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Smith confident of repeating Ahmedabad success
2008-04-16 05:16:00 Kanpur: Sounding a note of warning to the hosts, South African captain Graeme Smith on Thursday said that they would go into the third Test here on Friday with a well thought-out plan to prevent the Indians from equalling the three-match series. Sounding too confident of his boys, Smith said his team had made definite plans and this time they would play even better than what they had in Ahmedabad where they had handed an innings defeat to Team India. Addressing a press conference here before the practice session at the Green Park stadium, the Proteas skipper admitted that like the Aussies, the Indians are a tough team to beat in their homeground. ''But we have done this in this sub-contitent by beating Pakistan, Bangladesh and now India,'' he pointed out. Setting aside the controversy ranging around the condition of the pitch, the SA skipper said such things happened and the homeside always got the benefit. '' Our boys are focused to perform to their best and things will chan...
Smith confident of repeating Ahmedabad success
2008-04-11 05:43:00 Kanpur: Sounding a note of warning to the hosts, South African captain Graeme Smith on Thursday said that they would go into the third Test here on Friday with a well thought-out plan to prevent the Indians from equalling the three-match series. Sounding too confident of his boys, Smith said his team had made definite plans and this time they would play even better than what they had in Ahmedabad where they had handed an innings defeat to Team India. Addressing a press conference here before the practice session at the Green Park stadium, the Proteas skipper admitted that like the Aussies, the Indians are a tough team to beat in their homeground. ''But we have done this in this sub-contitent by beating Pakistan, Bangladesh and now India,'' he pointed out. Setting aside the controversy ranging around the condition of the pitch, the SA skipper said such things happened and the homeside always got the benefit. '' Our boys are focused to perform to their best and things will chan...
SA Squad for India
2008-03-13 00:48:00 Graeme Smith (captain), Ashwell Prince (vice-captain), Hashim Amla, Mark Boucher, AB de Villiers, JP Duminy, Paul Harris, Jacques Kallis, Charl Langeveldt, Neil McKenzie, Morne Morkel, Makhaya Ntini, Robin Peterson and Dale Steyn. The team has seen Andre Nel threaten to quit SA cricket (see more here) after being dropped for Charl Langeveldt. There is a lot more ...
By: SA Cricket Scene
Bangladesh vs South Africa 1st ODI: Bangladesh Battered
2008-03-09 12:27:00 Bangladesh have again been battered in the ODI format losing by nine wickets to an under strength South African outfit. Bangladesh won the toss and decided to bat first, posting a meagre total of 178. The only decent score was made by Tamim Iqbal, who made 82 his top score to date. Iqbal is still ...
By: SA Cricket Scene
SA vs Bangladesh 2nd Test: Records are Tumbling
2008-03-03 01:16:00 South Africa?s second test has brought on all sorts of records. The first day saw 400 scored by the openers a new record for a one day unbroken opening partnership, which ended at 415 on the second day, which is the highest ever opening partnership. McKenzie scored his first double hundred in any form of ...
By: SA Cricket Scene
SA vs Bangladesh 2nd Test: Records are Tumbling
2008-03-03 01:16:00 South Africa?s second test has brought on all sorts of records. The first day saw 400 scored by the openers a new record for a one day unbroken opening partnership, which ended at 415 on the second day, which is the highest ever opening partnership. McKenzie scored his first double hundred in any form of ...
By: SA Cricket Scene
South African Batting Averages
2008-01-01 17:12:00 Just to put in perspective how average our players are, below are the averages for SA and AUS for the last 2 years 1. Gibbs - 24.38 avg 2. Smith - 31.81 avg 3. Amla - 37.69 avg 4. Kallis - 65.35 avg 5. Prince - 44.78 avg 6. De Villiers - 27.34 avg 7. Boucher - 28.32 avg Hayden - 46.20 avg Jaques ...
By: SA Cricket Scene
Neil McKenzie recalled
2007-12-31 18:16:00 Neil McKenzie has been called up to join a squad that was selcected for the first two tests. This is an indication that he will be playing, it would be pointless to add a 13th man to the sdide. The journalists in the know expect him to replace Gibbs and to open the innings. Another great ...
By: SA Cricket Scene
Smith on Garnett Kruger?s view
2007-10-10 20:58:00 Below is an extract take from an interview of Graeme Smith Neil Manthorp: Are you concerned about the perception that domestic success isn’t always duly rewarded? Ryan McLaren, for example, was the leading wicket-taker last season but was not given any international recognition Graeme Smith: It’s hard for selectors and coaches because they have to watch guys ...
By: SA Cricket Scene
Reasons for SA Failing at Twenty20
2007-09-21 08:40:00 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 the coach indicated he was ...
By: SA Cricket Scene
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