South Africa

News Kolpak returnee realistic about his chances of making a Test comeback in New Zealand Simon Harmer once thought he was done with playing for South Africa. He and his brother even had plans to memorialise his kit in a beach house that they are hoping to buy. All that will have to be put

News South Africa seamer available to play in County Championship and Royal London Cup Beuran Hendricks, the South Africa left-arm seamer, has signed to play for Leicestershire in 2022. Hendricks is set to feature in the County Championship and Royal London Cup in his first spell as an overseas player in county cricket. He will

News Suné Luus will continue leading the side in the absence of the injured Dané van Niekerk, with Chloe Tryon as her deputy Suné Luus will captain South Africa at the Women’s World Cup with Chloe Tryon as her deputy. The 15-player group includes all the regular names who have done duty over several years,

News Zubayr Hamza has been called up as his replacement in the 17-member squad for the two-match series Keegan Petersen has been ruled out of South Africa’s Test tour of New Zealand because of Covid-19, and has been replaced by Zubayr Hamza. A CSA statement on Wednesday morning said that Petersen “is well and asymptomatic”,

News South Africa’s Test captain says focus on the head coach’s disciplinary hearing is taking the spotlight away from the team’s recent on-field successes Constant conversations around Mark Boucher‘s upcoming disciplinary hearing are taking the spotlight away from South Africa’s recent successes, according to Test captain Dean Elgar. Speaking at the squad’s departure press conference

News Disciplinary chair agrees to Boucher’s request for May dates that will allow him to call players without disrupting season Boucher was formally charged in January 17 but the hearing can only begin at the conclusion of the South African home summer due to player availability. At a meeting last Wednesday with disciplinary chair Terry

News Titans beat Knights by an innings and 153 runs and North West lost to Boland by an innings and 20 runs in Division One fixtures Some of South Africa’s Test-squad members had the opportunity to fine-tune their skills in the most recent round of four-day matches. Duanne Olivier, Lutho Sipamla, Wiaan Mulder, Ryan Rickelton,

Report Rain cut short South Africa’s chase with a result possible after only another less than three overs of play Deandra Dottin‘s career-best 150* went in vain as rain washed out the first ODI between South Africa and West Indies in Johannesburg with a result possible after only another less than three overs of play.

News The offspinner takes the place of George Linde, who is unavailable due to his impending wedding Simon Harmer has been recalled to South Africa’s Test squad, after last playing for South Africa in India in 2015. The offspinner has found a place in the 17-member squad for the two-Test tour of New Zealand as

News Lizelle Lee out as she recovers from Covid-19; Raisibe Ntozakhe, who was recently cleared to bowl internationally, included in squad of 18 1st ODI: January 282nd ODI: January 313rd ODI: February 34th ODI: January 6All matches will be played at Johannesburg’s Wanderers Stadium “Sune has really managed the captaincy quite well in the absence

News While acknowledging areas of improvement still needed after the India series win, coach Boucher also said the players are “growing as cricketers and human beings” South Africa were playing more than just the opposition over the last few summers with matters coming to a head this season after their coach, Mark Boucher, was charged

News Zeeshan Maqsood, Andrea-Mae Zepeda, Janneman Malan and Fatima Sana among the other winners Rizwan, who also won the PCB’s Most Valuable Cricketer of the Year award recently following a stellar year, scored 1326 runs in 29 T20Is at an average of 73.66 and a strike rate of 134.89. He also effected 22 dismissals behind

Preview South Africa will be eyeing a clean sweep in the ODIs – something that seemed unlikely when the tour started Big picture Outbatted. Outbowled. Outcaptained. That’s what South Africa did to India in the first two ODIs. Under Temba Bavuma, they played like a close-knit unit and, on a Boland Park pitch that looked

News Charges against him bring into question his handling of the BLM campaign, his management of former assistant coach Nkwe, and his treatment of then team-mate Adams Cricket South Africa will argue for Mark Boucher‘s dismissal in a disciplinary hearing which will take place in the next few months. Boucher was served with a seven-page

Big picture About three weeks ago, India were riding the crest of a wave. They had breached a South African fortress in Centurion, were 1-0 up in the Test series, and had every prospect of turning that into a series-winning lead. However, that belonged in 2021. In 2022, India haven’t won any game in South

News South Africa’s head coach to face a disciplinary hearing chaired by senior counsel advocate Terry Motau; he will remain in his role as coach in the interim In a follow-up to the Social Justice and Nation-Building (SJN) report, Mark Boucher has been charged with gross misconduct by Cricket South Africa, and will face a

Preview There could be big runs on a ground with small boundaries, but the pitch in Paarl might also offer something to spinners Big picture Unlike most of the ODI cricket played at the moment, the three-match series between South Africa and India does not form part of the World Cup Super League, with those

News Andy McBrine moves inside top ten for ODI bowlers after starring role in Ireland’s series win over West Indies Travis Head, who missed the fourth Ashes Test because of Covid-19, hit 101 in the first innings of the final Test in Hobart, and that helped him continue his spectacular rise in the ICC Test

News South Africa captain hints team might go with an extra allrounder in the XI for the first ODI South Africa have welcomed Quinton de Kock back into the national squad with open arms and expect the wicketkeeper-batter to enter the India ODIs with a “point to prove,” according to captain Temba Bavuma. In December,

News Spin-bowling allrounder George Linde retained in the one-day unit after being part of the Test squad Kagiso Rabada will not play South Africa’s ODI series against India, with Cricket South Africa (CSA) looking to manage his workloads. In a statement on Tuesday evening, less than 24 hours before the first ODI in Paarl, CSA

News He has had a breakout series after stepping in for the injured Nortje, and has now been picked in South Africa’s ODI squad Marco Jansen is a man of few words, until he steps onto a cricket field. “I am a bit of an introvert but when I’m on the field, that’s the one

News “It was maybe a team under a bit of pressure and things weren’t going their way, which they are quite used to of late” Elgar was the batter who survived a review late on the third day when he was given out lbw off R Ashwin by Marais Erasmus to a delivery that drifted

News South Africa captain also heaps praise on Keegan Petersen who, he says, has “gone into a ‘great player’ mould now” South Africa Test captain Dean Elgar is “extremely proud” of his team for “responding brilliantly” after being down 1-0 in the series to fight back and claim the trophy against the No. 1 Test

News South Africa coach lauds his team for playing “the pressure moments pretty well” For Mark Boucher, the toughest thing about watching South Africa’s chase against India was that there was nothing he could do about it. “As a player, you feel like the buck can stop with you. As a coach, your hands are

News “If we were to have a 60-run partnership upfront tomorrow morning, that puts us in a good position” South Africa’s team of “good cricketers without superstars” has to band together one final time to deny India the chance to make history, and it’s not going to be easy. That’s Lungi Ngidi‘s assessment of a

South Africa 210 and 101 for 2 (Petersen 48*, Elgar 30, Shami 1-22) need another 111 runs to beat India 223 and 198 (Pant 100*, Jansen 4-36, Rabada 3-53, Ngidi 3-21) Rishabh Pant is a shot-maker of such quality that he can take the conditions out of the equation, and for 100 runs and 139

News Morris represented South Africa 69 times across all formats taking 94 international wickets in all South Africa allrounder Chris Morris has announced his retirement from all forms of cricket. While declaring his decision to hang his boots after a 12-year career, the 34-year-old Morris also said that he will take up a coaching role

Report Jansen complemented Rabada with a three-wicket haul; Pujara was the only other Indian batter to cross 40 South Africa 17 for 1 (Bumrah 1-0) trail India 223 (Kohli 79, Pujara 43, Rabada 4-73) by 206 runs Kagiso Rabada is already a super athlete. But, when his captain went and fired him up, he became

Big picture After India’s dominance in Centurion to South Africa’s fightback in Johannesburg, this series is now set for a decider in Cape Town. It could not be more perfectly scripted, or perhaps more unexpected. Despite South Africa’s strong record against India at home, they came into this series on the back of two years

News South Africa captain explains why victory in the third Test against India would be particularly special to him Not since South Africa took the Test mace from England in 2012, have they faced a greater challenge than the upcoming Cape Town Test. Then, they had a one-nil lead going into the third Test but