Significant changes to playing conditions in Tests and One-Day International have been announced by the International Cricket Council and they took effect on Saturday.Most affected are efforts to ensure continuity of play and the awarding of extras.No longer will there be debate between competing countries over the use of lights on the occasion of bad light affecting play.Lights will now be mandatory to allow play to continue in conditions when natural light would prevent it. The umpires will have the discretion to call for lights.Time added on after stoppages can now be extended beyond the day of play in Test matches, although limited to one hour a day. Where conditions allow the first 30 minutes will be added before the scheduled start of the first session with the remainder at the end of the day.All five run penalties for disciplinary breaches will be awarded on the field of play. This will be for a trial period of 12 months and will apply to Tests and ODIs.A no-ball penalty will also apply to short-pitched deliveries that prevent the batsman from being able to hit them with the bat by a normal cricket stroke. The existing two bouncers per over rule will be maintained.Leg-side wides, including deliveries going down the leg side when bowled into the rough outside leg stump, will now be called.The move reflects an ICC desire to encourage attacking bowling, particularly by spinners seeking to exploit the rough, but the ICC also believes that umpires should be able to use judgment in calling wides when appropriate.As was earlier announced one bouncer per over will now be permissible in One-Day Internationals.Bonus points for tournaments and series involving three or more teams will now be awarded to provide more meaning to contests. Winning teams will receive four points with a tie or no result being worth two points.One bonus point will be available should a team win with a run rate 1.25 times that of the opposition. The run rate will be calculated by reference to the number of runs scored, divided by the number of overs faced.Where a side is all out, the number of overs to be used is the maxium number of overs available to that side.When the Duckworth/Lewis system is employed, bonus run rates and defensive targets will be based on the revised target score and maximum overs.

After all the uncertainty surrounding the Asian Test Championship, thetournament is finally ready to kick off from Wednesday though India’sabsence has taken the gloss off the tournament.”The championship has lost its colour,” said Bangladesh captain NaimurRahman on the eve of his team’s only fourth Test match since gainingTest status.It could have been nice to play one more game (against India). Wecould have learnt a lot after playing against them,” Naimur said afterhis team had a two-hour net session Tuesday.Pakistan captain Waqar Younis was also disappointed at India’swithdrawal from the now reduced three-team competition which alsofeatures Sri Lanka.”The championship has lost it’s charm after India pulled its team, butwe hope to get maximum points from this match,” he said.India’s mind-boggling decision will certainly leave the ACC to sufferwith huge financial losses. But the decision to go-ahead with thetournament despite India’s withdrawal shows who calls the shots.But will the International Cricket Council (ICC) show some teeth andimpose sanctions on India is yet to be seen though analysts believeIndia will once again escape scot-free because of its massivecommercial market on which electronic media survives. But the questionis how long will India’s unsporting behaviour be tolerated.

New Zealand’s scheduled visit to Pakistan has been postponed for security reasons at least for the time being. Their tours have always been very popular in Pakistan and this suspension is a great disappointment for their fans. One can only hope a rescheduled tour soon takes place.Summary of previous tours:
New Zealand’s previous tours were in 1955-56, 1964-65, 1969-70, 1976-77, 1984-85, 1990-91 and 1996-97. A study of past records shows that Pakistan has not been a happy hunting ground for the Black Caps. In fact, they have not won a test series in Pakistan since 1969, 32 years ago. In terms of overall results of previous matches, Pakistan’s performance is also dominant. 19 of the 42 Test matches and 35 of the 57 ODIs were decided in favour of Pakistan while only 6 victories in tests and 21 in ODIs were earned by New Zealand.Prospects in a coming series:
Pakistan should be the favourites in a forthcoming series, possibly rescheduled in 2002, not only because of their excellent past record but more on account of their current tremendous all-round capability. Nevertheless, New Zealand has developed into a very competitive and fighting team in recent years. In fact, they gave the visiting Pakistan team a very tough time in the home series early this year. New Zealand won the One-Day series 3-2 and the test series was drawn 1-1. It may be noted that Pakistan has often suffered due to over confidence and complacency in the past but this time round they need a strong resolve for a first series win after four successive defeats at home.Presented below is a brief account of New Zealand previous tours to Pakistan.The Previous Tours:
1955-56:
New Zealand was still in search of first test victory when they first visited Pakistan in 1955-56. But they found the hosts too strong. Pakistan, then the babes of international cricket had already made a creditable start. They had closely fought their inaugural test series against India and leveled the next against England – the first team to do so on its first tour. Eventually New Zealand lost to Pakistan 0-2 but not before they were highly admired for their memorable sportsman spirit in the second test match at Lahore, exhibited when Pakistan were set to chase 116 runs within two hours. New Zealand never resorted to any negative tactics to slow down the game to possibly deprive the home team from victory. Earlier, Pakistan won the Karachi test by an innings and one run, their first test victory on home soil. Zulfiqar Ahmed claimed 11 wickets for 79 runs.At Lahore Imtiaz Ahmed (209) associated with Waqar Hassan (189) to establish a 308 run partnership for the seventh wicket, which was only 39 runs short of the World record. New Zealand’s Spencer McGregor also scored a century (111) and Noel Harford (93), John Reid (86) and Anthony MacGibbon (61) were the other notable scorers.At Dacca, incessant drizzle prevented play in most of the third test but New Zealand still barely escaped defeat being 56 runs behind and only four wickets left when the play ended. Khan Mohammad routed the visitors for 70 with figures of 6 for 21 in the first innings and Hanif Mohammad chiefly contributed in home teams total of 195 for 6 declared with a knock of 103.1964-65:
After a dull unadventurous series in New Zealand ending only a month earlier, John Reid brought his team to resume hostilities in Pakistan. But this time Hanif Mohammad’s men pulled up their socks to defeat New Zealand in the first test at Rawalpindi by an innings and 64 runs (the match lasted only for 12 hours and 40 minutes) and the third test at Karachi by 8 wickets. At Rawalpindi, Pervez Sajjad took four cheap wickets in each innings and New Zealand crashed to 79 runs in the second innings. In the 2nd Test at Lahore, Hanif Mohammad scored unbeaten 203 and Barry Sinclair made 130 in a high scoring drawn test. At Karachi, skipper John Reid played two gallant knocks of 128 and 76 but a polished 172 by the Pakistan’s Saeed Ahmed in the first innings and a dashing 126 by Mohammad Ilyas in the second, made all the difference. Intikhab Alam claimed seven wickets for 92 runs.1969-70:
Graham Dowling led a stronger New Zealand team than in the past. Pakistan suffered both on and off the field during this series. First, Saeed Ahmed was ousted from captaincy and missed the series and later `Little Master’ Hanif Mohammad was forced to retire after the first test at Karachi. Not only did New Zealand fully exploit these Pakistan weaknesses but also with some fine performances notched up their first victory against Pakistan by 5 wickets at Lahore. Pakistan was bowled out for 114 in the first innings in this match. Shafqat Rana’s 95 in the second and Pervez Sajjad’s nine wicket haul was not good enough to avert defeat. Earlier, the first test at Karachi was drawn after debutant Mohammad Nazir claimed 7 for 99 in the first innings. The other notable event was Hanif Mohammad’s last appearance in Test Cricket. The third test match at Dacca was Pakistan’s last match there as a home ground. Here Pakistan could well have squared the series but stout last two wicket partnerships stretched the New Zealand second innings score from 101 for 8 to 200. Intikhab Alam’s excellent bowling effort to claim ten wickets went in vain. Glenn Turner played a long innings of 110 and Mark Burgess scored 59 and 119 not out to ensure a series victory 1-0.1976-77:
Glenn Turner led the fourth New Zealand team to visit Pakistan. The Pakistan team fielded in the first test match at Lahore is considered as strongest ever to represent the country. The team was: Majid Khan, Sadiq Mohammad, Zaheer Abbas, Mushtaq Mohammad (Captain), Javed Miandad, Asif Iqbal, Wasim Raja, Intikhab Alam, Imran Khan, Sarfiaz Nawaz, and Wasim Bari. At Lahore a fifth wicket partnership of 281 between debutant Javed Miandad (163) and Asif Iqbal (166) set the tone of the series. Pakistan won the series convincingly won by 2-0. Another debutant P.J. Petherick claimed a hat-trick. In the third test at Karachi on the first day, Majid Khan scored a century before lunch in 113 minutes to join the elite of Sir Donald Bradman, Victor Trumper and Charles Macartney. Javed Miandad scored (206) the first of his six double centuries. For New Zealand wicket-keeper Warren Lees made 152. Earlier, Pakistan had won second test at Hyderabad by ten wickets.During this tour Pakistan played their first One-Day International at home against the tourists at Sialkot. Man of the match Glenn Turner scored 67 in New Zealand’s total of 198 for 8 in 35 overs that Pakistan failed to reach and lost the match by one run.1984 -85:
Jeremy Coney led New Zealand and Zaheer Abbas skippered Pakistan to a 2-0 series win. Notable absentees in the series were leading all-rounders Richard Hadlee and Imran Khan. Iqbal Qasim who was drafted into the team at the eleventh hour returned with a match winning performance of 8 wickets for 106 runs. John Wright’s 65 was the highest individual score at Lahore. John Reid scored 106 and New Zealand gained a first innings lead but Javed Miandad’s century in each innings eventually brought Pakistan victory by 7 wickets in the second test at Hyderabad. In the third drawn test at Karachi John Reid scored 97.The home team also won the One-Day series by a 3-1 margin. Pakistan won by 46 runs at Peshawar, by 5 runs at Faisalabad and by one wicket at Multan. New Zealand won by 34 runs at Sialkot.1990-91:
Pakistan clean swept both the test and One-Day series. Waqar Younis, Pakistan’s current Captain had emerged as a new star in the cricket world. The home team comprehensively beat the tourists by an innings and 43 runs at Karachi where Shoaib Mohammad scored an unbeaten 203 and Waqar Younis claimed 7 wickets. New Zealand were again out played at Lahore when Waqar Younis took ten wickets and Shoaib Mohammad scored another hundred (105). New Zealand Captain, Martin Crowe also scored a century (108). The third test at Faisalabad was more exciting. After being dismissed for a paltry 102 in the first innings Pakistan came from behind to win by 65 runs through a heroic knock of 142 by Shoaib Mohammad in the 2nd innings and Waqar Younis’s twelve wicket haul in the match. Pringle also claimed 11 for 152.In the One-Day series Pakistan won by 19 runs at Lahore, by 8 wickets at Peshawar and by 105 runs at Sialkot. Saeed Anwar (101) and Rameez Raja (114) won man of the match awards at Lahore and Sialkot respectively and Waqar Younis with 5 for 11 took the award at Peshawar.1996 – 97:
New Zealand won a test match in Pakistan after 27 years when they dramatically beat Pakistan in the first test of the two test series at Lahore by 44 runs. After conceding a lead in the first innings, Stephen Fleming (92 not out) and Chris Cairns (93) restored New Zealand’s position that Wasim’s superb knock of 109 failed to stop New Zealand from winning. Rookie fast bowler Mohammad Zahid’s 11 wickets for 130 and centuries by Saeed Anwar (149) and Ijaz Ahmed (125) forced a magnificent innings victory for Pakistan to square the series 1-1 in the second test at Rawalpindi.Pakistan won the One-Day International series 2-1 by winning at Gujranwala by 11 runs, at Sialkot by 46 runs while New Zealand clinched the third encounter at Karachi by 7 wickets.Expected Series:
The strong New Zealand squad which was on the way to Pakistan prior to suspension of the tour included: Stephen Fleming (Captain), Nathan Astle, Mathew Bell, James Franklin, Chris Martin, Craig McMillan, Shayne O’Connor, Jacob Oram, Adam Prore, Mark Richardson, Mathew Sinclair, Glen Sulzberger, Daryl Tuffey, Daniel Vettori, Lou Vincent and Dion Nash. However, on paper Pakistan certainly looks a stronger outfit and would stand a good chance of winning the forthcoming series. Yet the Black Caps under the astute leadership of Stephen Fleming are likely, once again, to give the home team a tough fight.

Previous New Zealand tours to Pakistan1955-56 To date

WAPDA, without a point so far, looked certain to achievetheir first victory in the Patron’s Trophy Grade-I after PWDlost six second innings wickets on the third day of thematch at Iqbal Stadium, Faisalabad Wednesday.After being set a target of 197, PWD collapsed to 79 for sixat stumps, according to details available here.Left-handed all-rounder Kamran Hussain was chieflyresponsible for putting WAPDA in driving seat by top-scoringin the second innings and then dismissing PWD openers BilalAsad (0) and Imran Khan (4) with the new ball.Resuming at 11 for one, WAPDA were bowled out for 141.Kamran struck 35 off 50 balls while dominating the lastwicket partnership of 33 with Faisal Irfan.Wicket-keeper Zahid Umer followed his first innings’ halfcentury with 27.Medium-pacer Rajesh Ramesh, playing only his second game,returned career-best figures of four for 30. Left-armpaceman Ali Raza claimed three for 26.

Dion Nash is out of the tour of Australia and will be replaced by Canterbury’s Shane Bond.A worsening of the abdominal strain he suffered earlier in the tour is the reason for his return, not the back problems he has previously suffered.Nash, who must be medical insurance’s worst nightmare given his propensity for injury, was only passed fit following a fitness test to assess his abdominal strain, further strained the original injury when diving full length in the field.It is yet another blow to Nash’s career which has been notable for him picking himself up off the canvas than a punch drunk boxer three years past retirement.While he went wicketless during the Test, there were occasional glimpses of Nash at his best with balls beating the bat and also moving around. His pure competitiveness will be sorely missed.Manager Jeff Crowe said everyone involved with the team was bitterly disappointed, particularly for Nash who had only recently returned to the side after a back injury.”Dion has worked incredibly hard to get over his back injury and to strengthen it so he could come back and play to the best of his ability for his country,” Crowe said.”For him to be ruled out of the tour with a totally unrelated injury is extremely frustrating.”Nash’s misfortune is Bond’s good luck and after making a significant impression on unresponsive Indian pitches with the New Zealand A team earlier in the year he could have a great chance to make an impact on the tour, although he is still likely to be behind Daryl Tuffey and Chris Martin in the selection pecking order.His form in the match against South Australia at the Adelaide Oval will be his only chance to make an impression.However, looking further ahead, Bond’s batting makes him an ideal prospect for the CLEAR Black Caps one-day team for the VB series starting in January.Bond is to join the team in Australia today.

Anil Kumble took five wickets to put India back in the driving seat after England made an excellent start to the second Test in Ahmedabad. Marcus Trescothick fell agonisingly short of his third Test century and England ended the day on 277 for 6.The day started with the disconcerting news that England were going into the match without their premier batsman. Graham Thorpe, who is flying home to sort out personal matters, will take no further part in the series. His place went to Yorkshire’s Michael Vaughan, and Ashley Giles returned to the side in place of James Ormond. India also made two changes, with Virender Sehwag replacing the injured Sanjay Bangar and fit-again Javagal Srinath coming in for Iqbal Siddiqui. Nasser Hussain chose to bat after winning the toss, and the game got under way half an hour late due to early morning dew.Although Mark Butcher was initially the freer-scoring of England’s two openers, it was Trescothick’s innings that eventually made the greater impression. On a sluggish pitch each batsman made the most of anything loose, and Sourav Ganguly introduced Harbhajan Singh as early as the 10th over. Despite early signs of turn on a slower wicket than Mohali, both left-handers remained positive, with Trescothick sweeping Harbhajan through midwicket and Butcher taking four more from Srinath through the covers. By lunch England had reached 79 without loss.The hapless Shiv Sunder Das had to leave the field early in the afternoon session, after being struck painfully on the shoulder at short leg as Trescothick swept Kumble right off the meat. When Srinath dropped short, the Somerset left-hander pulled him fiercely to the midwicket boundary, following up with a superb drive through the covers.After reaching his 50 and bringing up England’s hundred in the process, Trescothick welcomed Harbhajan back into the attack by swinging him for a heady six over midwicket. Butcher completed his own 50 by coming down the pitch to Harbhajan and taking four through mid-on. But Kumble then immediately accounted for Butcher, who got a thin edge to a ball that was angled across him outside the off stump, giving wicket-keeper Deep Dasgupta a straightforward catch.Hussain had made just one when he was given out lbw to Kumble, playing round a googly which looked as though it might be going down the legside. Vaughan, after some early good fortune, was sawn off without ceremony by umpire Ian Robinson, caught at short leg off Kumble as the ball appeared to go straight off his pad. At tea England had reached 176 for 3 with Trescothick unbeaten on 99.The interval plainly didn’t agree with him; he was unnerved by a brilliant over from Kumble, eventually edging to Dasgupta to fall one short of his hundred. England subsided to 185 for 5 when Flintoff, pushing defensively at Kumble, was caught off bat and pad without scoring by VVS Laxman at silly point.Ramprakash was prepared to chance his arm in adversity, pulling Kumble for six over midwicket, and his attacking mood rubbed off on Craig White as the Yorkshireman dropped on one knee to drive Harbhajan for four through the covers. But Sachin Tendulkar regained India’s momentum with the first ball of a new spell, bowling Ramprakash off his pads with a quicker ball as he went back on to his stumps.White and James Foster took England watchfully to the close, Foster cashing in on two loose balls from Tendulkar, boosting his own confidence with boundaries through cover and midwicket. White mixed caution with occasional aggression as the two batsmen ended the day quietly against the spinners. There had been no Mohali-style collapse, but India must still be fancying their chances.

Australian pace spearhead Glenn McGrath won’t change his hunting methods when he meets South Africa next week despite his poor haul against New Zealand.Australian cricket coach John Buchanan said McGrath would stick with the same strategies which had made him among the world’s best bowlers, even though theKiwis blunted his venom.McGrath suffered an uncharacteristic slump in the recent three Test series against New Zealand, notching only five wickets at an average of 65.4.The Kiwis claimed they beat the right-armer with patience, letting his probing deliveries outside off stump simply pass through to wicketkeeper Adam Gilchrist.That took away McGrath’s most lethal trap – a wicketkeeper and slips cordon waiting for the likely nicks from uncertain batsmen.But Buchanan said McGrath wouldn’t change his ways against South Africa when the teams chased the title of Test cricket’s best team in their three-match series,starting at Adelaide on December 14.”Glenn’s approach won’t be significantly different,” Buchanan said today.”(New Zealand) did play well in their overall strategy against our two key bowlers – Glenn McGrath and Shane Warne.”But, by the end of the third Test, and even before that, (Glenn) was bowling very, very well.”When he was bowling we were able to exert pressure and work the bowling partnerships.”Buchanan said McGrath was a victim of his own standards, wearing the spotlight any time he was unable to maintain his hectic wicket-taking rate.The 31-year-old sits second on Australia’s all-time list with 363 wickets from 78 Tests, behind only Warne (413).McGrath’s strike rate is even better than that of the great Dennis Lillee, and he has a proven record for fighting back after mixed series.His returns in his most recent series have hardly been worrying.Before the New Zealand series, McGrath outwitted England (32 wickets at 16.94), India (17 at 15.35), West Indies (21 at 17.10) and India (18 at 13.78).His record against South Africa doesn’t match his overall rate, taking 23 wickets in eight Tests at 28.52, but Buchanan expected him to trouble the Proteas this summer.It’s been a frustrating summer for McGrath, who struggled to take wickets in two Pura Cup matches for NSW before the Tests.But Buchanan dismissed that as coincidental, recalling that McGrath had little preparation heading into the first-class summer.

Controversial United Cricket Board president Percy Sonn is on his own in believing that banned former captain Hansie Cronje should be allowed back into cricket at this stage.Sonn has been widely quoted as saying that there should still be a place in South African cricket for Cronje, who was banned for life last year for his part in the match-fixing scandal."Who are we to damn people forever?” said Sonn on Australia radio this week. “Our board is not god in terms of determining what rehabilitation is sufficient. Hansie deserves to enjoy all the freedom of South African society. He is a child of the United Cricket Board."Sonn’s comments have taken South African administrators, not to mention the International Cricket Council aback. The president was at the forefront of moves to have Cronje banned in the first place, at one point saying that the disgraced cricket "should not even be allowed to play beach cricket".UCB vice-president Robbie Kurz said on Friday that he believed Sonn was speaking in his personal capacity."It’s not really my place to comment on matters such as these," said Kurz, "but UCB policy has always been that Cronje should be banned until such time as he has shown he has rehabilitated himself. This policy has not changed and I don’t believe the time is right yet for the ban to be lifted."Department of Sport spokesman Graham Abrahams told PA International: ""I don’tthink it would be a good idea at this moment to bring him back into thegame."In fact, it would be a mistake and the UCB should think twice about it."He has made no gestures to the UCB, and it would be more appropriate forhimto approach the UCB in an amicable fashion rather than for the UCB to go tohim."Sonn’s motives for this about turn have been questioned in the aftermath of the controversy provoked when he vetoed the South African team for the third Test and had Jacques Rudolph replaced by Justin Ontong.Sonn’s actions and opinions this week have been privately questioned in some UCB circles and are likely to be the subject of intense deiscussion the UCB executive committee meets later this month.UCB chief executive Gerald Majola will fly to Australia early next week in an attempt to put out some of the fires raging since Sonn vetoed the Test team. At the very least he is expected to reassure Shaun Pollock’s side that they still have the full backing of the UCB, a point that has been questioned over the past few days.

THE Zimbabwe Cricket Union have expressed concern at the growing political tension between India and Pakistan ahead of the locals’ tour of the subcontinent next month. Military tension between India and Pakistan heightened on Tuesday following an attack on the United States Centre in Calcutta, which the Indian security officials blamed on Pakistani activists.Zimbabwe are scheduled to arrive in Mumbai on February 12 for a 37-day tour of India that includes three Test and five one-day matches. ZCU chairman Peter Chingoka said yesterday that they have been in close contact with the authorities in India and would continue to do so before a decision on whether to go ahead with the tour is finalized.”We are obviously very concerned with any environment which might put the security of our players and officials at risk. We will be monitoring the situation regularly before coming up with a decision. We have been in contact with the cricket authorities in India (BCCI).”There are still about three weeks before we are due to travel to India and there won’t be any need to make hurried decisions now. We will also get in touch with the Zimbabwean High Commission in India for advice so there is nothing concrete at the moment and the tour will remain on schedule,” said Chingoka.

Justin Ontong, controversially included in the South African side for the third Test in Sydney last month at the insistence of United Cricket Board president Percy Sonn, has been retained for the first Test against Australia starting at the Wanderers on Friday.Ontong is down to bat at six against the Australians in a side that will be led by Shaun Pollock, provided he is passed fit to play. Pollock picked up a side strain on the first day of KwaZulu-Natal’s SuperSport match against Easterns in Durban, and although the injury is not considered too serious at this stage, a decision on his availability will only be taken later this week. Ande Nel has been placed on standby while Boucher will take over the captaincy if Pollock cannot play.The selection of Ontong is bound to raise debate again, although this time the arguments might be driven more by cricketing concerns than political agendas. In extremely difficult circumstances, Ontong acquitted himself well in the Sydney Test, scoring 9 and 32 on a turning pitch.That Ontong has the potential to become a very good Test player is not in question, but his experience at this level is limited and, since Sydney, he has had only one innings in the middle, scoring 29 for Boland against the Highveld Strikers at the weekend. Selection convener Rushdi Magiet said he had spoken to Boland coach Omar Henry who told him that Ontong had batted very well for his runs.More to the point, South Africa have been vulnerable at number six since Lance Klusener’s form dribbled away and whether a young player in only his second Test match has the nous to be able to shepherd the strokeplayers through the latter part of the innings to be seen.South Africa’s middle order has still to settle itself and Magiet could not confirm who would be batting at three in the Test match. The obvious choice is Jacques Kallis, but Magiet indicated that Kallis himself preferred to go in at four in Australia.The team was announced in Potchefstroom on Monday, before Daryll Cullinan had a chance to press his claims against the Australians out in Potchefstroom. Had Cullinan scored any runs of significance prior to the naming of the team, the selectors could hardly have left him out, in which case the middle order might have worked itself out.As things stand, though, Boeta Dippenaar has also been retained despite a disappointing Test series against Australia in which he finally came good in the last innings of the series. He found form in theone-day series, but he has still to prove himself conclusively as a Test match batsmen.Apart from the opening pair and Ontong at six, there is no clarity at this stage as to how the batting will line up. Part of the confusion can be put down to the fact that Magiet spoke to neither the captain, Pollock, nor the coach, Graham Ford, before sitting down to pick the team.There is one significant, and entirely predictable, change to the Sydney Test team, though. Makhaya Ntini returns at the expense of Claude Henderson on the back of his splendid form in the one-day series. Whether he will take the new ball ahead of Allan Donald, however, is not known. It is another thing that Magiet will have to discuss with Pollock before South Africa eventually take the field on Friday.South African teamGary Kirsten, Herschelle Gibbs, Jacques Kallis, Neil McKenzie, Boeta Dippenaar, Justin Ontong, Mark Boucher, Shaun Pollock (capt), Nicky Boje, Makhaya Ntini, Allan Donald. Twelfthman: Graeme Smith. On Standy: Andre Nel.