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22 FEBRUARY 2012

Proteas up to No 2 in rankings

Auckland - The Proteas have moved up to the No 2 spot in the ICC world T20 rankings after their thrilling three-run win over New Zealand here on Wednesday.

South Africa swopped places with the Black Caps, who now drop down to No 4 after their 2-1 series defeat.

England still top the rankings with 130 points, followed by South Afrcia on 119. The Sri Lankans are third with 117, followed by the Kiwis on 114. Read More...

22 FEBRUARY 2012

Schietekat enjoys calm conditions in George

Calm weather tamed The Links, Fancourt and Neil Schietekat took full advantage at the par-73 on Thursday, shooting an opening 67 for round one of the Dimension Data Pro-Am.

“The conditions were good. It picked up over about three holes, and I wouldn’t say it was easy – I don’t think you can ever say that about Links golf – but it was a lot easier than the way we normally play it,” he said.

All players have a round each on the Outeniqua, Montagu and The Links courses, ahead of the cut and the final round on Montagu, and Schietekat’s 67 left him a stroke shy of co-leaders Warren Abery and Oliver Bekker. Read More...

20 FEBRUARY 2012

Head over to our Gallery for some pictures from the Links for Dimension Data Pro-Am.

19 FEBRUARY 2012

Levi brings South Africa level in Style
The Report by Firdose Moonda

February 19, 2012

A combination of a flat pitch and especially small boundaries provided the ideal opportunity for a powerful batsman to break a record at sold-out Seddon Park. And Richard Levi, playing only his second international match, took it. He hit the most sixes in a Twenty20 innings - 13 - on his way to the fastest hundred in the format, off 45 balls, and made New Zealand's 173 look at least 50 short of a par score.

So brutal was Levi during his 117 off 51 balls, a maiden Twenty20 international century for South Africa, that the run-rate rarely dropped below 10 after the first over. They cruised to the target with four overs to spare, leveling the series 1-1 with the decider in Auckland.

Levi was fortunate in the first over, when a top-edged sweep carried well over the fine-leg boundary. Nathan McCullum was the bowler so the ball didn't even have much pace on it. Seddon Park was that small. Levi's next boundary was more convincing, a mow off Doug Bracewell high into the stands at backward square leg, and he barely mis-timed any after that. He took on everyone, including the feisty Tim Southee, who tried to repeat the short-ball attack that dismissed Levi in Wellington. It did not work in Hamilton.