India engineer win

Engineer being the operative word. As soon as SA captain Graeme Smith saw the pitch Kanpur he held his head in his hands.
It put SA on the backfoot from the start. They said the pitch was cracking before the first day, if that’s true there really was no point in playing the test.
Lets be honest, [...]

South Africa take series lead

Since India were bowled out for 76 on the first morning of this test match, there was only going to be one outcome. In truth, it would have needed a batting performance of superhuman standards to rescue this game.
The Proteas took a lead of over 400 into the second innings after AB de Villiers and [...]

Sehwag triple ton, Dravid 10,000 runs

The first test match of the Future cup ended in a tame draw, as both India and South Africa piled on the runs.
The first two days saw South Africa compile 540 runs with Hashim Amla scoring 159. Neil Mackenzie added 94, and the skipper Graeme Smith hit 73.
In reply Varinder Sehwag and Wasim Jaffer got [...]

Australia knocked off top spot

After a less than impressive triangular series against India and Sri Lanka, Australia have been overtaken as the worlds premier one day side. South Africa are the new number 1, after they completed a (remarkable) 3-0 whitewash of minnows Bangladesh. 
Bangladesh were once again let down by their batting display. They were bowled out for 143 [...]