st, 2007
There are various reasons that contributed to the downfall of the SA side in the Twenty20 championships. The make up of the squad is a very important aspect of this. Loots Bosman was injured just before the start of the championships and even though he expressed his desire to play ...
Posted in 20/20, Graeme Smith, Gulam Bodi, Pro20 cricket, Pro20 selections, Pro20 squads, Pro20world cup, Proposed South African Pro20 Squad, SA Twenty20 Cricket Squad, SA cricket, SA cricket current controversies, SA eliminated from Twenty20 World Championships, South Africa, South African Cricket, South African selectors, T20, T20 cricket, Twenty20 squads, World twenty20, pro20 groups, twenty20, twenty20 cricket | 4 Comments »
Friday, September 21st, 2007
On Saturday 22nd September, New Zealand face Pakistan at 11 am GMT whilst India face Australia at 4pm GMT
Posted in Australia, New Zealand, Pakistan, india | No Comments »
Friday, September 21st, 2007
South Africa have been embarrassed in the final group match of the inaugural Twenty20 championships. Eric Simons might have an ironic smile on his face as this defeat brings back memories of the heartbreaking 2003 exit.
After the 2003 debacle, Shaun Pollock resigned as captain and Pat Symcox stood down as ...
Posted in 20/20, Albie Morkel, Andre Nel selected in Pro20 squad, Boucher, Eric Simons, ODI, ODI cricket, Pat Symcox, Pro20 cricket, Pro20 squads, Pro20world cup, SA Twenty20 Cricket Squad, SA cricket, SA cricket current controversies, SA eliminated from Twenty20 World Championships, SA selectors embarrassing, SA spinners, Shaun Pollock, South Africa, South African Cricket, South African selectors, T20, T20 cricket, Twenty20 Finals Day, Twenty20 Fixtures, Twenty20 squads, pro20 groups, toss, twenty20, twenty20 cricket | 1 Comment »
Thursday, September 20th, 2007
SA SQUAD:
Graeme Smith (captain), Hashim Amla, Mark Boucher, AB de Villiers, JP Duminy, Herschelle Gibbs, Paul Harris, Jacques Kallis, Morne Morkel, Andre Nel, Makhaya Ntini, Shaun Pollock, Ashwell Prince, Dale Steyn.
I am very glad to see Dale Steyn is back in the line-up, and amused to see there is no ...
Posted in AB de Villiers, Andre Nel, Ashwell Prince, Dale Steyn, Graeme Smith, Hashim Amla, Herschelle Gibbs, JP Duminy, Jacques Kallis, Makhaya Ntini, Mark Boucher, Morne Morkel, Paul Harris, SA SQUAD FOR PAKISTAN, SA cricket, SA selectors embarrassing, Shaun Pollock, South Africa, South African Cricket, South African selectors, squads, test cricket | 1 Comment »
Thursday, September 20th, 2007
The last day of the group stages features two key matches out of the three on offer. The first match of the day at 10 am (8:00am GMT) is the decider between Australia and Sri-Lanka, the winner will join Pakistan in the semi-finals. It is hard to call a winner ...
Posted in 20/20, Andrew Symonds, Australia vs Sri-Lanka, Bangladesh, England, ODI, ODI cricket, Pakistan, Pakistan cricket, Pakistan vs Bangladesh, Previews, Pro20, Pro20 cricket, Pro20world cup, SA Twenty20 Cricket Squad, SA cricket, South Africa, South Africa vs India, South African Cricket, T20, T20 cricket, Twenty20 Finals Day, Twenty20 preview, World Twenty20 Cup Groups and Fixtures, World twenty20, india, pro20 fixtures, pro20 groups, twenty20, twenty20 cricket, world twenty20 fixtures | 2 Comments »
Wednesday, September 19th, 2007
Pakistan and New Zealand are through to the semi-finals, England and Bangladesh are out, Australia have to beat Sri-Lanka to qualify.
Today SA face NZ, tomorrow they take on India. India have to beat England today in order to give themselves a chance of qualifying. The winner of this group will ...
Posted in 20/20, Australia, Bangladesh, Cricket, Cricket World Cup, England, ICC, New Zealand, ODI, ODI cricket, Pakistan, Pakistan cricket, Pro20, Pro20 cricket, SA cricket, SA spinners, South Africa, South African Cricket, Sri Lanka, T20, T20 cricket, Twenty20 Fixtures, Twenty20 Fixtures for the group stages, World Twenty20 Cup Groups and Fixtures, World twenty20, india, pro20 fixtures, pro20 groups, twenty20, twenty20 cricket, world twenty20 fixtures | 1 Comment »
