91.   Reiffel retired from international cricket last month.

92.   Richardson stepped back from international cricket last year after suffering from acute fatigue syndrome and missed the tour to India late last year as well as the current tour.

93.   Salim Malik was back in action Friday, but his return to international cricket lasted for only nine balls.

94.   Sharma, a batsman his manager compared to sighted Indian star Sachin Tendulkar, learned the game listening to radio commentaries of international cricket matches.

95.   South Africa has lost only one Test series, a one-off match to the West Indies, since resuming international cricket.

96.   That leaves nine World Cup rookies from star leg spinner Shane Warne to young allrounder Shane Lee, who is in his first season of international cricket.

97.   South Africa beat New Zealand by seven wickets in their third and final cricket international on Friday.

98.   South Africa reached the semifinals of the previous World Cup, its first after being banned from international cricket for two decades because of apartheid.

99.   South Africa beat Pakistan by seven wickets in their international cricket match Saturday.

100.   Sri Lanka and England shared the honors in the first half of the limited-overs cricket international at the Gabba on Monday.