The men’s T20 World Cup is back after a long hiatus – it has been five and a half years since Carlos Brathwaite smoked those four sixes off Ben Stokes to give the West Indies their second title. Widely considered as a hit-and-giggle jamboree when it arrived in 2007, the tournament has since completed five […]
Read More Specials – Ten T20 World Cup records from 2007 that still standSouth Africa will be playing men’s ODIs in Ireland for the first time in 14 years when they take on the hosts in the Super League series at Malahide from 11th July. Back in 2007, the Proteas had played three matches against India at Belfast, following a one-off match with Ireland. Overall, Ireland have faced […]
Read More Record Book – Ireland v South Africa in ODIsHaving played at the 1996 World Cup, the Netherlands failed to make the cut for the next edition in 1999. However, they had the satisfaction of being one of the hosts – the 1999 World Cup featured 42 matches, of which 37 were played in England, two in Scotland and one each in Ireland, Wales […]
Read More Record Book – The first World Cup match in the NetherlandsIn this fifth and concluding part of our series on the matches that shaped the 1999 World Cup, we look back at the highly significant last game of the Super Six stage, the two semifinals – one of which was arguably the best ODI of all time – and the final at Lord’s. Waugh […]
Read More Specials – Best of the 1999 World Cup, Part 5Having looked back at the best from the group stage of the 1999 World Cup in the first three parts of this five-part series, we move on to some of the memorable matches seen in the second round of the tournament, i.e. the Super Six stage, in which each of the six teams played […]
Read More Specials – Best of the 1999 World Cup, Part 4In this third of a five-part series on the matches that shaped the 1999 edition of the World Cup, we look back at the best that the final phase of the tournament’s group stage had to offer. Johnson’s superb all-round show – South Africa v Zimbabwe, Group A, Chelmsford Zimbabwe qualified for the […]
Read More Specials – Best of the 1999 World Cup, Part 3Pakistan begin a three-Test series in South Africa on Boxing Day, with the first Test slated to be played at SuperSport Park in Centurion. Pakistan’s batsmen have more often than not found the going tough on South African soil, and it is expected to be the same this time as well, what with the […]
Read More Record Book – Pakistan’s Test centurions in South AfricaIndia were due to play in their third consecutive ODI tournament in Singapore, but pulled out at the last minute, citing that it would not be appropriate to take part during the match-fixing crisis. Pakistan came in instead, joining New Zealand and South Africa for the Godrej Singapore Challenge held at the Kallang Ground […]
Read More Specials – ODI cricket in Singapore, Part 3The English summer of 1994 was a significant one in the history of the game, as it saw the first tour by a South African team since 1965. Led by former Australian international Kepler Wessels, South Africa began their Test series in rousing fashion, trouncing the hosts by 356 runs at Lord’s. Wessels himself […]
Read More Who Would Have Thought It – When the Dutch walloped South AfricaAustralia have played ten Tests at Kingsmead in Durban, the venue for the first Test of their upcoming series against South Africa. Since their first appearance there in 1935-36, they have won five Tests and lost three. Nine Australian batsmen have scored eleven Test hundreds between them at the venue over the last 83 […]
Read More Record Book – Australian Test centurions at Kingsmead
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