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South Africa flip-flop over captain: Jacques Kallis replaces Prince

It was only yesterday that Cricket South Africa (CSA) had announced Ashwell Prince as the stand-in captain for the 3rd and final test match against Australia at Capetown. Now the South Africa Cricket board has done a flip-flop; Jacques Kallis has replaced Prince as the interim test captain in the place of Graeme Smith, who [...]

England - West Indies 5th Test poised for an interesting end

England declared their 2nd Innings at 237/6 leaving West Indies with a target of 240 to chase in a maximum of 66 overs. That leaves the test open to all 3 possible results - a draw, an England win or a West Indies win.  On a last day wicket at Port-of-Spain which was offering spin [...]

Highest 4th Wicket Partnership in Cricket History

Mahela Jayawardene and Thilan Samaraweera have broken a 51 year old record to create a new record for the Highest 4th Wicket Partnership ever in the history of cricket. On the second day of the 1st Test Match against Pakistan being played at the National Stadium in Karachi, the duo amassed 437 runs, 26 more [...]

503 to win

West Indies have been given a mammoth target of 503 runs to win the 3rd Test at the Antigua Recreation Ground. England had a mini collapse towards the end of their 2nd innings losing 4 wickets for about 40 runs. It was a little baffling to see Andrew Strauss not declaring earlier, especially when Andrew [...]