South Africa
India’s next long-term leader: Bumrah shines brightest in best Test team of 2024
The best players of 2024 gave us all plenty to remember beyond their raw numbers - winning matches, playing innings of top quality, or bowling spells of near unprecedented class.
- Daniel Brettig
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Bowling depth on show as Paterson and Bosch star for South Africa
The depth of fast bowlers at South Africa’s disposal was no better evidenced than on Thursday as Corbin Bosch and Dale Paterson took nine of the 10 wickets to dismiss Pakistan for 211 on the opening day of the first test at Centurion.
Bradman letters revealed: What Don really thought about Packer, Warne, the Queen and fame
A trove of personal letters have been unearthed that reveal Sir Donald Bradman’s private views on a wide range of issues and people, from cricketers to monarchs and prime ministers.
- Daniel Brettig
‘I blew up’: Inside Glenn Maxwell’s run-in with Justin Langer
Glenn Maxwell had a big bust-up with then national coach Justin Langer at an awards night, when he felt he was accused of faking an injury.
- Daniel Brettig
‘Hard to take’: Australia’s World Cup dominance ends with shock semi-final elimination
Australia’s pain from missing a first Twenty20 World Cup final in seven tournaments will carry into the home summer, after captain Alyssa Healy revealed the extent of the foot injury that kept her out of the knockout game.
- Daniel Brettig
‘Gut wrenching’: South Africa’s choke puts India on top of T20 World
India had all the advantages in this World Cup, but it still took an extraordinary collapse by South Africa and a marginal umpiring decision to secure the trophy in Barbados.
- Daniel Brettig
Chokers no more? South Africa break 32-year cup curse
Thirty-two years of World Cup hurt were wiped away in the couple of hours it took South Africa to hammer Afghanistan.
- Daniel Brettig
He took 699 international wickets. An American tried to tell him how to bowl
Dale Steyn, who played across all three formats for 15 years before his 2019 retirement, was in New York when he decided to try his luck at a street cricket set-up.
New details emerge of cricket commentator Peter Roebuck’s death
Former English cricketer Peter Roebuck was “in despair” and being arrested on suspicion of sexual assault when he died 13 years ago.
- Sherryn Groch
The dream Phoebe Litchfield will realise when she takes field against South Africa
Just 20 years old, the prodigiously talented batter is out to help Australia claim a series victory at North Sydney Oval on Wednesday.
- Billie Eder
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