1st Quarter-final: South Africa vs Sri Lanka
Tahir was named Man of the Match for his bowling figures of 4-26 off 8.2 overs
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A spectacular all-round performance saw South Africa crush Sri Lanka by nine wickets in Sydney and knock them out of the World Cup.
Philander was off the field for a majority of the game
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South Africa pace bowler Vernon Philander will go for scans on Monday after injuring his hamstring during the Proteas’ 130-run loss to India at the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) on Sunday.
Southee finished with a career-best 7-33 off nine overs
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New Zealand pace bowler Tim Southee took a career-best seven wickets and captain Brendon McCullum scored the fastest half-century in World Cup history as the Blackcaps annihilated England by eight wickets in Wellington.
Heavy rain led to a large portion of the second day being abandoned
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Despite the South African fans having the opportunity to watch batsman Faf du Plessis make another Test century, their hopes of watching more entertaining Test cricket were dashed when heavy rain ruined a majority of the second day of the second Test in Port Elizabeth.
De Villiers (left) and Bailey (right) have both been fined 40 per cent of their match fee
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Australia and South Africa have both been fined for maintaining slow over-rates during the first ODI in Perth.
“It’s never easy when you’re losing one of your best players but that’s part of sport these days”
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George Bailey will captain Australia in the second ODI against South Africa after regular skipper Michael Clarke re-injured his hamstring in the first ODI.
“If we decide that there’s something wrong with the game, why should we wait until after a World Cup?”
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International Cricket Council (ICC) chief executive David Richardson believes that the crackdown on illegal bowling actions has come at the right time.
“Sean is not in the team because he was not there when his team-mates were putting a lot of hours and days to prepare for the tour”
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Zimbabwe all-rounder Sean Williams was not considered for selection for the tour of Bangladesh after he allegedly got involved in a heated dispute with head coach Stephen Mangongo.
“There’s still not a lot of clarity on whether this is a long term appointment”
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Legendary India batsman Rahul Dravid believes that the national team’s support staff changes should have come after their ongoing tour of England since it is “tough on everyone concerned”.
Sethi is likely to control a large proportion of the PCB’s affairs as head of the ExCo
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Former Pakistan chairman Najam Sethi has been appointed as the head of the Pakistan Cricket Board’s (PCB) Executive Committee.
