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9Jan

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I have never seen anything better than what Tendulkar, Azharuddin did at Newlands: Conrad

[ad_1] Memory to cherish: The 222-run partnership between Tendulkar-Azharuddin was one of the most spectacular batting displays of all time at Newlands, according to Conrad. | Photo Credit: THE HINDU ARCHIVES Shukri Conrad has seen it all. He played cricket before and after the apartheid in South Africa.“Let’s say I played in the White side and yes, I played in the non-White side,” Conrad told The Hindu. “And then I was involved when unity came along. A little bit of everything. So yes, I have seen history.”At the moment he is pleased that India couldn’t make history when he is the coach of the South African Test side. India could not conquer the final frontier — a Test series win in the Rainbow Nation. The two-match series ended in a 1-1 draw. He is disappointed that there were only tw...

8Jan

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Newlands — the latest in the never-ending debate on pitches

[ad_1] Jaiswal... facing the music. | Photo Credit: AFP As yet another wicket tumbled in the second Test at the Newlands Cricket Ground, Mark Nicholas, the MCC president, former England-A and Hampshire captain and now one of the most distinct voices in the game, told The Hindu: “I don’t really think it is the best thing for Test cricket to have a Test match over in a day and a half. Four days is fine, three days is acceptable but a day and a half is not good for any of us really, the fun as it might have been, and the amount of records it has set has been amazing.”Among those records was the shortest completed match in Test history. The previous record – South Africa was also at its receiving end – was set by Australia in 1932. If it took the Aussies to win 656 balls, India needed 14 le...

4Jan

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India-South Africa Cape Town Test enters record books, becomes shortest Test ever | Cricket News – Times of India

[ad_1] NEW DELHI: The second Test between India and South Africa in Cape Town on Thursday has created a unique record as it became the shortest completed game ever in the history of Test cricket.The match lasted for just four and a half sessions and finished inside two days with India (153 & 80/3) defeating South Africa (55 & 176) by 7 wickets to share the two-Test series 1-1.India lost the first Test by an innings and 32 runs in Centurion which also lasted for three days.India also became the first Asian side to win a Test in Cape Town. It was the 25th instance when a Test match ended inside two days, dating back to 1882.This is the shortest completed Test match ever in terms of overs bowled (642 balls - 107 overs), bettering the previous best (656 balls - 109.2 overs) that invo...

30Dec

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India in South Africa Debutant Burger casts a spell, indeed!

[ad_1] New star: With seven wickets in his maiden Test, Burger put paid to India’s chances. | Photo Credit: ANI Years later, even Nandre Burger might find it hard to believe what happened to him during one fortnight in December.He made his T20I debut for South Africa on December 14, three days later, he played his first ODI and then, another nine days later, he earned a Test cap. On his debut in the longest and hardest of formats, he took seven wickets to play a starring role in South Africa’s win by an innings and 32 runs at the SuperSport Park. The 28-year-old left-arm seamer took seven wickets in the match. And he was on a hat-trick, against Virat Kohli, in the second innings. ALSO READ: India’s capitulation was worryingly swiftAnd yes, another significant thing happened, in distant ...

27Dec

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INTERVIEW | Azharuddin is the batter I respected most, says Fanie de Villiers

[ad_1] Fanie de Villiers said he cherished his time as an international cricketer. | Photo Credit: P.K. Ajith Kumar Fanie de Villiers has bowled to some of the world’s greatest batters of all time – including Sachin Tendulkar and Brian Lara. Who earned the most respect from him?“Mohammed Azharuddin,” de Villers told The Hindu in an interview on an overcast morning at the SuperSport Park, during the second day of the first Test between South Africa and India. “He was a wristy, stylish batter, but there were others too; I respected him because he could frustrate a bowler.”ALSO READ: When Steve Rixon sledged Graeme Pollock and regretted right awayThe former South African quick elaborated: “The most respect that you get for a player is the one that doesn’t give you a chance to make plans ag...