South Africa

South Africa’s hopes of direct qualification for the ODI World Cup later this year have suffered a setback after they were docked one point from their tally in the Super League standings for maintaining a slow over-rate during their defeat to England in the third ODI in Kimberley on Wednesday. Match referee Jeff Crowe imposed

Cricket South Africa (CSA) expects allrounder Marizanne Kapp to join up with South Africa’s T20 World Cup squad in Cape Town on Friday after being given what coach Hilton Moreeng called “compassionate leave” for the T20I tri-series final against India this week. Kapp, who had meetings with CSA on Thursday, requested time off after her

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Dane van Niekerk, the South African captain, has not made the cut for the T20 World Cup next month. Van Niekerk, who has not played international cricket since September 2021, did not meet Cricket South Africa’s fitness requirements and has been excluded on those grounds. Sune Luus will captain the squad at the tournament. Luus

“I am still here and I still deserve to be where I am.” His innings of 109 from 102 balls been described by commentators and former captains Shaun Pollock and Ashwell Prince as the best they’ve seen Bavuma bat in international cricket, not only because of his clean hitting and quick-scoring but because of the

Toss India chose to bat vs South Africa India captain Harmanpreet Kaur won the toss and chose to bat against South Africa in their T20I tri-series match in East London. The visitors had seam-bowling allrounder Pooja Vastrakar replacing Amanjot Kaur; this is Vastrakar’s first outing for India since September. South Africa also made one change,

Innings break South Africa 298 for 7 (van der Dussen 111, Miller 53, Curran 3-35) vs England Rassie van der Dussen‘s 111 from 117 deliveries helped South Africa set England 299 in the first ODI against England at Bloemfontein. With the hosts batting first after skipper Temba Bavuma won the toss, van der Dussen’s fourth

Temba Bavuma will continue as South Africa’s white-ball captain for as long as his team-mates and management want him to. Bavuma, who said he would not make a rash decision about his leadership future after South Africa were booted out of the T20 World Cup at the hands of Netherlands in November, has since had

South Africa 98 for 0 (Brits 50*, Wolvaardt 42*) beat West Indies 97 for 6 (Matthews 34, Gajnabi 33, Sekhukhune 2-24) by ten wickets It went from bad to worse for West Indies in the women’s T20I tri-series in East London. After facing back-to-back defeats in the first two games, another meek batting display saw

Joburg Super Kings 182 for 2 (du Plessis 113*, Hendricks 45) beat Durban’s Super Giants 178 for 6 (Klaasen 65, Holder 28*, Coetzee 3-21) by 8 wickets A sensational century from Faf du Plessis saw Joburg Super Kings claim a much-needed eight-wicket win over Durban’s Super Giants. In a clash between the two sides at

Toss South Africa chose to bat vs West Indies South Africa won the toss in the second T20I and opted to bat first in the women’s T20I Tri-series at Buffalo Park on Saturday. South Africa are unchanged from the opening game against India where they suffered 27-run defeat. Their middle order batting will be in

Fast bowler Sisanda Magala has made a comeback to South Africa’s ODI team after a year when he was named in the 16-man squad for the upcoming three-match series against England at home in January. There was no room in the squad for the hard-hitting 19-year old Dewald Brevis, who is currently third on the

Dane van Niekerk remains in contention for South Africa’s T20 World Cup squad and will undergo a final fitness test on January 27 in a bid to prove her eligibility for selection. Since recovering from the broken ankle she sustained last January, which kept her out of the 50-over World Cup and the Commonwealth Games,

Hashim Amla, one of South Africa’s greatest batters, has announced his retirement from all forms of cricket, after confirming to Surrey that he will not be returning to help defend the County Championship title that the club secured in his final season as a player in 2022. In the course of a two-decade career, Amla,

Dane van Niekerk has been left out of South Africa’s 17-member squad, led by legspinning allrounder Sune Luus, for the women’s T20I tri-series featuring India and West Indies. Experienced wicketkeeper-batter Trisha Chetty is also absent from the squad that has two uncapped players in Annerie Dercksen and Tebogo Macheke. Van Niekerk, who last played for

Shukri Conrad and Rob Walter will begin work as South Africa’s red and white-ball coaches respectively on February 1, with an interim arrangement to be made for the World Cup Super League ODIs against England later this month. As reported by ESPNcricinfo , Conrad and Walter were preferred from a shortlist that included interim coach

South Africa allrounder Madison Landsman claimed the first hat-trick of the inaugural Under-19 Women’s T20 World Cup, in Benoni in their Group D clash against Scotland. Landsman, who bowls legspin, finished with 4 for 16 as Scotland were skittled for 68 in their chase of 113. With Scotland 43 for 5 at the ten-over mark,

Former under-19 coach Shukri Conrad, who was in charge of the age-group team at the 2022 World Cup, where Brevis was the top-scorer, and former Central Stags coach Rob Walter, were announced as South Africa’s new red and white-ball coaches respectively and both are keen to fast-track young talent with Brevis top of mind. He

Shukri Conrad and Rob Walter are expected to be unveiled as South Africa’s new coaches respectively. Conrad’s most recent position was in charge of South Africa’s Under-19 side, while Walter will move from his role as head coach of Central Districts in New Zealand. The pair were preferred to current interim coach Malibongwe Maketa, former

South Africa allrounder Dwaine Pretorius has retired from international cricket with immediate effect. “I am shifting my focus to T20 and other shorter formats for the rest of my career,” he said. Pretorius played 30 T20Is, 27 ODIs and three Tests and took 77 wickets across formats. He also featured in two World Cups and

Team captains – for the very first time in a premier T20 competition – can select their playing XIs after the toss is conducted. On the day before the inaugural SA20 competition begins in Cape Town, the organisers said that this possibly revolutionary tweak, among a few other additions, has been included to “improve the

South Africa’s head coach role will be split in two, with one person taking over the Test team and keeping involved in the country’s first-class cricket and the other heading up the ODI and T20I sides. Klusener, who played 49 Tests and 179 ODIs, had applied for the latter post. The 51-year old former allrounder was

Dean Elgar insists he has the “hunger and the drive” to continue as South Africa’s Test captain after a second, successive series defeat and despite his own poor form. Since taking over the captaincy mid-2021, Elgar has not scored a hundred and averages 28.40, with no scores over 36 in his last 10 innings. While

Innings South Africa 255 (Maharaj 53, Harmer 47, Hazlewood 4-48, Cummins 3-60) trail Australia 475 for 4 dec by 220 runs Josh Hazlewood starred after lunch on the fifth day to keep Australia’s bid for an improbable victory in the third Test, and a series sweep, alive as South Africa were made to follow-on at

Innings Australia 475 for 4 dec (Khawaja 195*, Smith 104, Nortje 2-55) vs South Africa Pat Cummins declared Australia’s first innings with the rain-interrupted third Test finally resuming after lunch on day four. The declaration meant Usman Khawaja remained stuck on his highest Test score of 195. It reinforces Australia’s bold bid for a series

Lunch Australia 475 for 4 (Khawaja 195*, Smith 104, Nortje 2-55) vs South Africa Rain might have thwarted Usman Khawaja’s bid for a maiden Test double-century after the first session of day three was washed out at the SCG. Khawaja remains stuck on his highest Test score of 195, while Matthew Renshaw is five not

Cricket Australia will consider changing the way broadcast vision is supplied to third umpires after a contentious not-out decision on day one of the third Test against South Africa in Sydney. Kettleborough primarily reviewed side-on replays of the catch, but a front-on angle from the Seven Network threw the third umpire’s ruling into question when

Lunch Australia 266 for 2 (Khawaja 108*, Smith 59*, Nortje 2-39) vs South Africa Usman Khawaja scored his 13th Test century to continue his penchant for the SCG as Australia moved into a commanding position on the second day of the third Test against a struggling South Africa. On a slow surface, which is expected

South Africa’s six venues for the SA20 will be required to ensure they have an electricity supply independent of the national power utility to keep the lights on for the duration of the tournament. South Africa experienced its worst power cuts in 2022, with more than 200 days affected by interruptions to the electricity supply.

South Africa were adamant that Simon Harmer‘s catch in the slips off Marnus Labuschagne, which was ruled not out by the third umpire, had been cleanly taken. But they could at least sleep a little easier knowing it had not been hugely costly thanks to the persistence of Anrich Nortje. On 70, Labuschagne edged Marco