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Durban - Shrugging off the nightmare trauma of the last 72 hours South Africa forgot the recriminations of Hansiegate for an evening and concentrated on beating Australia at Kingsmead in the opening match of the Challenge Series

Despite a stunning 185-run knock by Michael Bevan, the Rest of the World XI conceded a one-run defeat to mighty Asia XI in a thrilling limited-over match at the flood-lit Bangabandhu National Stadium Saturday

As they say, when it rains, it pours

Sharjah, March 28: One blistering over and it all made the difference

The Indians failed badly on the day of reckoning to be knocked out of the Coca-Cola Cup at Sharjah

Sharjah, March 27: India came here with the reputation of being the favourites

Pakistan snatched an incredible 67 run win against South Africa at Sharjah today to end a run of 14 consecutive losses against the Proteas and go into the final on Friday holding the psychological whiphand

South Africa made heavy weather of a modest target of 165 but held their nerve to win a third successive match in the Coca Cola Cup and their eighth in eight appearances at this venue

Sharjah, March 24: South Africa clinched their 14th win on the trot over Pakistan but not before they were made to sweat in the Sharjah Cup match at the Sharjah Cricket Stadium here on Friday evening

The third match of the Coca Cola Cup in Sharjah produced the first reasonably close finish of the tournament

The psychological advantage the Indians had over the South Africans was annulled ruthlessly by the Springboks in the lung opener of the Coca-Cola Championship at Sharjah

When India and Pakistan clash, the match is usually hard fought

Very few matches go down to the last ball of the second innings

South Africa reduced the final margin to 3-2 after beating India by 10 runs with 1.1 overs to spare in the fifth one day international at the Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium in Nagpur today

India clinched the five match Pepsi one-day series against South Africa in a palpitating finish at the IPCL Sports Stadium in Vadodara today, winning by four wickets with just one ball to spare

The Springboks were 0-2 down and it was a must win situation for them at Faridabad, to stay in the series

South Africa tried hard to make a simple task look difficult as they beat India by 2 wickets with an over to spare in the third match of the one-day series at the Nahar Singh Stadium in Faridabad today

India, with Sourav Ganguly in blistering form, coasted to a six wicket victory over South Africa with 17 deliveries to spare in the second one day international at the Keenan stadium in Jamshedpur on Sunday

The venue was Nagpur and the South Africans were playing India A on their last tour to India

India won the first ODI against South Africa in a grandstand finish at Kochi's Nehru stadium which ended in a grotesque manner after the teams had walked off thinking the match was over and had to be called back to complete it a second time