AB
de Villiers completed 1,000 runs in World Cups when he reached a score
of 34 off 33 balls, with South Africa reaching a score of 128 for the
loss of six wickets during their ICC Cricket World Cup 2015 Pool B match
against Pakistan at the Eden Park in Auckland on Saturday. De Villiers,
who was the last source of hope for a South African victory, became the
joint-fastest to the milestone along with Sachin Tendulkar, taking 20
innings to reach the mark.
Most successful Indian captain
India
skipper, MS Dhoni, became the most successful Indian captain in the
history of ODI cricket to register most number of wins, overseas. He
went past former Indian skipper, Sourav Ganguly, who had 58 wins from
111 games. Overall, Dhoni is third in the world after Ricky Ponting of
Australia and Hansie Cronje of South Africa.
He achieved the feat
after India registered their fourth consecutive victory by beating the
West Indies by four wickets in their ICC Cricket World Cup 2015 clash at
WACA, Perth. Batting first, West Indies were bowled out for 182. India
huffed and puffed but got their with four wickets in hand with over 10
overs to spare.
Black Caps treat for Auckland yachtie
A
yachtsman who narrowly missed out seeing the Black Caps' spectacular
win over Australia has been invited to the cricket team's next World Cup
match.
Dave Swete of Auckland, racing with Team Alvimedica in
the Volvo Ocean Race, arrived in Auckland just over three hours after
Kane Williamson's six won the match for New Zealand at Eden Park last
weekend.
When the Black Caps heard about Swete's efforts to
support them in the cup, they offered him tickets for their next match
against Afghanistan in Napier on Sunday.
"I had resigned myself
to thinking I wouldn't have the chance to see any of the cricket," Mr
Swete said. "Now I get to bring my mate to the cricket," he added.
Helmets for umpires
Former
leading umpire Simon Taufel says he can see a day when umpires will
wear helmets or other protective gear to combat the danger posed by the
proliferation of more powerful bats and hard-hitting batsmen.
The
subject of umpire safety has not received a great deal of attention
despite an incident last November in former Israel captain Hillel Oscar
was killed while umpiring after a ball ricocheted off the stumps at the
bowler's end and struck him in the neck.
It remains at the back
of many umpires' minds, however, as they watch the likes of David Warner
and Chris Gayle blaze away at close quarters, both at matches and
during training.
Sydney umpire Karl Wentzel has for years worn a
helmet in the first-grade competition after having five teeth knocked
out when hit at the bowler's end in 2001.
Taufel, who now coaches
the Emirates Elite Panel of ICC Umpires, says similar measures could
well be adopted at international level at some point.
Taufel, who
was judged ICC umpire of the year for five straight years between 2004
and 2008. "But that's an individual call they have to make.
