South Africa Cricket News

NEW DELHI (AP) _ South African Graham Ford he has declined an offer to coach the Indian cricket team. Ford, 46, was offered the Indian coach's position by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) after it interviewed the shortlisted candidates Saturday. Ford said in a statement published Monday on the England county cricket club Kent's website that ``I have decided to continue my work here at Kent,'' he said. ``I have had a chance to ...

India defeated the Rest of South Africa by 96 runs Saturday on the third day of their four-day warmup game played at Sedgars Park. Set 321 for victory, Rest of South Africa was bowled out for 224. Paceman Zaheer Khan took three wickets for 36 runs, while Vikram Singh took 2-41 and Harbhajan Singh returned to form with 3-39. Vaughan van Jaarsveld hit 66 and Justin Kemp 53 for the home side, but Van Jaarsveld was run ...

South Africa handed India a third straight heavy defeat by 80 runs at St. George's Park on Wednesday, winning the five-match one-day cricket series with a game to spare. Herschelle Gibbs' undefeated 93 helped South Africa post 243 for eight, after which India crumbled all out for 163 in the 39th over. South Africa won the series 3-0 after the first match was abandoned. The previous wins were by 157 ...

Herschelle Gibbs scored an undefeated 93 Wednesday for South Africa to reach 243 for eight in the fourth of five one-day internationals against India. Gibbs hit eight fours from 123 balls and put on a 69-run stand with Jacques Kallis (49) for the third wicket at St. George's Park. Shaun Pollock hit 37 off 43 balls for the only other score above thirty. Legspinner Anil Kumble took 2-42, while Sree ...

Dismayed by the team's poor performance during the ongoing tour of South Africa, the Indian cricket board on Friday decided to rush chief selector Dilip Vengsarkar there. India was bundled out for 91 and lost the second limited-overs international by 157 runs Wednesday in Durban, South Africa. It was the first international outing of the tour for Indian cricketers, after the opening one-dayer was rained off. The Indian team's poor ...

South Africa spinner Johan Botha can resume playing international cricket after remodelling his bowling action. The International Cricket Council said Tuesday that Botha had done remedial work on his bowling action with the United Cricket Board of South Africa since being suspended on Feb. 7, a day after making his test debut in Australia. The ICC lifted the suspension after approving an independent reassessment of his action. Botha had been ...

South Africa is likely to play a five-man pace attack Tuesday in the second of five one-day internationals against India after cutting batsman Boeta Dippenaar from its squad. India is likely to field seven batsman and have Sachin Tendulkar bowl gentle seamers on the notoriously pace-friendly Kingsmead Stadium. The first match in the series was rained out last Sunday.

Durban, Johannesburg and Cape Town will host the first Twenty20 world championship in South Africa next year, the International Cricket Council said Tuesday. Durban's Sahara Stadium, Liberty Life Wanderers in Johannesburg and Sahara Park in Cape Town will host the 12-team event next September. The three grounds also hosted games at the 2003 World Cup. Cricket's top 10 nations will compete, with the final two spots determined at a tournament ...

Persistent rain Sunday delayed the start of the first of five one-day internationals between South Africa and India. The day-night match was due to be played at the Wanderers Stadium. South Africa has the same team which lost to West Indies in the ICC Champions Trophy semifinals in India last month.

Batsman Yuvraj Singh will miss India's cricket tour of South Africa because of a knee injury, a news report said Monday. The Indian team, led Rahul Dravid, was leaving later Monday for South Africa to play five limited-overs internationals and three Test matches. However, Singh will be considered for the 2007 World Cup to be played in the Caribbean, the Press Trust of India news agency quoted Niranjan Shah, a ...

Graeme Smith thinks Sri Lanka is the form team of the Champions Trophy competition and his South African lineup will have to produce something special to beat them in subcontinental conditions. It's not beyond the South Africans, he said, particularly with survival in the competition at stake. ``Probably the conditions suit Sri Lanka more tomorrow, but it doesn't mean we don't believe that we can't beat them,'' Smith said Monday. ...

Skipper Stephen Fleming's 89-run stand and inspired pace bowling from Kyle Mills and Jacob Oram helped New Zealand to an 87-run victory over South Africa in a limited-overs Champions Trophy cricket match Monday. New Zealand recorded a total of 195 in 45.4 overs on an uneven pitch. South Africa was bundled out for 108 after its top order was decimated by penetrative spells from Mills (3-18) and Oram (3-26). This ...

Canada's cricket selectors named the 13-man squad Thursday for the country's tour of South Africa beginning late November. Canada will play one-day internationals against Netherlands and Bermuda, before meeting the Dutch again in a four-day International Cricket Council Intercontinental Cup match from Dec. 5-8. The squad is Ontario-heavy with 11 players including captain George Codrington, Sandeep Jyoti, Ashish Bagai, Abdool Samad, Umar Bhatti, Henry Osinde, Sanjay Thuraisingham, Sunil Dhaniram, Desmond ...