South Africa

South Africa are “obviously chuffed” to have qualified directly for the men’s ODI World Cup, to be played in India later this year, after spending the bulk of the World Cup Super League outside of the top eight. And they have the weather in Chelmsford to thank for it. With the no-result in the first

Shabnim Ismail, lauded as the quickest in the women’s game, has retired from international cricket. Ismail, whose 16-year career concluded with the home T20 World Cup in February, will continue to play in T20 competitions around the world. Despite being offered a national contract for the 2023/24 season and being announced by Cricket South Africa

South Africa’s Test coach Shukri Conrad and eight Test players will lead a strong South Africa A squad to Sri Lanka for three one-day matches and two four-day games in June. In the absence of any Test cricket until December, Cricket South Africa’s director of cricket Enoch Nkwe has sought to fill gaps in the

Toss Netherlands choose to bowl vs South Africa Netherlands won the toss and chose to bowl in the third ODI against South Africa in Johannesburg. The visitors’ captain Scott Edwards said he expected the pitch to help the bowlers initially, and announced two changes to the side that had lost the second match three days

South Africa chose to bowl vs Netherlands Under cloudy skies and in cool conditions at Willowmoore Park, Temba Bavuma chose to chase, with the possibility of an interrupted game top of mind. With World Cup Super League points on the line, South Africa want to make sure they know exactly what they need to do

For the first time since the IPL’s launch in 2008, South Africans will not be able to watch the tournament after pay-television broadcaster SuperSport confirmed it had not secured the rights. SuperSport has broadcast all 15 editions of the IPL prior to this year in full but lost the Sub-Saharan African rights to Viacom18 in

The 39-year-old has since undergone bowling action remodelling and remedial work under the guidance of CSA head of High Performance, Vincent Barnes. He undertook a test at an ICC Accredited Testing Centre at the University of Pretoria, which “noted an improvement in his action, and cleared the way for him to return to bowling.” The

Toss South Africa chose to bowl vs West Indies South Africa will unleash a full-strength pace pack on West Indies in the deciding T20I at the Wanderers. Kagiso Rabada, Anrich Nortje and Lungi Ngidi were all named in the starting XI after only Nortje played the first match, but was rotated out of the second,

South Africa’s captain Temba Bavuma will have a fitness test on Tuesday to make sure he has recovered from the hamstring niggle he picked up during his hundred in the second ODI against West Indies on March 18. “We have named our strongest possible squad for these games given the importance of these matches in

“They’re about ten runs short.” Legend has it those were Jacques Kallis‘ words to his team-mates when they got back to their dressing room on March 12, 2006 after South Africa conceded 434 against Australia. South Africa went on to complete a record chase in a match that remains iconic to this day. “They’re about

South Africa opt to bowl v West Indies Blue skies and sunshine greeted South Africa and West Indies for the second T20I at SuperSport Park. After Saturday’ fixture was reduced to an 11-over-a-side shootout, Sunday’s match is set to be a full 20-over affair with the hosts on the hunt to square the series. They

West Indies chose to bowl vs South Africa After a two-hour-and-15-minute delay to the toss, thanks to persistent rain at SuperSport Park, Rovman Powell called correctly in his first outing as West Indies T20I captain and put South Africa in to bat in damp conditions. The match has been reduced to an 11-over-a-side shootout on

Dane van Niekerk will play regional cricket in England this summer. The former South Africa captain, who retired from international cricket earlier this month, has signed for Sunrisers on a two-and-a-half-month contract that will see her play in the Charlotte Edwards Cup and the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy. Van Niekerk was re-signed by Oval Invincibles

Toss South Africa chose to bowl vs West Indies Aiden Markram, South Africa’s new T20I captain, got an early introduction to white-ball captaincy and had to stand in for injured ODI skipper Temba Bavuma, who had a hamstring niggle. Bavuma felt discomfort during his century in Saturday’s match, and has been left out as a

David Miller has pledged to throw his support behind South Africa’s new T20I captain Aiden Markram even as he acknowledged he hoped he would be considered for the job. “I’d be lying if I said I wasn’t interested,” Miller said, ahead of South Africa’s second ODI against West Indies in Potchefstroom. “I’ve really enjoyed the

A career-defining century by a cricket captain should be enough to win a game of cricket, according to Shai Hope. And he wasn’t talking about himself. “Temba Bavuma – an innings like that deserves to be a victorious innings but it just so happened that we came out on top at the end. I must

50 overs West Indies 335 for 8 (Hope 128*, Powell 46, Coetzee 3-57) vs South Africa Shai Hope scored a century in his first match as West Indies ODI captain as they put on their highest score against South Africa in the format, and the second highest at Buffalo Park. As a result, they asked

South Africa wicketkeeper Trisha Chetty has retired from all cricket, bringing the curtains down on a 21-year domestic and 16-year international career. Chetty retires because of a recurring back injury which also made her miss last month’s T20 World Cup at home. She finishes with a record 182 dismissals with the gloves in women’s ODIs,

Dane van Niekerk, South Africa’s former captain, has confirmed her retirement from all forms of international cricket, but will continue to play in T20 leagues. As reported by ESPNcricinfo last week, she was set to hang up her boots amid uncertainty of whether she would get a new national contract. At the time, she had

Dolphins also competed in the final of the T20 competition, which they lost to Titans, but finished last in the one-day cup, which was won by Lions. All three teams will remain in Division One next season, alongside Western Province, Boland, North-West and Warriors, with Bloemfontein’s Knights the first team to be relegated in the

South Africa allrounder Wiaan Mulder has been ruled out of the upcoming three-match ODI series against West Indies with a left side strain and will be replaced by left-arm pace-bowling allrounder Wayne Parnell in the squad. Mulder had experienced discomfort during the second Test in Johannesburg against the visitors, and subsequent scans revealed a grade-one

Keshav Maharaj, the South Africa spinner, has been ruled out of a planned stint with Middlesex after rupturing his Achilles tendon during the Johannesburg Test against West Indies. He had been due to join up with Middlesex in April for a spell of eight County Championship fixtures and the Vitality Blast. Middlesex’s director of cricket,

She is South Africa’s most successful captain in ODIs, having led the team to victory in 29 of the 50 one-dayers from 2016 to 2021 to . In the shortest format, South Africa won 15 of the 30 T20Is from 2014 to 2021 under her leadership. She was a part of South Africa’s ODI World Cup squads in

In the short-term, Maharaj will not be able to join Middlesex, having signed on to play for them in the English County Championship and the T20 Blast later this year. He will turn his attention to rehab instead, much like Keegan Petersen, another long-term absentee as a result of a freakish on-field injury.

Director of cricket Enoch Nkwe said the expanded list of contracts reflected South Africa’s plans to have specialist white-ball and red-ball players. “The number of contracted players has increased from 16 to 20 this season to ensure that we have a wider pool of white-ball specialists and Test players,” he said. “We look forward to

Tea South Africa 320 and 144 for 5 (Bavuma 81*, Mulder 15* Mayers 2-17) lead West Indies 251 by 214 runs After West Indies dominated the first session on day three, Temba Bavuma came to South Africa’s rescue and was unbeaten on 81 at tea as the hosts stretched their lead to 214. Starting the

Majority of South African players including Kagiso Rabada, Anrich Nortje, David Miller and Aiden Markram will join their respective IPL teams in India only on April 3, four days after the tournament begins on March 31. ESPNcricinfo has learnt that Cricket South Africa (CSA) informed the BCCI that it wants all its top players available

Veteran South African cricket administrator Joseph Pamensky has died aged 92 on Wednesday. Born in Port Elizabeth (now Gqeberha) on July 21, 1930, Pamensky, fondly called “Uncle Joe”, notably served as president of the South African Cricket Union until 1991. He led the board during tumultuous times in the 1970s when the game’s authorities in

Big picture For South Africa and West Indies, the current World Test Championship will come to an end at the Wanderers, with neither side competing for a place in the final but both aiming for a better finish than they managed in their previous run. South Africa ended the 2019-2021 cycle in fifth; West Indies

Anrich Nortje has been ruled out of the second Test against West Indies due to “mild groin discomfort,” following South Africa’s win at Centurion. No replacement has been named in the squad which leaves South Africa with only three specialist seamers: Kagiso Rabada, Gerald Coetzee, Marco Jansen, allrounder Wiaan Mulder and a trio of spinners