The most talked about cricketer from the weekend was Richard Levi. The opening batsman scored the 1st ever T20 century by a South Africa as he led the team to a series leveling 8-wicket wins against New Zealand. It was a record breaking innings as he hit 13 massive Sixes, reached his 100 off just 51 balls and became joint highest ever T20 score of 117. The decider will be played on Wednesday.
Ricky Ponting has been dropped from the Australian ODI side after a series of low scores in the ongoing tri-series with India and Sri Lanka. This was surprising because he has been the stand-in skipper in place of the injured Michael Clarke and the team won against India yesterday by 110 runs. The Aussie selectors are ruthless when it comes to dropping players. They do not wait for the end of the series. Shane Watson has been selected in his place. This could be the end of the line for Punter.
FA Cup
The nightmare season for Arsene Wenger and his Arsenal side continued this past weekend. Not only were they knocked out of the FA Cup by Sunderland but more injuries took place. This follows the 4-0 loss they suffered mid-week at the San siro against AC Milan in the Champions League. This was really the only piece of silverware the team had a chance of still winning this season. Sunderland 2-0 Arsenal
PSL & CAF Champions League
Kaizer Chiefs shocked everyone including their fans when they beat Swallows 3-0 at FNB Stadium. This was an unexpected result after their performance against Jomo Cosmos. When we look at how well Swallows had played coming into this fixture.
Sundowns dropped 2 valuable points when they were held to a goalless draw against Cosmos. Ajax Cape town are right back into the fight for league honours as they won their 2nd consecutive game since the league resumed. They are placed well in 4th place.
Orlando Pirates lost 3-1 in the preliminary round for the CAF Champions League against a team from Angola. This means they need to win away from home 3-0 inorder to advance. Highly unlikely.
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