South Africa tour of Australia, 2005/06 news from Cricinfo

Boucher wants fans to target Aussies

Mon, 20 Feb 2006 08:35:11 GMT

Mark Boucher, the South Africa wicketkeeper, lost respect for some of Australia's players following events during the tour of Australia

Tour not a huge success, says Arthur

Thu, 09 Feb 2006 11:45:31 GMT

Mickey Arthur, South Africa's coach, reflects on the tour to Australia as the hardest time of his professional life

Gilchrist considered going for double hundred

Sun, 05 Feb 2006 16:07:12 GMT

Australia trounced South Africa by 57 runs at Sydney on Sunday, but Ricky Ponting pinpointed the toss as the deciding factor, despite another swaggering fifty from Adam Gilchrist

Australia on fire heading into finals

Mon, 06 Feb 2006 06:39:50 GMT

Adam Gilchrist generated a high-energy batting performance that gave Australia the ideal warm-up for the VB Series finals as they thrashed South Africa by 57 runs at Sydney

South Africa routed by pace of Lee

Fri, 03 Feb 2006 12:41:22 GMT

Australia will head into next week's VB Series finals with all major areas firing after an 80-run victory

The great debate

Thu, 02 Feb 2006 09:56:21 GMT

Readers' feedback to the issue of racism in Australian crowds

Hayden braced for crowd backlash

Thu, 02 Feb 2006 01:28:35 GMT

Australia's cricketers are bracing themselves for a hostile reception when their tour of South Africa begins later this month

Australia call for lifetime bans for racists

Tue, 31 Jan 2006 10:36:41 GMT

Cricket Australia has called for lifetime bans on supporters found guilty of racial abuse

ICC investigates allegations of racism

Tue, 31 Jan 2006 07:00:48 GMT

The ICC has asked Goolam Vahanvati, India's solicitor general, to investigate incidents of racial abuse that have taken place in Australia

Majola threatens SA boycott of Australia

Tue, 31 Jan 2006 10:26:36 GMT

Gerald Majola, the CEO of the South African board, has threatened to boycott future tours of Australia if the racial abuse towards his players continues

Crowd race slurs target Sri Lanka

Mon, 30 Jan 2006 00:45:44 GMT

Racist crowd taunts at Australian grounds this summer have increased to include Sri Lanka, according to the Sydney Morning Herald

Prince named South African vice-captain

Mon, 31 Mar 2008 15:59:24 GMT

Ashwell, South Africa's middle-order batsman, has been named vice captain of the side following Jacques Kallis's departure home due to a shoulder injury

Race taunts may lead to South African walk-off

Tue, 24 Jan 2006 02:09:10 GMT

South Africa have reportedly considered walking off the field if their players are subjected to further racial abuse on the tour of Australia

Sri Lanka stutter in sight of victory

Tue, 24 Jan 2006 13:55:17 GMT

Andrew Hall grabbed two wickets in two balls in a brilliant display of one-day death bowling, as South Africa snatched a thrilling nine-run victory from the jaws of defeat

Lee the best, says Ponting

Sat, 21 Jan 2006 15:55:17 GMT

Following a career-best bowling analysis in Australia's crushing 59-run win over South Africa at Melbourne yesterday, Brett Lee has been hailed by Ricky Ponting as perhaps the best one-day bowler around

Lee and Jaques star in Aussie win

Fri, 20 Jan 2006 12:57:29 GMT

Brett Lee secured a career-best return and Phil Jaques enjoyed a record-breaking one-day entry as Australia easily accounted for South Africa

Selectors consider dropping Gilchrist to No. 7

Fri, 20 Jan 2006 03:32:24 GMT

Adam Gilchrist, Australia's most successful one-day opening batsman, is expected to be demoted to No. 7 when he returns to the side next week

Sehwag stays seventh despite Lahore innings

Wed, 18 Jan 2006 15:34:40 GMT

Virender Sehwag's remarkable double-century against Pakistan at Lahore this week was not sufficient to lift him up from seventh position in the latest LG ICC Player Rankings

van der Wath replaces Kallis

Wed, 18 Jan 2006 10:24:11 GMT

Johan van der Wath, the Eagles allrounder, has been called up to South Africa's VB Series squad

Sri Lanka win brings tournament to life

Tue, 17 Jan 2006 12:11:14 GMT

Sri Lanka completed their first win of the VB Series by a convincing 94 runs at Brisbane to throw the tournament wide open