Cricket Scotland announced on Tuesday that Kyle Coetzer has been appointed as the new Scotland cricket captain. He will take charge for the first time this Friday when Scotland play Pakistan in the first of two One Day Internationals.
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This was the Live Game Article for the match. Pakistan won the toss and elected to bowl. Sputh Africa amassed 343 / 5 in their allotted 50 overs, with both Hashim Amla and AB de Villiers getting their tons. Pakistan had spells of brilliance, starting very well until a few wickets fell and then again when Shahid Afridi scored 88 off just 48 balls before falling. At the end the South African bowlers wrapped up all the Pakistani wickets for 309 runs, after 48.1 overs, just 34 runs short of the South African total. South Africa now leads 2 – 1 in the series of 5 ODI’s, with 2 games still on the cards.
This was the Live Game Article for the match. Pakistan won the toss and elected to bowl. South Africa batted well and amassed 315 runs in their allotted overs, with 4 wickets falling in the process. Colin Ingram not out in the end on 105 runs. Pakistan lost wickets at regular intervals and then quicker towards the end, eventually all out for 190 runs. South Africa wins the match by 125 runs, a comprehensive win after only 36.2 overs into the Pakistan batting innings.
This was the Live Game Article for the Match. South Africa won the Toss and elected to bat. In South Africa’s First Innings they ammassed 409 runs, all out. Pakistan only managed 156 runs in their First innings and was instructed to follow on. In their Second Innings, the Pakistani’s fought bravely until they were all out on 235 runs, still 18 behind South Africa’s First Innings total. South Africa won by an Innings and 18 runs, making a clean sweep and achieving a whitewash of Pakistan in the Test Series in South Africa
This is the Live Game Article for the Match. South Africa won the toss and elected to field. Pakistan managed 338 All Out in the 1st innings and South Africa 12 runs less with their 326. In the 2nd Innings, Pakistan were all out for 169 on the 4th Day and South Africa were required to get 182 to win the Test. South Africa reached 182 / 6 near the end of day 4, winning the Test and the Series, with 1 Test still to come (Friday 22 to Tuesday 26 February 2013 at Centurion Park).
“The more accolades there are, the more expectation there is on me. I woke up before the Wanderers Test at 4am dreaming I had got a pair.”
This was the Live Game Article for the Match. South Africa won the toss and batted first on a difficult wicket, getting 253 in the First Innings, then dismissing Pakistan for a poultry 49 runs. South Africa had the choice to ask Pakistan to follow-on but chose to bat again, amassing 275 / 3 before declaring in their Second Innings, a lead of 479. Pakistan put up a brave performance in their Second Innings, only losing 4 wickets on Day 3, but with South Africa taking the New Ball early on Day 4, they bundled Pakistan out for 268. South Africa win comfortably with a Day and a Half spare, before Lunch on Day 4 and win by 211 runs.
This was the Live Game Article for the match. New Zealand won the toss and chose to bat first. South Africa won the match with a 6 off the last possible ball in their 50 overs, needing 3 runs from the last ball, and getting those last 3 and 3 more with a magnificent 6 by Ryan McLaren. New Zealand won the ODI Series 2 – 1 and now heads home, whilst pakistan has already landed in South Africa.
This was the Live Game Article for the match. South Africa won the toss and elected to field. New Zealand won the game by 27 runs, bowling South Africa out with the first ball of the last over.
This was the Live Game Article for the match. New Zealand won the toss and elected to field. New Zealand won the match in the 46th over, when James Franklin scored the winning runs. New Zealand won by 1 wicket.
This was the Live Game Article for the match. South Africa won the toss and elected to bat first. They posted a mammoth First Innings total of 525 runs for 8 wickets, when they declared the First Innings closed. New Zealand went in to bat and the South Africans demolished them by bowling them out for a measly 121 runs, forcing New Zealand for follow on with their Second Innings. New Zealand battled on a bit more resolutely in the Second Innings but the last 5 wickets fell rapidly at the end, causing New Zealand to be all out for 211, still 193 runs short. South Africa won by an Innings and 193 runs, before Lunch on Day 4, also winning the Series with a clean sweep of 2 / 0.
South Africa demolished the New Zealanders in the 1st Innings, bowling them out for a measly 45 runs in total, then went in to bat a couple of overs before Lunch on Day 1. South Africa amassed a lead of 302 runs before declaring on 347 / 8 on Day 2 of the match. At the start of Day 3 of the match New Zealand had already lost 4 wickets, but made a gritty start to the day until eventually tumbling to an Innings and 27 run defeat three quarters through Day 3.
It might be too much to hope that the South Africa-New Zealand Test series is hard fought, but both teams have little and big goals to pursue.
Greig, who was diagnosed with lung cancer in October, was taken to a Sydney hospital but died at about 1:45 pm (0245 GMT). |
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South Africa and Pakistan did battle in the 3rd ODI at Wanderers, Johannesburg at 10:00 SA Time on Sunday 17 March 2013.
Match facts: February 14-18, 2013
South African mountain biking champion Burry Stander has been killed while practicing, reports indicate. Stander was apparently killed after being hit by a taxi. News of Stander’s death broke on social networking site, Twitter, on Thursday. Cycle Lab Cape Town, a leading cycling retailer in South Africa, confirmed the news.
Former England captain Tony Greig, one of the architects of cricket’s World Series revolution in the 1970s, has died at the age of 66 after suffering a heart attack at his Sydney home on Saturday.