Andrew Hall

South African one-day international player Andrew Hall has been freed to join Easterns this summer following a decision by the Gauteng Cricket Board this week to release him from his contract

Traditionally a low-key affair - a one-day game with no restrictions or limitations - Sri Lanka's opening match in South Africa against a Nicky Oppenheimer XI at Randjesfontein ended utterly inconclusively because of bad light, but not before Andrew

Northerns Titans paceman David Townsend exploited a disappointing batting performance from the Highveld Strikers to earn his side a 186-run lead on the second day of their Supersport Series match at the Wanderers on Saturday

There was very big hype for the trip down to Australia especially in the newspapers where the Aussie press were blowing up their chances of defeating the SA team on their own soil

Its crunch time on the morning of the third and final test match here in Sri Lanka

Day 27 and yes, it seems like we are still not used to the heat

This is my first tour away with the national team following my other excursions to the Super 8's tournament in Malaysia and an SA Invitation team's trip to Malawi back in 1995

Cricketers love to talk about finding themselves "staring down the barrel"