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(c)Cricinfo en-gb http://www.cricinfo.com/logos/rss/ci.gif http://www.cricinfo.com/ With just three weeks left for the IPL to begin in South Africa, the eight teams have begun a race against time to get their player combinations and practice bases in place http://www.cricinfo.com/ipl2009/content/story/397167.html?CMP=OTC-RSS http://www.cricinfo.com/ipl2009/content/story/397167.html Sat, 28 Mar 2009 19:21:56 GMT Outfield was found to have an extremely inconsistent slope as well as an uneven surface http://www.cricinfo.com/southafrica/content/story/370190.html?CMP=OTC-RSS http://www.cricinfo.com/southafrica/content/story/370190.html Thu, 18 Sep 2008 17:38:05 GMT Once more, the playing surface at Newlands is in the spotlight for all the wrong reasons http://www.cricinfo.com/wivzimsa/content/story/329088.html?CMP=OTC-RSS http://www.cricinfo.com/wivzimsa/content/story/329088.html Fri, 04 Jan 2008 15:26:41 GMT One third of the ICC World Twenty20 matches, scheduled in Cape Town, are in danger of being hampered by rain as the venue has received more than 100 millimetres of rain in August http://www.cricinfo.com/twenty20wc/content/story/309969.html?CMP=OTC-RSS http://www.cricinfo.com/twenty20wc/content/story/309969.html Sat, 08 Sep 2007 05:08:09 GMT Rahul Dravid laughed off suggestions of a tiff with Greg Chappell in Durban, and emphasised that his team were trying their very best to get back on track ahead of the Cape Town ODI on Sunday. http://www.cricinfo.com/rsavind/content/story/269806.html?CMP=OTC-RSS http://www.cricinfo.com/rsavind/content/story/269806.html Sat, 25 Nov 2006 14:03:45 GMT Andre Nel brushed off suggestions that a struggling Indian side would be fair game as the series resumes in the Western Cape http://www.cricinfo.com/rsavind/content/story/269798.html?CMP=OTC-RSS http://www.cricinfo.com/rsavind/content/story/269798.html Sat, 25 Nov 2006 13:36:52 GMT The pitch for the game looks bone-dry and has just a smattering of grass here and there, and though the locals expect it to be bouncy, it won't be anywhere near as fast as those they played on at Benoni and Kingsmead http://www.cricinfo.com/rsavind/content/story/269794.html?CMP=OTC-RSS http://www.cricinfo.com/rsavind/content/story/269794.html Sat, 25 Nov 2006 23:51:52 GMT The Indian management have decided to play it safe and have rested Munaf Patel, the fast bowler, for tomorrow's one-day international at Cape Town http://www.cricinfo.com/rsavind/content/story/269791.html?CMP=OTC-RSS http://www.cricinfo.com/rsavind/content/story/269791.html Sat, 25 Nov 2006 12:48:12 GMT Though the Durban defeat met with hysterical over-reaction back home Zaheer Khan remained quietly confident that India could turn things around http://www.cricinfo.com/rsavind/content/story/269668.html?CMP=OTC-RSS http://www.cricinfo.com/rsavind/content/story/269668.html Fri, 24 Nov 2006 13:40:56 GMT India had to make do with net sessions on a basketball court, upon which green-coloured mats had been thrown. There were the usual catching and fielding drills too, though Munaf Patel missed out with a sore left ankle. http://www.cricinfo.com/rsavind/content/story/269661.html?CMP=OTC-RSS http://www.cricinfo.com/rsavind/content/story/269661.html Fri, 24 Nov 2006 19:29:53 GMT Durban, Johannesburg and Cape Town have been chosen as the three venues for the inaugural ICC Twenty20 World Championships in September 2007 http://www.cricinfo.com/southafrica/content/story/269202.html?CMP=OTC-RSS http://www.cricinfo.com/southafrica/content/story/269202.html Tue, 21 Nov 2006 14:37:53 GMT Following Graeme Smith's comments that Test pitches at home this season were "a lottery", the groundstaff at Cape Town have tried their best to provide a track more suited for batting http://www.cricinfo.com/rsavnz/content/story/244985.html?CMP=OTC-RSS http://www.cricinfo.com/rsavnz/content/story/244985.html Mon, 27 Oct 2008 05:06:19 GMT The Newlands groundsman, Christo Erasmus, has hit out at the South African management for leaving him as the scapegoat for the pitch he prepared for the first Test against Australia http://www.cricinfo.com/rsavaus/content/story/241540.html?CMP=OTC-RSS http://www.cricinfo.com/rsavaus/content/story/241540.html Tue, 21 Mar 2006 11:35:25 GMT Monde Zondeki will play for Western Province Boland next season, after announcing his move from the Warriors, the Port Elizabeth based franchise http://www.cricinfo.com/southafrica/content/story/146431.html?CMP=OTC-RSS http://www.cricinfo.com/southafrica/content/story/146431.html Tue, 19 Apr 2005 02:33:58 GMT Phil Simmons dismissed suggestions that Zimbabwe's Test status should be reviewed, but the pressure is growing for the ICC to step in http://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/145919.html?CMP=OTC-RSS http://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/145919.html Mon, 27 Oct 2008 04:33:54 GMT Zimbabwe batted better than they had on that terrible first day, but they still proved unequal to the task and succumbed to an embarrassing defeat inside two days at Newlands http://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/145852.html?CMP=OTC-RSS http://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/145852.html Mon, 27 Oct 2008 04:33:52 GMT Records tumbled on arguably the most one-sided first day of a Test in 128 years of international cricket http://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/145847.html?CMP=OTC-RSS http://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/145847.html Mon, 27 Oct 2008 04:33:52 GMT It is time for the ICC to step in for the sake of the game in Zimbabwe http://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/145840.html?CMP=OTC-RSS http://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/145840.html Mon, 27 Oct 2008 04:33:52 GMT Zimbabwe were routed for 54 in a little over a session on the opening day of the first Test at Newlands, nine runs short of their previous-lowest score in Tests http://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/145830.html?CMP=OTC-RSS http://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/145830.html Mon, 27 Oct 2008 04:33:52 GMT Graeme Smith has said that his South African team will not be taking Zimbabwe lightly when their two-Test series gets underway at Cape Town tomorrow (March 4) http://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/145816.html?CMP=OTC-RSS http://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/145816.html Mon, 27 Oct 2008 04:33:52 GMT