Cricket

South Africas first test match was played in Port Elizabeth in the 1888/1889 season against an England touring side. The British developed cricket here from the influx of British citizens during the time of the 1820 settlers in the Port Elizabeth area.

In 1970 the ICC banned South Africa from the international test arena because of the apartheid government, and we the sports fans were not able to see great cricketers like Mike Procter, Barry Richards and Graeme Pollock reach their full potential. Rebel tours did take place in SA during this period until the ban was lifted in 1991, when we were reinstated. During the 20 odd years that we were isolated we lost some good players to England ( Robin Smith and Alan Lamb) and Australia (Kepler Wessels), and one wonders with international competition whether players like Vince vd Bijl, Clive Rice etc. would not have been greater than what they were.

Not only did we, and still do breed good cricketers, but the doyen of commentators, Charles Fortune, who had such a special way of describing what was going on in the games via radio that we didn't need TV. Kingsmead cricket ground in Durban is the ground where the historical 'Timeless Test' took place. The game was played from the 3rd to 14th March 1938, with England 654 for 5 in the last innings, when the game was abandoned because the players had to catch the mail ship back to England.

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Fixtures for the ICC World Cup 2011

February 2011

Sat 19 Bangladesh vs India "Group A" To be played in Dhaka
Sun 20 New Zealand vs Kenya "Group A" To be played in Chennai
Sun 20 Sri Lanka vs Canada "Group A" To be played in Hambantota
Mon 21 Australia vs Zimbabwe "Group A" To be played in Ahmedabad
Tue 22 England vs Netherlands "Group B" To be played in Nagpur
Wed 23 Pakistan vs Kenya "Group A" To be played in Hambantota
Thu 24 South Africa vs West Indies "Group B" To be played in New Delhi
Fri 25 Bangladesh vs Ireland "Group B" To be played in Dhaka
Fri 25 Australia vs New Zealand "Group A" To be played in Nagpur
Sat 26 Sri Lanka vs Pakistan "Group A" To be played in Colombo
Sun 27 India vs England "Group A" To be played in Kolkata
Mon 28 West Indies vs Netherlands "Group B" To be played in New Delhi
Mon 28 Zimbabwe vs Canada "Group A" To be played in Nagpur

March 2011

Tue 01 Sri Lanka vs Kenya "Group A" To be played in Colombo
Wed 02 England vs Ireland "Group B" To be played in Bangalore
Thu 03 South Africa vs Netherlands "Group B" To be played in Mohali
Thu 03 Pakistan Vs Canada "Group A" To be played in Colombo
Fri 04 New Zealand vs Zimbabwe "Group A" To be played in Ahmedabad
Fri 04 Bangladesh vs West Indies "Group B" To be played in Dhaka
Sat 05 Sri Lanka vs Australia "Group A" To be played in Colombo
Sun 06 England vs South Africa "Group B" To be played in Chennai
Sun 06 India vs Ireland "Group A" To be played in Bangalore
Mon 07 Kenya vs Canada "Group A" To be played in New Delhi
Tue 08 Pakistan vs New Zealand "Group A" To be played in Kandy
Wed 09 India vs Netherlands "Group A" To be played in New Delhi
Thu 10 Sri Lanka vs Zimbabwe "Group A" To be played in Kandy
Fri 11 West Indies vs Ireland "Group B" To be played in Mohali
Fri 11 Bangladesh vs England "Group B" To be played in Chittagong
Sat 12 India vs South Africa "Group A" To be played in Nagpur
Sun 13 New Zealand vs Canada "Group A" To be played in Mimbai
Sun 13 Australia vs Kenya "Group A" To be played in Bangalore
Mon 14 Bangladesh vs Netherlands "Group B" To be played in Chittagong
Mon 14 Pakistan vs Zimbabwe "Group A" To be played in Kandy
Tue 15 South Africa vs Ireland "Group B" To be played in Kolkata
Wed 16 Australia vs Canada "Group A" To be played in Bangalore
Thu 17 England vs West Indies "Group B" To be played in Chennai
Fri 18 Ireland vs Netherlands "Group B" To be played in Kolkata
Fri 18 Sri Lanka vs New Zealand "Group A" To be played in Mumbai
Sat 19 Bangladesh vs South Africa "Group B" To be played in Dhaka
Sat 19 Australia vs Pakistan "Group A" To be played in Colombo
Sun 20 India vs West Indies "Group A" To be played in Chennai
Sun 20 Zimbabwe vs Kenya "Group A" To be played in Kolkata
Wed 23 "Group A"1 vs "Group B"4 Q-Final 1 To be played in Dhaka
Thu 24 "Group A"2 vs "Group B"3 Q-Final 2 To be played in Ahmedabad
Fri 25 "Group A"3 vs "Group B"2 Q-Final 3 To be played in Dhaka
Sat 26 "Group A"4 vs "Group B"1 Q-Final 4 To be played in Colombo
Tue 29 QF1 Winner vs QF2 Winner S-Final 1 To be played in Colombo
Wed 30 QF3 Winner vs QF4 Winner S-Final 2 To be played in Mohali

April 2011

Sat 02 SF1 Winner vs SF2 Winner Final To be played in Mumbai