
	Where results make sense

Topic: Jacques Rudolph

	Resolute Rudolph thwarts Australia -DAWN - Sport; December 21, 2005
		Rudolph, who was called into the team as a late replacement for the injured Jacques Kallis, survived for more than seven hours to finish unbeaten on 102, frustrating the Australian bowlers with his sturdy defence and unwavering patience.
		Rudolph and Justin Kemp held the fort for nearly three and a half hours, putting on 112 runs for the fifth wicket until Shane Warne dismissed Kemp for 55 after tea, leaving Mark Boucher (13 not out) to play out the last hour with Rudolph.
		Rudolph crawled to his half-century off 150 balls in 230 minutes but did not offer the Australians a single chance, undermining their decision not to declare the previous day.
	www.dawn.com /2005/12/21/spt2.htm (546 words)

	Jacques Rudolph - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Jacques Rudolph is a South African Test and ODI cricketer.
		Born on May 4, 1981 in Springs, South Africa, Jacques Rudolph was chosen for South Africa's Test team in 2003 having previously been ignored due to the South African practice of obeying a 'quota' of non-white players.
		Jacques Rudolph has signed a one year deal to play with Derbyshire County Cricket club in the 2005/2006 season in England.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Jacques_Rudolph (226 words)

	sport.iafrica.com \| today's news Rudolph takes Atherton's advice
		Jacques Rudolph said on Monday that he aimed to follow the advice of former England captain Michael Atherton.
		Rudolph said Kallis, 27, was the perfect example of the point Atherton was making, having also made two series hundreds despite his father's ongoing battle against cancer, during the course of South Africa's march to Saturday's Lord's final against England.
		Rudolph was equally calm about the prospect of playing at Lord's, a major milestone in the career of any cricketer.
	sport.iafrica.com /news/251719.htm (633 words)

	Rudolph now ready, no reindeer - Cricket - Sport - theage.com.au
		Rudolph, who at 24 still has the youthful look of a high-school student, had to wait a further two years for his debut, in which he vindicated his selection with an emphatic, unbeaten 222.
		Rudolph also returns to Australia with one of the best dinner-party stories going around, about how at the age of 13, he was nearly killed during a night hunting expedition in a game farm outside Pretoria with his father, himself a "respectable cricketer".
		Rudolph is less wide-eyed about facing Warne as he stalks Dennis Lillee's record for wickets in a calendar year and Glenn McGrath as he lines up another set of victims.
	www.theage.com.au /news/cricket/rudolph-now-ready-no-reindeer/2005/12/15/1134500960480.html' (1265 words)

	United Cricket Board of South Africa
		Jacques Rudolph became the first South African and the fifth player overall to score a double century on test debut - his 222* is also the highest score on debut by a South African.
		Rudolph finished 222 not out, the highest score for South Africa and the second highest score ever by a debutant in a test match.
		Rudolph also shared an unbroken partnership of 429 runs for the third wicket with Boeta Dippenaar which was the highest for any wicket for South Africa, surpassing the 368-run opening stand between Herschelle Gibbs and current captain Graeme Smith against Pakistan at Newlands earlier this year.
	www.cricket.co.za /?aId=82758&sportCategory=SUPERCRICKET/sateam (224 words)

	The Australian: Rudolph signs for Derbyshire (archived) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
		SOUTH Africa batsman Jacques Rudolph has signed for Derbyshire as its overseas player for next season and another star is set to join him soon.
		"Jacques has the quality, technique, determination and attitude that we have been looking for and he is very excited about joining Derbyshire and playing his first season of county cricket.
		Rudolph, who has played 29 Tests and scored a double hundred on debut, will be available for Derbyshire - which finished bottom of Division Two last season - in the county championship match with Leicestershire on May 17.
	www.theaustralian.news.com.au /common/story_page/0,5744,17638468^23212,00.html (276 words)

	sport.iafrica.com \| today's news Jacques the leggie on hold
		If you notice the odd withering glance being exchanged by Graeme Smith and Jacques Rudolph during the fifth Test in Pretoria, don't be surprised, for beneath the veneer of camaraderie the two may project most of the time, sits a simmering rivalry.
		Initally picked for South African schools as a leg-spinner, Rudolph has the potential to become a valuable all-rounder in the South African side — and outstrip his skipper in the quest for Test wickets — but that will have to wait a little while yet.
		Rudolph is still shrugging off a minor injury that has prevented him bowling over the last three months.
	sport.iafrica.com /news/405134.htm (1016 words)

	ABC Sport - Cricket - Rudolph double-century lifts South African spirits
		Jacques Rudolph completed an unbeaten double-century in South Africa's drawn tour match against the Western Australian second XI on Tuesday, to raise the tourists' spirits before the first Test.
		Rudolph made 201 not out, sharing a 10th-wicket stand of 175 with Andre Nel (64), to help the visitors recover from 8 for 220 to finish on 9 for 395 declared in their second innings in Perth.
		Jacques Kallis, the world's highest ranked batsman, is in danger of missing the Test because of an elbow injury but Rudolph showed he is ready to fill the breach.
	www.abc.net.au /sport/content/200512/s1530294.htm (597 words)

	CRICKETNEXT.COM NEWS :: South Africa salvage draw against Australia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
		Rudolph, who was called into the team as a late replacement for the injured Jacques Kallis, survived for more than seven hours to finish unbeaten on 102, frustrating the Australian bowlers with his sturdy defence and unwavering patience.
		Rudolph, who started the day on 18 and was exhausted by the end of it, batted 431 minutes and faced 283 balls.
		Rudolph crawled to his half-century off 150 balls in 230 minutes but did not offer the Australians a single chance, undermining their decision not to declare the previous day.
	www.cricketnext.com /news1/next/reutersDec05/reuters142.htm (512 words)

	Rudolph in doubt for third Digicel Test - JAMAICAOBSERVER.COM
		Rudolph subsequently withdrew from South Africa's line-up for the two-day match against the University of West Indies Vice-Chancellor's XI, which started yesterday at the Sir Frank Worrell Grounds, St Augustine Campus.
		Rudolph was replaced in the XI by Jacques Kallis.
		Rudolph's place in the team had come under close scrutiny after a poor run of form in the series so far, and he would have been hoping to use the Vice Chancellor's match to press a claim for his retention in the squad ahead of the third Test.
	www.jamaicaobserver.com /sports/html/20050416T230000-0500_78852_OBS_RUDOLPH_IN_DOUBT_FOR_THIRD_DIGICEL_TEST.asp (263 words)

	Cricinfo - Under-19: Player of the day - Rudolph sets Katunayake ablaze (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
		Jacques Rudolph has caught the eye of everyone who witnessed his knock against Nepal.
		Rudolph showed how to build a large innings without losing tempo, and that was the key to South Africa posting a large total.
		Jacques Rudolph was by far the best player on the day.
	www.icc-cricket.com /icccont/content/story/87901.html (291 words)

	The Hindu : South Africa romps home
		Jacques Rudolph glides Sanwar Hossain during his knock of 81 in the TVS Cup in Dhaka on Thursday.
		Jacques Rudolph too, had Habibul Bashar at second slip, displayed better reflexes, when the southpaw nicked attempting a cut.
		Rudolph (81) though was easing into his drives, and picking gaps square of the wicket, and looking good for his maiden hundred, when Sanwar got his off-break to bounce more than usual, forcing Rudolph to edge a cut into debutant wicket-keeper Mohammad Salim's gloves.
	www.hindu.com /2003/04/18/stories/2003041806311900.htm (1000 words)

	Lightning can strike twice: Rudolph - News - Ashes Tour 06-07 - smh.com.au
		Jacques Rudolph is all smiles as he hugs Mark Boucher after South Africa drew the first Test with Australia in 2005.
		Jacques Rudolph, who scored an unbeaten 102 in 431 minutes to salvage a draw for the Proteas at the WACA Ground last year, feels that his more extravagant former countryman, Kevin Pietersen, can follow his lead - with a little help from the thunderstorms forecast to hit Perth this morning.
		Though both are positive batsmen by nature, Rudolph is adamant that, with discipline and assistance from the weather, they are capable of saving the match for England.
	www.smh.com.au /news/news/lightning-can-strike-twice-rudolph/2006/12/17/1166290416246.html (957 words)

	Abc of Cricket Forum
		Rudolph didn't just score runs, he walloped them, and he so dominated bowling sometimes that one thought he may never get out.
		My theory is that Simons told him he would be the ear-marked number three in the team, and that, as a number three, he had certain responsibilities; first and foremost, to stick out it regardless of what's happening around him.
		He may not be as stylish as Jacques Kallis, but he has the tenacity of a cornered cat, and curbing that ferocity is going to dull his abilities into nonexistence.
	www.abcofcricket.com /forum/index.php?showtopic=267 (519 words)

	Business Day - News Worth Knowing
		Rudolph, whose last trip to Australia was blighted by political meddling, made 201 not out in his team’s declared second innings against a Western Australian combination.
		Rudolph shared a 10th-wicket stand of 175 with Andre Nel (64) to help the visitors recover from 220/8 to finish on 395/9 declared in their second innings.
		Rudolph hit 24 boundaries and two sixes in an innings that must have brought some early Christmas cheer to a South African camp in a state of extreme anxiety over the fitness of top batsman Jacques Kallis and bowler Makhaya Ntini.
	www.businessday.co.za /articles/sports.aspx?ID=BD4A127529 (736 words)

	Cricinfo - South Africa cruise home in final
		Jacques Rudolph and Justin Ontong guided South Africa to a convincing six-wicket win in the final of the Sri Lanka A Team tournament in Colombo.
		Rudolph's 68 and Ontong's unbeaten 54 ensured South Africa eased to their target of 217 with more than seven overs to spare.
		Rudolph and Loots Bosman added 78 for the third wicket then Ontong joined in a stand of 53.
	www.cricinfo.com /srilanka/content/story/220657.html (492 words)

	Sunday Herald (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
		Jacques Kallis is not only one of the finest batsmen in the world, with nearly 4,500 test match runs at an average of more than 50, but is also probably the world's finest all-rounder, having taken 137 Test wickets with medium pace bowling at an average of 28.61.
		Jacques Rudolph has the sweetest cover-drive of any cricketer since Neil Harvey half a century ago and a Test match batting average three times better of Don Bradman, the greatest batsman of all time.
		The two Jacques, though both far too young to have ever voted in an apartheid-era election, have hit problems because they are the colour of the former ruling race Ð white, or, more accurately under the perpetual southern African sun, nut brown.
	www.sundayherald.com /print34804 (986 words)

	The Hindu : Sport : Kallis is a class act in grand theatre
		On a brown pitch, where the batsmen were not put in any undue trouble either because of the bounce or the swing and seam, Kallis marked his authority with a fine century, which was a compelling statement on the man's temperament.
		But Kallis and the left-handed Rudolph arrested the slide with a sensible partnership, which drew its strength from a desire to grind the attack.
		Rudolph paid the penalty for failing to pick the line but he earned a pat from his partner for a job well done.
	www.hindu.com /2004/11/29/stories/2004112903691700.htm (938 words)

	Indiatimes - Cricket (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
		Rudolph finished 201 not out, sharing in a 175-run stand with Andre Nel (64) as the visitors reached 395-9 declared in its second innings, an overall lead of 387.
		Jacques Kallis continues to struggle with an elbow injury, and is in doubt for the first Test, but Rudolph has played strongly since arriving in Australia.
		Rudolph scored 43 runs in the first three-day match against Western Australia and an unbeaten 59 in the one-day victory at Lilac Hill over a Cricket Australia Chairman's XI last Friday.
	cricket.indiatimes.com /articleshow/1330079.cms (145 words)

	SI.com - Cricket - Kallis, Rudolph power S. Africa past England - Thursday July 03, 2003 06:26 PM
		Kallis and Jacques Rudolph, 71 not out, shared a match-winning 145-run stand as South Africa regrouped from 37 for two to score 227 for three and win with 15 balls to spare.
		Rudolph, South Africa's newest batting find, came good after two promising innings of 20 and 32, to score his second half century in his eighth match and complimented Kallis' efforts.
		Smith was impressed by maturity and the calmness with which Kallis and Rudolph took South Africa to victory.
	sportsillustrated.cnn.com /cricket/news/2003/07/03/eng_safrica (846 words)

	[ THE 12th MAN ] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
		Rudolph changed his guard on the other end, moving to off stump, and as such he was able to leave anything even fractionally wide of off.
		Jacques Rudolph's double-ton is indication enough that we have back-up, and while I wouldn't trade Slow-Ass Jakes for all the gold in the world (actually, I'd sell him for a double-Jack and Coke if I really had to) his inclusion in the Test can surely only make things a lot worse.
		Jacques Kallis has until today to prove his fitness in order to be considered for the first Test, and it's looking highly unlikely that he'll play.
	www.tashitagg.com /forum/weblog.php?w=29 (13929 words)

	Mail & Guardian Online:
		Jacques Kallis was full of praise for Jacques Rudolph's innings in South Africa's seven wicket triangular series day/night one-day international win over England at Old Trafford here on Thursday.
		Kallis was 82 not out and Rudolph 71 not out at the finish, the pair sharing an unbroken stand of 145 that saw the Proteas home with 15 balls to spare as they overhauled England's 223 for seven.
		Rudolph effectively ended 27-year-old Kallis' bid to become only the fourth player in history to make hundreds in three successive one-day internationals.
	www.mg.co.za /articledirect.aspx?area=/breaking_news/breaking_news__sport&articleid=23650 (461 words)

	The Telegraph - Calcutta (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
		Jacques Rudolph, who scored an unbeaten 85 from 252 balls, blocks one in Galle on Friday.
		Wicketkeeper Mark Boucher (6) was also snared by Jayasuriya, one of four spinners to be used by the hosts on the dry and cracked pitch, to reduce South Africa to 225 for five.
		3 batsman Rudolph led South Africa’s fight with a gruelling 85 from 252 balls while Kallis chipped in with an important 59 as South Africa reached 347 for seven by the end of the third day.
	www.telegraphindia.com /1040807/asp/sports/story_3595657.asp (669 words)

	Rudolph puts up his hand - Cricket - Sport - theage.com.au
		Rudolph arrived in Australia as a spare batsman but has been in majestic form so far in stark contrast to de Villiers, who has failed five times.
		Rudolph was the unfortunate player to be caught in the political mess during South Africa's most recent tour of Australia in 2001-02, when he was selected to play at the SCG but replaced at the last minute by coloured batsman Justin Ontong when board president Percy Sonn intervened, claiming racial discrimination.
		Rudolph has returned to Australia as part of a team in which the coloured players, according to observers of South African cricket, have been selected on merit, and yesterday continued his exhilarating form against a WA XI at the University of Western Australia.
	www.theage.com.au /news/cricket/rudolph-puts-up-his-hand/2005/12/13/1134236065344.html (584 words)

	CNN.com - Rudolph hits ton on even first day - Jan. 2, 2004
		Jacques Rudolph struck a stylish century against West Indies but South Africa lost a clatter of late wickets as honours were shared on day one of the third Test.
		Rudolph's second Test hundred was his first on home soil, and helped the hosts close on 308 for six after winning the toss.
		Left-hander Rudolph was dismissed shortly before stumps when he was trapped lbw for 101 by debutant left-arm spinner Dave Mohammed.
	www.cnn.com /2004/SPORT/01/02/cricket.capetown (230 words)

Try your search on: Qwika (all wikis)