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ESPNcricinfo understands Walter and du Plessis discussed the possibility of the former captain making an imminent return but scheduling and contracting challenges have made it difficult for now. With Cricket South Africa (CSA) set to announce new central contracts later this month, and the idea of single-format contracts being floated, du Plessis could be back

Aiden Markram has been appointed South Africa’s new T20I captain, while Cricket South Africa (CSA) roped in JP Duminy as the batting coach and Rory Kleinveldt as the bowling coach in the white-ball set-up. Markram takes over captaincy from Temba Bavuma, who has been dropped from the squad altogether for the upcoming home T20Is against

Dane van Niekerk has the chance to get back to playing competitive cricket after a lengthy layoff, and all she wants is to “find the Dane” she might have lost in an emotional rollercoaster of a journey over the past year. “I just want to get back into it,” van Niekerk told ESPNcricinfo on the

Lunch West Indies 212 and 0 for 1 need another 247 runs to beat South Africa 342 and 116 (Markram 47, Coetzee 20, Roach 5-47, Holder 2-7) West Indies turned the tables on South Africa and bundled them out for 116 on the third morning at SuperSport Park to leave the game on a razor’s

Jason Holder became the second West Indies player after Sir Garry Sobers to take 150 Test wickets and score 2500 runs but does not think he will be able to break Sobers’ record because of the dearth of Test cricket facing teams like West Indies. “The way world cricket is going now, apart from the

West Indies 71 for 2 (Reifer 19*, Blackwood 13*, Rabada 1-16) trail South Africa 342 (Markram 115, Elgar 71, Joseph 5-81) by 271 runs Kagiso Rabada and debutant Gerald Coetzee took a wicket each in West Indies’ reply after Alzarri Joseph‘s 5 for 81 – his maiden Test five-for – ended South Africa’s innings on

Wolvaardt struck half-centuries in the final and in a make-it-or-break-it game against Bangladesh and as a result has moved up eight places. Her opening partner Tazmin Brits, who was named player of the semi-final for a half-century and four catches, is up five places to No. 12. Among the bowlers, Ismail, having been down at

Lunch South Africa 99 for 0 (Elgar 53*, Markram 42*) vs West Indies Dean Elgar and Aiden Markram held their own in a near-perfect session as South Africa went into lunch at 99 for 0 on day one of the first Test against West Indies. Temba Bavuma, in his first Test as full-time captain, won

The party is over. After two months of high-octane cricket thanks to the SA20 and the Women’s T20 World Cup, South African cricket now has to get on with the serious business of a Test series and you can expect it to be heavy going. Although the series takes place following sell-out crowds around the

Meg Lanning broke into a knowing smile when it was put to her on the eve of her fifth T20 World Cup final as Australia captain that the team who wants it more will win the trophy. “I think it’d be pretty even in terms of how much each team wants to win, there’s no

England Women leave the T20 World Cup determined that their shock semi-final defeat at the hands of South Africa won’t define them or do anything to alter their newly branded attacking style. South Africa stifled England with a perfect performance before a 7,507-strong home crowd at Newlands to secure a place in Sunday’s final against

Big picture: England the favourites South Africa in a semi-final. Against England. You think you know how this ends, don’t you? Three times in three meetings – at the 2014 T20 World Cup and 2017 and 2022 fifty-over World Cup – England have emerged triumphant from a final four meeting against South Africa and there’s

Durham have pulled off a major transfer coup, signing South African batter Tristan Stubbs for the T20 Blast. Stubbs will be available for the majority of the competition following his commitments with Mumbai Indians in the IPL. He was part of the Manchester Originals squad that reached the final of the Hundred last summer, but

Shannon Gabriel could play his first ODI since the 2019 World Cup after being named in West Indies’ squad for their upcoming three-match series in South Africa. Gabriel made his international comeback in West Indies’ victory over Zimbabwe in the second Test in Bulawayo last week. With Anderson Phillip and Jayden Seales both injured, Gabriel

Are India through to the WTC final? Not quite, but they have certainly taken a giant step towards qualification. After the win in Delhi, India’s points percentage is 64.06, and while Australia are still on top with 66.67, the gap has narrowed considerably. The only way India will miss out on a spot in the

Toss Australia chose to bowl vs South Africa Australia captain Meg Lanning won the toss and chose to bowl against South Africa in Gqeberha. Australia’s star wicketkeeper-batter Alyssa Healy was ruled out of the game “with some left quad awareness following a high workload on return to play from a significant calf injury,” according to

Conrad, who was appointed last month and will start in his new position from the two-Test series against West Indies at home, which starts on February 28, said he had chosen Bavuma because of the strength of their relationship and not because Elgar had underperformed in the role. “This was my decision. I felt Temba

Temba Bavuma will captain South Africa’s Test team amid sweeping changes to the set-up in the post Mark Boucher era. Bavuma’s first assignment will be to lead the side in the two-match Test series against West Indies, starting on February 28, which will be part of the WTC. Bavuma takes over from Dean Elgar, who

South Africa batter Theunis de Bruyn has announced his retirement from international cricket, saying it is time to focus on ‘the next chapter’. The 30-year old, who made his South Africa debut in a T20I against Sri Lanka in January 2017, represented the country in 13 Tests and two T20Is. “I’ve been fortunate to represent

Dane van Niekerk will be part of the women’s T20 World Cup, which starts in Cape Town today, but as part of the ICC’s commentators’ panel. Both van Niekerk and du Preez have also put their names up for the WPL auction, which will take place on Monday, the same day as South Africa’s game

Sune Luus doesn’t mind admitting that captaincy is a role she has grown, and continues to grow, into. On the eve of the Women’s T20 World Cup, where she will lead hosts South Africa in the opening game against Sri Lanka at Newlands, Luus felt firmly ensconced in a job she has held on and

The second World Test Championship (WTC) final will be played at The Oval in London from June 7 to 11. The ICC, while confirming the dates, said that there will be a reserve day for the final, on June 12. The dates place the WTC final between the IPL final, which is expected to take

Video footage of the incident, accessed by ESPNcricinfo, shows Rasemene, the non-striker at the time, striding towards the celebrating Tuskers players after the dismissal of Grant Thompson. The umpires then rush towards Rasemene, and there appears to be a scuffle between Rasemene and some of the opposition players. While the footage, taken from one static

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

What difference can 18 seconds make? It’s the time you may have taken to read that question eight, maybe nine times; or to decide you don’t want to read and click onto another page (but please don’t!); the time a train going at 25kph takes to pass through a 162 metre station and, if you

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