The Standard Bank Cup round robin stage came to a dramatic end last night with the final semi-final spot only being decided on the last ball bowled after midnight in Benoni

Sri Lanka came, saw, but could not conquer as South Africa wrapped up the third and final Test at SuperSport Park

Northerns Titans and KwaZulu-Natal Dolphins go into the final round of the Standard Bank Cup knowing that they are the only two teams to have reached the semi-final stage

Kwa-Zulu Natal won the inaugural Supersport Knockout Challenge by beating Northern Titans by 11 runs after a full day of cricket at Kingsmead

After a very successful half season with Gauteng ex West Indies international Kenny Benjamin has decided to break his ties with the powerful Johannesburg based team and move across the highway to sign for Easterns

Springbok, Natal and Cambridge University fast bowler, writer of note, and man of large spirit - Cuan Neil McCarthy - is at present critically ill and residing at the Helen Joseph Hospital, Johannesburg, South Africa

Eastern Province Cricket Board named a home-grown cricket squad of 19 players for the 2000/2001 season, but said the captain would probably be announced only in August

Johannesburg - After an exciting end to the weekends Standard Bank limited overs matches Eastern Province, getting on top of their game, have qualified ahead of KwaZulu-Natal to play in the upcoming semi-finals

The close victory over Griqualand West has moved Gauteng joint top of the Standard Bank Cup table

Centurion - Jonty Rhodes, left out of the third test in Durban, has this morning failed a late fitness test and will be replaced by uncapped Pieter Strydom for the fifth and final test against England starting at Centurion tomorrow 14 January 2000

Johannesburg - Billed as the Alan Donald versus Michael Atherton show the first test starting on Thursday at The Wanderers loops in the background

Centurion - The England touring party arrived at SuperSport Park, Centurion this morning for their first official practice of the tour

Johannesburg - Nasser Hussain, unlike Brian Lara a year ago, spoke confidently about the prospects of the England team's chances on the current tour of South Africa

As the Eastern Province openers had done on day one, Adam Bacher and Swen Koenig struggled through the early morning session, but managed to keep the scoreboard ticking over

As the Eastern Province openers had done on day one, Adam Bacher and Swen Koenig struggled through the early morning session, but managed to keep the scoreboard ticking over

Johannesburg - Eastern Province, after being beaten by the rain last weekend, have only themselves to blame for the position they find themselves in at the end of day one in their SuperSport Series match against Gauteng at The Wanderers Stadium

Pieter Strydom's 125 followed by penetrative seam bowling put Border exactly where they wanted to be after two days of this match

Zimbabwe had only one chance to qualify for the LGCUP final on Sunday

South Africa, after the resounding win against Zimbabwe, had moved to second place ahead of their neighbours on the point's table

Nairobi - India, after a very difficult start, recovered well to defeat Kenya by 58 runs in match four of the LG Cup in Kenya