Justin Ontong

Justin Ontong's special ability as a tail-ender earned him a return to the South African cricket team after a break of three years.

A brilliant partnership between Dane Vilas and Justin Ontong helped the Cape Cobras beat the Highveld Lions by seven wickets in their Momentum One-Day Cup match.

The regularity with which Shikhar Dhawan hit boundaries off his bowlers made Justin Ontong feel as if he was watching a "highlights package" where only boundaries and sixes are shown.

South Africa have rested Jacques Kallis from the upcoming ODI series against England, replacing him with Dean Elgar in the 15-member squad for the five-match series starting August 24.

Cape Cobras sealed their spot in the Momentum One-Day Cup final when they beat the Titans by three wickets in their eliminator clash at Sahara Park, Newlands, on Sunday.

Former South Africa all-rounder Lance Klusener was on Friday appointed as the assistant batting coach of the national team for the three-match Twenty20 series against India in September.

Making the most of the largesse of the Cape Cobra fielders, Aiden Blizzard powered Hobart Hurricanes to a six-wicket win in their Group B match of the CLT20.

The Momentum One-Day Cup defending champions, the Nashua Mobile Cape Cobras, have it all to play for when they take on the bizhub Highveld Lions in the final of the tournament at the Bidvest Wanderers Stadium, Cape Town, on Friday.

The bizhub Highveld Lions continued their tremendous run of form as they registered a 19-run victory against the Nashua Mobile Cape Cobras.

Indian team head coach Duncan Fletcher will oversee the India 'A' team in South Africa for the two four-day matches against Proteas 'A', according to a report.

Despite a valiant career best performance by Vaughn van Jaarsveld, the Nasha Mobile Cape Cobras romped home to a bonus point victory by 55 runs against the Sunfoil Dolphins.

The Cape Cobras have the confidence of three successive wins to maintain their challenge for the play-off section of the Momentum One-Day Cup when they play the Chevrolet Warriors.

An attractive half-century by Warne Parnell and a critical double-breakthrough by Basheer Walters propelled the Chevrolet Warriors to an emphatic 76-run win over the Nashua Mobile Cape Cobras in their Momentum One-Day Cup match, at Buffalo Park, East London (SA), on Friday.

A moment of madness or half-an-hour of complacency could deny the Nashua Titans a place in the knock-out stages of the Momentum One-Day Cup, especially if their bowling attack allows the belligerent Richard Levi to get into his stride on Wednesday.

Hosts South Africa announced a provisional 30-member squad for the inaugural ICC Twenty20 World Cup in September.

Hosts South Africa named a provisional squad of 20 players for the ICC Champions Trophy tournament to be held from September 22 to October 5.

Johan Botha will lead the South Africa for the one-off T20I against India with limited-overs skipper AB de Villiers and vice-captain Hashim Amla being rested.

The Nashua Mobile Cape Cobras romped to an emphatic 10-wicket win against the Chevrolet Knights in a Momentum One-Day Cup match, at Boland Park, in Paarl (SA) on Sunday.

India 'A' bowlers polished off South Africa 'A' middle order with regular strikes to leave them struggling at 206/6 at tea on Day 3 of the unofficial first Test.

Under scanner for his suspect action, SA spinner Johan Botha was appointed deputy to captain Graeme Smith while teen batting sensation Wayne Parnell was also included in the 15-member squad.

The South Africans have been hopping in and out of the ground in the One-day series so far here like frogs in fresh monsoon. Their batting coach Dale Benkenstein summed it up best when asked what do you need to do to get your guys to play this kind of spin better?

India 'A' paid the price for their sloppy fielding as South Africa 'A' rode on the shoulders of opener Alviro Petersen's century to post 264/4 on the truncated opening day of their final four-day cricket match.

Former captain and Cricket South Africa director of cricket (DOC) Graeme Smith has said that there were "internal agendas" at play within the organisation, which have become a "cancer".

India A were set a stiff target of scoring 307 runs to win the second unofficial Test after South Africa A declared their second innings at 166/5 on the third day.

Except that South Africa have the unique knack of strangling themselves in crunch situations, they normally arrive as one of the strongest teams.

Graeme Smith, Cricket South Africa's (CSA) director of cricket, on Saturday reiterated his commitment to the board. Smith was appointed as the CSA's director of cricket in April this year.

Pragyan Ojha claimed eight wickets to help India 'A' win by an innings and 242-run margin against South Africa 'A' with a day to spare in their four-day cricket match at Ferozshah Kotla ground on Saturday.

India A pacer Ishwar Pandey took four wickets but South Africa A fought back through JP Duminy's fighting 84 in the first unofficial Test on Monday.

Chevrolet Warriors need to set a solid foundation that can serve as a launching pad for their potent middle-order of Jacobs, Ingram and Prince to get their Momentum One-Day Cup back on track.

India 'A' will guard against complacency as they seek to wrap up the series against South Africa 'A' in their second and final four-day cricket encounter beginning on Wednesday.