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Specials – Best of the 1999 World Cup, Part 5

  In 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 […]

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Specials – Best of the 1999 World Cup, Part 4

  Having 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 […]

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Specials – Best of the 1999 World Cup, Part 3

  In 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 […]

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Record Book – Pakistan’s Test centurions in South Africa

  Pakistan 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 […]

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Specials – ODI cricket in Singapore, Part 3

  India 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 […]

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Who Would Have Thought It – When the Dutch walloped South Africa

  The 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 […]

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Record Book – Australian Test centurions at Kingsmead

  Australia 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 […]

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Specials – When Kenya stunned India at Port Elizabeth

  India take on South Africa in the fifth ODI of their six-match series at St. George’s Park in Port Elizabeth today. India have not got good memories of the venue – they have lost all five ODIs played there. Four of the defeats have come against the hosts (in 1991-92, 1996-97, 2006-07 and 2010-11) […]

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Record Book – The best ODI figures by spinners in South Africa

  Indian leg-spinner Yuzvendra Chahal’s match-winning return of 5/22 in the second ODI at Centurion yesterday was only the third five-wicket haul by a spin bowler in an ODI in South Africa. Here is a look at the top five ODI bowling figures by spinners in the Rainbow Nation. 5/21 by Nicky Boje (South Africa) […]

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Record Book – India’s ODI wins in South Africa

  India are set to begin their fifth bilateral series in South Africa from today in Durban, having played the previous four in 1992-93, 2006-07, 2010-11 and 2013-14. Apart from these, India have played the hosts in two triangular series – in 1996-97 (also involving Zimbabwe) and 2001-02 (also involving Kenya). Historically, South Africa has […]

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