Jason Holder has replaced Dwayne Bravo as West Indies’ ODI captain and will lead the team in the five-match ODI series against South Africa, which starts on January 16, 2015. Bravo, who had replaced Darren Sammy as the ODI captain in May 2013, has been left out of the squad for the South Africa one-dayers
Assad Fudadin added to West Indies Test squad
Assad Fudadin, the Guyana batsman, has been added to West Indies Test squad for the tour to South Africa in December and January as a replacement for Darren Bravo, who withdrew because of personal reasons. Fudadin, 29, has played three Tests for West Indies, against New Zealand and England in 2012, when he made 122
Australia v South Africa, 3rd ODI, Canberra Finch and Starc down South Africa
Centurion Aaron Finch, Steven Smith, Josh Hazlewood and Mitchell Starc were central figures in Australia’s commanding 73-run victory over South Africa in Canberra, despite a pair of sparkling innings by Hashim Amla and AB de Villiers. In front of a crowd of 10,583 at Manuka Oval, Finch set the platform and Smith capitalised fully upon
West Indies name full-strength Test squad
Denesh Ramdin has been retained as captain of a full-strength West Indies Test squad for their upcoming tour of South Africa, but the players have been given a deadline of November 18 to sign tour contracts. The squad is the first to be named since West Indies walked out of their tour of India last
Australia v South Africa, 1st Twenty20, Adelaide Rossouw, bowlers star in SA win
Kyle Abbott harried Australia’s batsmen and Rilee Rossouw achieved the rare feat of putting Quinton de Kock in the shade during a stand of 129 as South Africa secured a vast opening win in the Twenty20 match at Adelaide Oval. Three days after they were comfortably beaten by a Cricket Australia Invitational XI in Sydney,