Heroic Indian-origin manager gunned down while saving staff, customers in Durban

DURBAN - An Indian-origin store manager, Krish Pillay, was killed in Durban while heroically saving his staff and customers from gunmen, who had stormed into the Shoprite supermarket.

Ponting warns players not be distracted by IPL riches

DURBAN - Australia captain Ricky Ponting has warned his players not to be distracted by the build-up for the Indian Premier League (IPL) that is to be played in South Africa.

Johnson’s bone-breaking powers will be on Smith’s mind: Ponting

DURBAN - Australian captain Ricky Ponting is sure that pacer Mitchell Johnson’s bone-breaking powers will be playing on Graeme Smith’s mind when the South African skipper returns to open in the first one-day international being played here today.

Injured Kallis rested for Durban ODI

DURBAN - South Africa have decided to rest injured star all-rounder Jacques Kallis from the opening one-day international against Australia.

Arthur says Durban ODI will be the key to how series against Oz goes

DURBAN - Proteas coach Mickey Arthur has described South Africa’s first one-day-international (ODI) against Australia on Friday as “huge”, and believes that it serve as a key indicator as to which way the series will go.
“Friday is when we want to put our marker in the sand and that is why we have been building up extremely hard this week. For us, Friday is huge because you want to go one-nil up and hopefully take momentum from that game,” Sports24.com quoted Arthur as telling a news conference on Wednesday.

Johnson ready to take on Smith

DURBAN - Australia’s pace spearhead Mitchell Johnson has said that he is ready to take on South African skipper Graeme Smith in Friday’s opening one-day international to be played here.

‘IPL in South Africa will mainly be a television product’

DURBAN - The Indian Premier League going to be held in South Africa will mainly be a television product for the Indian market and the crowd attendances will be no more than a bonus, according to a former cricket administrator.

Oz cricketers go on a fishing trip

DURBAN - Australia’s cricketers undertook a fishing trip in the South African coastal city of Durban ahead of their first one-day international against the Proteas here.

Queensland pacer Laughlin eyeing Oz ODI berth

DURBAN - Carpenter and pace bowler Ben Laughlin is hoping to make his one-day international debut some time in April in South Africa.

Kallis may play ODIs against Australia

DURBAN - South Africa have been buoyed by the news that all-rounder Jacques Kallis has been cleared of a groin strain and is rated a fair chance to play in Friday’s one-day international against Australia in Durban.

S Africans not taking full advantage of Indian ITEC support

DURBAN - Although there has been increased interest in the past two years from South Africa, the country is not taking full advantage of the benefits offered by India through the Indian Technical and Economic Cooperation (ITEC) programme through which it trains students in technical and scientific fields.

South Africa hosts India business summit

DURBAN - The first Durban-India Business Summit hosted here Thursday to encourage trade and investment between the two countries.

Procter shows faith in Prince as opener

DURBAN - South African selection panel chief Mike Procter believes in the credentials of Ashwell Prince as a Test cricket opening batsman.

South Africa coach not in favour of triangular series

DURBAN - South Africa’s cricket coach Mickey Arthur does not favour the team playing a triangular cricket series in June against India and Zimbabwe.

South Africa confirms BCCI approached it to host IPL

DURBAN - Cricket South Africa (CSA) Sunday confirmed that Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has approached them to host the Indian Premier League (IPL).

Ponting keen to keep Hughes’ head from becoming too big

DURBAN - Australian skipper Ricky Ponting has praised opener for maintaining his equanimity in the second Test against South Africa here, and added that during the match he was looking for signs of an inflated ego, which fortunately never surfaced.

Ashwell Prince dumped, Jacques Kallis to captain Proteas

DURBAN - South African selectors have dumped Ashwell Prince as captain only a day after announcing that the team’s regular vice-captain would lead the side in the absence of injured skipper Graeme Smith.

New kids in Oz team drive Ponting to cricketing nirvana

DURBAN - Ricky Ponting is as happy as he has ever been in his long and successful cricket life, and he credits the new kids on the block for it.

Hughes likened to Sir Don, but its water of a duck’s back for him

DURBAN - Australia’s new opener Phil Hughes is already being compared to Sir Donald Bradman after scoring two centuries in the Durban Test.

Ponting describes opener Hughes as a joy to watch

DURBAN - Australian skipper Ricky Ponting has described talented young opener Phil Hughes as a joy to watch.

South Africa dump failed opener McKenzie and pace bowler Morne Morkel

DURBAN - South Africa have dumped opener Neil McKenzie and pace bowler Morne Morkel for the third Test against Australia that begins from March 19 in Cape Town.

Siddle suffers foot injury, in doubt for Cape Town Test

DURBAN - Australian fast bowler Peter Siddle is suffering from an injury to his left foot, and is in doubt for next week’s third Test in Cape Town.

Sanjay Dutt to join ANC at Durban rally

DURBAN - Film actor turned politician Sanjay Dutt may still be finding his feet in politics back home, but in South Africa the Munnabhai star is being billed a ‘comrade’ and he will be sharing a platform with top African National Congress (ANC) officials here Sunday.

US student crowned Miss India Worldwide

DURBAN - Valentine’s Day was very special for American communications student Nikkitasha Marwaha when over 2,000 people cheered as an international panel of judges named her Miss India Worldwide 2009 at a glittering function on the beach here.

Bevy of beauties at ‘Billu’ premiere in South Africa

DURBAN - Priyadarshan’s comedy ‘Billu’, which features a large number of top-notch Bollywood actresses, saw bevy of Indian origin beauties from 25 countries at its premiere here.

South African Indians to invite Bachchan, Rahman to celebrate 150 years since landing

DURBAN - Bollywood superstar Amitabh Bachchan and Oscar-nominated award-winning music director A.R. Rahman are among the Indian dignitaries who are to be invited to help celebrate the 150th anniversary of the arrival here of the first indentured sugarcane labourers from India on Nov 16, 2010.

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