Report South Africa grappling with the unavailability of their experienced Test stars away at the IPL Big picture 362 caps v 206 caps. For the first time since they got Test status in 2000, Bangladesh are in South Africa with an opportunity to challenge the home team. They have already won the ODI series, they have
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News “We have to make do with our next best that we have in the country, who I’m still very confident in.” South Africa’s IPL-contracted players were “put in a bit of a situation” when asked to choose between staying to play in the two-Test series against Bangladesj or going to the T20 tournament, according
News South Africa’s batting is starting to hit top gear at the business end of the World Cup South Africa’s batting is starting to click at the business end of the World Cup, thanks largely to a resurgence in form for Mignon du Preez, who scored her first fifty of the tournament in a thrilling,
Since her international debut in 2019, Shafali Verma‘s rapid rise as an all-format player has played out like an action-packed cliffhanger, at 2x speed. Even before she faced her first ball in international cricket as a 15-year-old, she had etched her name in the record books as the youngest Indian to play T20Is. Soon after,
News Franchise physio Patrick Farhart to determine, after conducting fresh tests, when the quick can return to bowling competitively Anrich Nortje has been cleared of “any serious injury”, and a stress fracture, understood as the reason he has been out of action for the last six months, has been ruled out, clearing the way for
News The South Africa batter had tested positive for furosemide, a prohibited substance, in January “Hamza has been charged with the presence and/or use of a prohibited substance following the detection of Furosemide in a sample collected out-of-competition on 17 January 2022 and has been provisionally suspended pending the outcome of the disciplinary process,” the
News The South Africa head coach says the batters lacked intent and belief South Africa’s head coach Mark Boucher has said that his side’s “fear of failure” played a role in their defeat in the ODI series against Bangladesh. Boucher repeated the phrase several times during the post-match press conference, adding that the team lacked
Report Only 10.5 overs of play were possible after a delay of more than four hours No result South Africa Women 61 for 4 (du Preez 38, Henry 3-19) vs West Indies Women South Africa have qualified for the World Cup semi-finals after rain washed out their match against West Indies in Wellington. Only 10.5
News He is “not disputing” the positive test, is “cooperating fully with the ICC” and has agreed to voluntary suspension commencing immediately South Africa batter Zubayr Hamza has tested positive for a prohibited substance under the ICC’s anti-doping code. A Cricket South Africa (CSA) statement said “the positive test followed an ICC anti-doping test on
Preview Host captain Bavuma says, “Sunday is a must-win game for us. We have to up our game in all the departments” Big picture As well as they would be celebrating the landmark win in Centurion on Friday, Bangladesh will have their eyes on a bigger achievement on Sunday. Beating South Africa in South Africa
News Beuran Hendricks and Heinrich Klaasen have been dropped from the 16-man list Malan and Petersen have been rewarded for making excellent starts to their South Africa careers in white- and red-ball cricket respectively. Malan has been outstanding at the top of the order in ODIs since his debut in February 2019, scoring 759 runs
News “On the eve of a one-day series, and with a Test squad due to be announced, we’re still not sure what is happening,” Bavuma said earlier in the day Middle-order batter Khaya Zondo earned his maiden Test call-up, and medium-pacer Lizaad Williams also found a place in the 15-member South Africa squad for the
If we didn’t know it before South Africa’s Test squad to play Bangladesh was announced, we know it now. In the battle between the IPL and national duty, there is only one winner. At least when it comes to a country like South Africa. All five players – Kagiso Rabada, Lungi Ngidi, Marco Jansen, Aiden
News “Part of our strategy is looking at our whole ecosystem and seeing how we can diversify our revenue streams” Pholetsi Moseki has been appointed CSA’s permanent CEO, 15 months after taking over the role in an acting capacity, in December 2020. Moseki’s position was confirmed by a unanimous decision on the part of the
News She’s a “bit annoyed” with herself because she didn’t stay till the end to finish off things, but heaped praise on her side after beating England After a maiden career five-for and a game-changing cameo innings, the first word that passed Marizanne Kapp‘s lips is not what you might expect. “Sorry,” she told Trisha
News Paddy Upton named ‘Team Catalyst’ and will play a role in looking after the mental well-being of the team Rajasthan Royals have roped in Lasith Malinga as their fast-bowling coach ahead of IPL 2022, and Paddy Upton as “Team Catalyst”. “It’s a wonderful feeling for me to return to the IPL and an absolute
News Anrich Nortje, who is recovering from a hip injury, and Sisanda Magala, who failed a fitness test, were unavailable for selection South Africa have named a full-strength squad, minus Anrich Nortje and Sisanda Magala for fitness reasons, for the upcoming home ODI series against Bangladesh. The three-match series, which is to be played in
News Both the board and Smith will be legally represented, and the findings of the arbitrators will be made public The “tentative findings” made by the Social Justice and Nation-Building (SJN) report about CSA’s director of cricket, former South Africa captain Graeme Smith, will be the subject of the board’s “agreed formal arbitration proceedings” from
News She is serving pre-tournament quarantine because of her delayed arrival after the birth of her first child South Africa opener Lizelle Lee has been ruled out of the team’s opening match of the ODI World Cup against Bangladesh on March 5 in Dunedin. ESPNcricinfo has learnt that Lee, the 2021 ICC Women’s ODI Cricketer
News South Africa’s captain explains his decision to bat first in the second Test, and has words of praise for Erwee, Verreyne and Maharaj Sent in to bat in the first Test in Christchurch, South Africa were bowled out for 95 in the first innings, and 111 in the second, losing by an innings and
News South Africa batter reveals he worked on playing the ball late to improve his game Kyle Verreynne is among only a handful of batters on South Africa’s first-class scene to maintain a career average of 50 since his debut in 2015, but even with the weight of numbers behind him, he entered the international
News It’s Nkwe’s first appointment since he stepped down from his role with the men’s national team last year Enoch Nkwe, first interim team director and then assistant coach of the South Africa men’s national team between August 2019 and August 2021, has been appointed as strategic cricket consultant by Lions in the South African
Report New Zealand fought their way back into the Test match with four wickets for 60 runs in 27 overs on the second morning Lunch South Africa 298 for 7 (Jansen 11*, Rabada 2*, Wagner 3-59, Henry 3-80) vs New Zealand New Zealand fought their way back into the Test match with four wickets for
News South Africa batter averages 9.70 from last ten Test innings If Aiden Markram has not already had his last chance in Test cricket, the second match against New Zealand starting on Friday will be it. South Africa’s captain Dean Elgar all but confirmed that unless Markram – who averages 9.70 from his last ten
News “I am trying to wrap my head around,” says the captain about his side’s lack of intensity against New Zealand at the Hagley Oval Dean Elgar did not blame off-field issues, quarantine or the absence of a warm-up match for South Africa’s lack of intensity in the first Test in Christchurch but thinks his
News A number of factors are weighing the visitors down in New Zealand, and not all of them are cricketing South Africa’s support staff are struggling to put a finger on why the team’s form has swung so dramatically from their victories against India to staring at an innings defeat after two days in New
News South Africa batter expected to be available for seven red-ball games Durham have signed Keegan Petersen, the South Africa top-order batter, as one of their overseas players for 2022. Petersen, who made his Test debut last year, is expected to be available for seven County Championship fixtures. He missed South Africa’s current tour of
Big picture The biggest rivalry in global rugby – between All Blacks and Springboks – is not mirrored in world cricket but Dean Elgar and Tim Southee think it could be. Last week, they both spoke of the “great rivalry” that exists between their two cricket sides but you’d be forgiven for thinking they’re simply
News South Africa and India confirmed for tours either side of Hundred and Commonwealth Games England Women will play a Test match against South Africa, and return to Lord’s for their first international fixture at the venue since the 2017 ODI World Cup final, with confirmation of their schedule for the 2022 home summer. South
News CSA T20 round-up: Boland and Knights are yet to get off the mark North West have emerged as frontrunners at the CSA T20 tournament with two victories, including a bonus-point win, in the opening week of the tournament. They are a point ahead of Western Province, who also triumphed in both their matches, and
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