 South African captain Graeme Smith has tipped England to win the 2013 Ashes Test series against Australia, saying home advantage will make the difference.© AFP Former Test pacer Jeff Thomson has said Australian cricket selectors must shoulder the blame for the Perth Test debacle against South Africa.© ANI Tue, 04 Dec 2012 07:25:30 GMTFormer South Africa captain Ali Bacher has claimed current Proteas Test team under Graeme Smith is the best in their history.© ANI Tue, 04 Dec 2012 07:23:17 GMTSouth African captain Graeme Smith has described his teams second successive series win in Australia as the proudest achievement of his career.© ANI Tue, 04 Dec 2012 06:00:35 GMTSouth Africa retained their status as the top-ranked team in the International Cricket Council's (ICC) Test Championship table following their 309-run victory over Australia Monday in the third and final Test in Perth, which gave them a 1-0 series wi© IANS  Tue, 04 Dec 2012 03:32:08 GMTAustralian media blasted the national team's monumental failure in the third Test against South Africa while lamenting the end of former skipper Ricky Ponting's illustrious career.© AFP  Mon, 03 Dec 2012 13:04:58 GMTSouth African captain Graeme Smith Monday hailed his team's second successive series win in Australia as the finest moment of his decorated career.© AFP  Mon, 03 Dec 2012 09:32:41 GMTSouth Africa thrashed Australia by 309 runs in the third Test on Monday to hold on to their number one Test ranking and ruin an emotional farewell for veteran batsman Ricky Ponting.© AFP Mon, 03 Dec 2012 07:55:42 GMTFast bowling legend Dennis Lillee has bewailed the lack of a spearhead bowler like South Africas Dale Steyn to stop Proteas prowling batsmen in the Perth Test, and added he would have been furious if he had been rested from a Test as Peter Siddle was© ANI Mon, 03 Dec 2012 07:54:41 GMTRicky Ponting raised both arms to all parts of the WACA Ground and said farewell to cricket after his last innings for Australia in the Perth Test against South Africa ended after a brief stay.© ANI Mon, 03 Dec 2012 07:53:36 GMTFormer Test batsman Greg Ritchie has flown to Perth and has apologised in person to South African team management for the racist, anti-Muslim slurs he made on-stage at a Test-match lunch at the Gabba last month.© ANI Mon, 03 Dec 2012 07:49:38 GMTSouth Africa batsman AB de Villiers has claimed he loves the wicket keeping role for the Proteas since it always keeps him on his toes throughout the match.© ANI  Mon, 03 Dec 2012 05:04:44 GMTRicky Ponting fell for eight in his final Test innings as South Africa marched towards victory on the fourth day of the third Test at the WACA Ground.© AFP  Sun, 02 Dec 2012 15:19:39 GMTSouth African vice-captain AB de Villiers said Sunday the Proteas were not taking anything for granted, despite being in a seemingly unbeatable position in the final Test against Australia at the WACA Ground.© AFP  Sun, 02 Dec 2012 08:31:49 GMTFast bowling great Dennis Lillee has questioned the workrate of Australia's current crop of quicks after injury and fatigue sidelined several pacemen ahead of the final South Africa Test.© AFP Sun, 02 Dec 2012 07:36:20 GMTFormer fast bowler Geoff Lawson has lambasted Cricket Australias (CA) new-age rotation policy for pace men, saying absence of tenacious Peter Siddle in the squad for the Perth Test against South Africa doesnt make any sense.© ANI Sun, 02 Dec 2012 07:28:38 GMTCoach Gary Kirstens fair old scolding following an inconsistent display on day one of the Perth Test against Australia motivated the South African to produce a brilliant fight back on day two, according to sports writer Rob Houwing. © ANI  Sun, 02 Dec 2012 06:15:58 GMTAustralia will have to produce the greatest run chase in Test history to beat South Africa in the third Test at the WACA Ground and claim the top spot in the Test rankings.© AFP Sun, 02 Dec 2012 01:57:51 GMTSouth Africa breathed fire on day two of the third Test against Australia in Perth, as with everything on the line, the host collapsed meekly with the bat and floundered badly with the ball on a disastrous day at the WACA. © ANI Sat, 01 Dec 2012 10:59:39 GMTAustralia legend Dennis Lillee believes Mitchell Johnson would play a vital role in the Test team for next years Ashes after making a come back in the national team during the ongoing Perth Test against South Afria.© ANI | 
