Cricket News sort by Quinton de Kock

There was a time in England cricket where Tests were all that mattered for the nation that invented the game. In spite of making three World Cup finals, two of them back-to-back, they never woke up to the potential of one-day cricket.

South Africa defeated India 3-2 in the recently concluded one-day series. Here’s a look at some of the best performers from the series, not surprisingly, most of them being from South Africa

The decider at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai between India and South Africa on Sunday was expected to be a close contest looking at how the previous matches had unveiled.

Going into the decider at Wankhede, no team in the series had won games chasing. And so, when AB de Villiers won the toss, and decided to bat, it wasn’t a great omen for MS Dhoni

Like India and Pakistan, South Africa were also shocked by Bangladesh in the one-day series. The frequency with which Bangladesh have been defeating Test sides at home, the time has come to stop using the term shocked when Bangladesh beat an opponent in one-dayers or T20s.

South Africa defeated Bangladesh in the 2nd and last T20 international to clinch the two match series 2-0. Batting first South Africa scored 169 at the loss of four wickets and in reply Bangladesh could only manage 138 all out.

Cricket World Cup, 1st Semi-Final: NZ Vs SA Live Score: New Zealand Vs South Africa,at Auckland, 24 Mar, 2015. Match scheduled to begin at 14:30 local time (1:00 GMT, 6:30 AM IST)

Sri Lankan talisman Kumar Sangakkara rewrote the record books for the second match in succession, becoming the first ever player to score four consecutive hundreds in one-day cricket.

Cricket World Cup, 24th Match, Pool B SA Vs IRE Live Score: Ireland Vs South Afric at Canberra, Mar 03, 2015. Match scheduled to begin at 14:30 local time (03:30 GMT;09:00 AM IST)