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Alastair Cook, bowling at Adelaide Oval cricket nets (Photo credit: Wikipedia) Old hat, one-paced – and in the final: not bad going for a team who are apparently bent on seeing out the summer playing their own travelling revivalist John Player League match. For England, who beat South Africa by seven wickets to reach the final of the Champions Trophy, this was a match in which … [Read more...] about England puts South Africa in reverse in ICC

Martin Reimer (Photo credit: Wikipedia) Yesterday was a depressing day for South African cricket as the Proteas made a disappointing exit from the ICC Champions Trophy Tournament. The team is expected back in South Africa today. Meanwhile defamed tennis star Bob Hewitt has been summoned to court on charges of rape and indecent assault against women he coached when they were … [Read more...] about A battle of the sexes sport day

The Proteas. Photo: Heads Tractor The Proteas made a depressing exit from the ICC Champions Trophy Tournament on Wednesday. England outplayed them by seven wickets with almost 13 overs to spare in their semi-final encounter at The Oval in London. The Proteas were never in the game after collapsing to 80/8 after being put into bat and, in spite of a South African record ODI … [Read more...] about Disappointing exit for Proteas at ICC

SA striker Pietie Coetzee netted 10 goals in four Test matches.Photo: Luke Walker Twenty-seven goals in total in Edinburgh over the last seven days just shows that the forwards and set-piece specialists had great success in the four-Test series between Scotland and the South Africa women’s hockey team. SA won the series 2-1 after Scotland had won the first Test 3-2, followed by … [Read more...] about SA women’s hockey team beats Scotland

Hashim Amla at a training session at the Adelaide Oval (Photo: Wikipedia) Hashim Amla heads the list of nominees for the 2013 Cricket South Africa (CSA) professional awards to be announced at a banquet in Johannesburg on July 3. The elegant Proteas batsman is one of five nominees for the main award – the South African Cricketer of the Year. The other nominees are one-day … [Read more...] about Hashim Amla nominated for four CSA awards