IPL 2012

Indian Premiere League

The 2012 Indian Premier League season, abbreviated as the IPL 5 or IPL 2012, will be the fifth season of the Indian Premier League, established by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) in 2007. Details about IPL television live telecast and online streaming.

South Africa Cricket Players

Hansie Cronje

Born in Bloemfontein, he matriculated in 1987 from the prestigious Grey College school in Bloemfontein. An excellent all round sportsman, he represented the then Orange Free State in cricket and rugby at schools level. He made his first class debut playing for Orange Free State against Transvaal at Johannesburg in 1987/1988 at the age of 18. He made his Test debut against West Indies at Bridgetown in 1991 and one-day international debut against Australia at Sydney in the 1992 cricket World Cup soon after the ban on South Africa was lifted. (South Africa was banned from international cricket in 1970 for the apartheid policies followed by the government).Under his captaincy South Africa won 27 Tests and lost 11. He captained the One Day International team to 99 wins out of 138 one day internationals with one match drawn.
He scored 3,714 Test runs in 68 Test matches at an average of 36.41 with 6 Test centuries. He also took 43 Test wickets. He scored over 5,000 ODI runs in nearly 200 ODIs at an average of 38.64 with just 2 centuries. He also took over 100 ODI wickets. He has over 10,000 first class runs at an average of 43.69 and 184 first class wickets at an average of 34.43 A highly talented young batsman, occasional medium pace bowler and excellent tactician, Cronje began his career at Free State, captaining them at age 21, and first playing for his country at 22. Appointed captain of South Africa in 1993, he led the side to Test series victories against New Zealand and England.

South Africa Cricket News Archives

• Cricket News January - December 2008 : South Africa Cricket News
• Cricket News August 2007 : South Africa Cricket News
• Cricket News June 2007 : India in South Africa Cricket Series
• Cricket News February-May 2007 : India in South Africa Cricket Series
• Cricket News January 2007 : India in South Africa Cricket Series
• Cricket News December 2006 : India in South Africa Cricket Series
• Cricket News November 2006 : India in South Africa Cricket Series
• ICC Special (Oct, Nov 2006) - South Africa's ICC Champions Trophy 2006 campaign
• Cricket News October 2006