News about Allan Donald

NASSER HUSSAIN: I don't know anyone who loves playing fast bowling. It's just a case of getting better at reacting to it and ultimately trying to get through it. Mark Wood broke Kevin Sinclair's arm in the West Indies series with a 92mph bumper and he went one better with a 93mph bouncer to get rid of Kusal Mendis on Wednesday. Our Sky cameras worked out that it took just 0.46 seconds from leaving Wood's hand to reaching the bat. That's ridiculously quick but you have to believe in your reactions.

Cummins' team has been on a roll since losing to tournament hosts India and their opponents on Thursday and reaching their remaining seven group-stage matches to move to yet another semi-final. South Africa may have prevailed in Lucknow and in an ODI series between the two teams in September, but the Proteas have much more experience in the knockouts of a major tournament.

During the ODI World Cup semi-finals, former Australian paceman Damien Fleming (pictured left) has called on the current crop of stars led by Pat Cummins (right) to 'chirp' South Africa on the field. Despite a large number of squads dating back to 1991, the Proteas have never advanced to the final of either the men's 50-over-over or Twenty20 World Cup in 16 tournaments.

NASSER HUSSAIN: The England session on Saturday afternoon was virtually non-stop short-pitched bowling was unlike anything I've ever seen before in Test cricket. It was an incredible stretch of play in tandem with the morning. It was farcical at times. It was certainly surreal. Spells of bouncers and individual short-pitched duels between fast bowlers and batters have always played a part of the game, but this was different. In the middle session of the fourth day at Lord's, ninety eight percent of all deliveries were short, and we went two hours before a single ball was pitched up.

On Sunday, Chris Randall, a climbing enthusiast, was walking on Red Pike near Wasdale in Cumbria's Lake District. On video, he caught a scary moment as the illusion seemed to be approaching someone else. According to the Met Office, the phenomenon occurs when a person stands above the upper surface of a cloud on a mountain or high ground with the sun behind them, giving the appearance of a ghostly and spiritual figure.

BY RICHARD EDWARDS, a complete biography, The call from South Africa's fastest players who demolished England at Lord's top rate in history is a big call. But one former Proteas great insists that it is not outlandish, and that it could well be spot-on. During his playing days, Allan Donald was known as White Lightning and was one of the fastest bowlers of his generation, with a speed of over 90 mph. When England spearheaded a South Africa line-up capable of mixing it with the best, he was on the receiving end of some of his fastest spells during the 1990s. He grouped up with Shaun Pollock and Jacques Kallis to form a formidable force.