Cricket Blog | BBL | India Cricket News

Johannesburg, Tuesday, October 4, 2011 Hashim Amla has been selected as the captain of the South African team in ODI and T20 series against Australia. Amla got the team command due to the fractured finger injury of Captain AB de Villiers , that is not available for the entire series. Amla has been assigned captain for two Twenty20 and three ODI matches against Australia. 38-year-old Amla has so far played only three Twenty-20 internationals. Wicketkeeper batsman Mark Boucher returns to the one-day squad, while 23-year-old batsman Richard levy is the only new face in the T20 squad. Former captain Graeme Smith got placed in both formats ODI and T20. the beginning of the series will be held in Cape Town on October 13 with Twenty20 match. Twenty20 squad: Hashim Amla (capt), Richard Levi, Graeme Smith, David Miller, Colin Ingram, Johan Botha, Heino Kuhn, JP Duminy, Morne Morkel, Albie Morkel, Robin Peterson, Juan Theron, Wayne Parnell and Lonwabo Tsotsobe. One-day squad...

South Africa cricket Test captain Graeme Smith has withdraw from the Champions League Twenty20 tournament due to his knee surgery. CSA said : Smith had an injury when he was playing for Pune Warriors in the IPL-4 in April and underwent a proper cartilage operation on Friday. Proteas team manager Mohammed Moosajee said "Although his rehabilitation period will be over by the time the Champions League commences, we feel that he will not ready at the time." "He will now in a guided rehabilitation process in the coming weeks and hopefully he'll recover in time for the start of a busy international summer cricket." The Proteas host Australia in three one-dayers, two Tests and two T20 from 13th October, followed by a three Test and five ODI series against Sri Lanka.

Johannesburg, Monday, 13 June 2011 A leading newspaper selected South African Test captain Graeme Smith as a "Mampara of the Week". In the local language "Mampara" means idiot. The Weekly newspaper ' Sunday Times ' said about smith "Our mampara cricket captain just doesn`t get it about having to say sorry" Significantly, the South Africa had lost World Cup quarter-final against New Zealand.