South Africa News

England captain Alastair Cook describes Stuart Broad and James Anderson's performance against New Zealand as one of the best openings he has seen.

Jason Van Loggrenberg is targeting 500 runs and 30 wickets for Ludlow Cricket Club in Shropshire County League Premier Division The 19-year-old from Pretoria in South Africa believes Ludlow are capable of finishing in the top five of the Shropshire County League Premier Division.

When the subject of New Zealand's recent test cricket improvement is raised, phrases like "quality young pace bowling line-up", "promising top six" and "innovative captaincy" roll near the top of the performance credits.

Somerset have signed South Africa Test batsman Dean Elgar as a temporary replacement for Alviro Petersen, who was this week called up for the ICC Champions Trophy in place of the injured Graeme Smith.

Chennai, May 18 : The Tamil Nadu Police is expecting a breakthrough soon in the cricket betting case in which six bookies were arrested here Friday, a police officer said.

The Gupta family's main residence a mansion on three levels on a large piece of land in one of Johannesburg's most expensive suburbs has been valued at only R490 000 in the latest municipal valuation roll.

Prajwal Pariyar Indian Cricket has been rocked by the arrest of Rajasthan Royals' S Sreesanth, Ankeet Chavan and Ajit Chandila on charges of spot-fixing. Ankeet Chavan and Ajit Chandila are relatively new to the glamour that IPL brings but Sreesanth, a veteran of 27 Tests and 53 ODIs is an old horse familiar with all the aspects of the glamour ... (more)

Australia's Test opening batsman David Warner has been asked to explain why abusive messages to journalists have been posted on his Twitter account.

RISING star Rob Jones says he hopes to shine for Toft Cricket Club this season to keep him in the minds of national team selectors.

Mumbai: South Africa hope to give coach Gary Kirsten the perfect parting gift by winning next month's Champions Trophy, and have no fears that his replacement, Russell Domingo, is up to the job of guiding the world's best test team to further success, pace spearhead Dale Steyn has said.

The English Cricket Board announced in January that loans of up to A 1million would be made available to all 18 first-class counties this year.

The moment, when it arrived, was like so many of the other golden ones James Anderson has delivered to England cricket fans over the past decade: a rapid delivery, shaping away, taking the edge and caught in the slips.

Former England captain Andrew Strauss said Friday it was important for the side's Ashes prospects that star batsman Kevin Pietersen regained full fitness.

Former Proteas fast bowler Makhaya Ntini says he is not considering retirement, despite being a notable omission when the Warriors named their contracted cricket squad for the 2013/14 season this week.

Darren Stevens says he is ready to put his early season fitness worries behind him and help Kent's quest for success in all forms of the game.

Police arrested test bowler Shantakumaran Sreesanth and two other Indian cricketers on Thursday over allegations of spot-fixing during a domestic Twenty20 tournament.

Jamie How is incrementally working towards making his way back into the Black Caps squad in the mould of Peter Fulton.

With the amount of money floating about, the extravagant attractions of the good life, and the huge pool of cricketers involved the menaceof fixing was waiting to happen © IANS The spot-fixing drama surrounding S. Sreesanth - along with Ajit Chandila and Ankeet Chavan - has generated shocked reactions from the cricketing fraternity and beyond.

Yusuf Pathan became the first player in the history of the Indian Premier League 2013 to be given out obstructing the field © PTI In the Indian Premier League 2013, Yusuf Pathan became the first person in the tournament's history to be given out obstructing the field.

RECENTLY, AMBASSADOR Courtney Walsh was denied entry into Sabina Park because he did not have a pass and he was not recognised by a security guard.