Parnell and Theron play surprising win

South Africa 148 for 7 (Botha 34, Theron 30*) strike Australia 147 for 8 (White 39, M Marsh 36, Tsotsobe 2-11) by 3 wickets Wayne Parnell goes from zero to hero as South Africa mounts a luminous revival to strike Australia by three wickets and stage their T20 series at 1-1 in Johannesburg. Parnell had been badly punish with the ball, giving up 44 off his four over’s as well as three of Mitchell Marsh's late sixes as Australia made 147 for seven. But...

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Dernbach seek England development

Jade Dernbach feel England will have to come up with a better presentation in the second ODI next to India if they are to rebound back in the five-match ODI series. Alistair Cook's team goes into Monday's second ODI at the Feroz Shah Kotla in Delhi on the back of a devastating beat in the series opener in Hyderabad. England were compressed by 126 runs after Mahendra Singh Dhoni put the game out of reach with some atrocious powerplay hitting, and...

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Dilshan: Pace will classify our opportunity

Sri Lanka captain Tillakaratne Dilshan has thought his country's cricketing opportunity dishonesty in the hands of the fast bowlers. "In the past 20 years or so, we have depended on the spin of (Muttiah) Muralitharan for our achievement," said Dilshan previous to the team left for the UAE to meet Pakistan in a series of three Tests, five one-day internationals and a one-off twenty20 international. "Murali is a bowler who can take six to eight...

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