S Sreesanth was included in the Kings XI Punjab line-up as Yuvraj Singh elected to bowl first against the Rajasthan Royals in Kingsmead on Monday. The Kerela pacer replaced Vikramjeet Malik.

Shane Warne did the trick in the first season of the IPL when he led a team branded 'the weakest' to the Twenty20 tournament title. It was not only his captaincy that worked wonders, but equally effective was his leg-spinners that saw him claim 19 wickets in 15 games.

South African cricket captian Graeme Smith couldn’t believe it when Ricky Ponting decided to bowl first in the Port Elizabeth one-dayer on Monday. Ponting’s decision backfired with South Africa compiling a formidable 6-317 before bowling the tourists out for 256 to claim an unbeatable 3-1 lead in the five-match series.

Graeme Smith may have led South Africa to the pinnacle in the limited overs cricket but he is still comfortable with Shane Warne in the forefront of the Rajasthan Royals team in the Indian Premier League.

South Africa captain Graeme Smith has said that the return of Australia’s troubled all rounder Andrew Symonds to international cricket has to be managed carefully because it has the potential to be 'disruptive'.

Graeme Smith has won the toss for South Africa and opted to bat first in the third One-Day International against Australia here on Thursday. The hosts, with a good record here, have decided to go with the same team that won them the previous One-dayer to level the five-match series 1-1.

South Africa will be going all out to break the "hoodoo trend" of series results against Australia this summer when they face the same opposition in the third one-day international at Newlands here on Thursday.

South Africa captain Graeme Smith returns to action on Friday on the ground, and against the same opponents, where he suffered a broken bone in his right hand the last time he played. A day short of four weeks after being injured in the second Test against Australia

Having recovered from his finger injury, South Africa skipper Graeme Smith is likely to return to the squad for the five-match ODI cricket series against Australia, beginning in Durban on Friday.

The presentation of ICC Test Championship mace and the ODI Championship shield plus prize money was made to the captains of the Australia and South Africa teams in Johannesburg today. Captain Ricky Ponting accepted the mace and 175,000 dollars on behalf of Cricket Australia for leading the team