South Africa

News This came in response to former player Roger Telemachus’ testimony that a group of senior white players had a big hand in selection at the 2007 World Cup Cricket South Africa has not been able to find “any evidence” that a clique of players influenced selection in the past, and stands by the robustness

News “If me taking a knee helps to educate others, and makes the lives of others better, I am more than happy to do so,” he says Quinton de Kock has apologised to his team-mates and fans for the “hurt, confusion, and anger” he caused by sitting out South Africa’s match against West Indies after

News SACA would like the team to adopt a uniform approach for the Black Lives Matter movement, but doesn’t want it to be forced The South African Cricketers’ Association (SACA) would like the national men’s team to take a uniform approach to taking a knee but has criticised Cricket South Africa (CSA) for mandating it,

News Says board mandated taking a knee as it is important to send out right message “to the South African public and the broader global community” Cricket South Africa believes that Quinton de Kock is “committed to an antiracist agenda” along with the rest of the squad, but wanted uniform conduct and messaging from the

News Says it is “imperative for the team to be seen taking a united and consistent stand against racism, especially given South Africa’s history” CSA’s board has issued a directive to the national men’s team to collectively take a knee before the start of their remaining T20 World Cup matches. The board recognised concerns that

The South Africa players were “surprised and taken aback” by Quinton de Kock‘s refusal to take a knee and then withdraw from the fixture against West Indies, but don’t know why exactly de Kock is against the gesture in support of antiracism. De Kock is expected to release a statement explaining his stance in the

Report The win came amid team turmoil as de Kock sat out the game following a CSA directive for all players to take a knee South Africa 144 for 2 (Markram 51*, van der Dussen 43*, Hendricks 39, Hosein 1-27) beat West Indies 143 for 8 (Lewis 56, Pretorius 3-17, Maharaj 2-24) by eight wickets

There was no racial discrimination in the investigation and sanctioning of seven South African players for conspiring to fix matches in the 2015-16 Ram Slam, according to Louis Cole, the Anti-Corruption and Security Unit (ACSU) officer who headed the inquiry. They told the SJN that they were targeted because of their race. Cole disputed that

Preview It’s too early for either team to panic but whoever loses will be in a difficult position for the rest of the group stages Big picture South Africa and West Indies will hope the worst is out of the way after poor batting displays saw them lose their tournament openers. South Africa’s under-par 118

News Rain washed out the second semi-final and as a result Knights advanced ahead of North West on a higher net run rate The only Division 2 team to qualify from the group stage, South Western Districts (SWD) ended their run in the last eight with the biggest margin of defeat in the knockouts. Things

News Captain Temba Bavuma says South Africa could field three frontline spinners, but will take call on the morning of the match The world’s top-ranked T20I bowler, Tabraiz Shamsi, will play the Men’s T20 World Cup Super 12 opener against Australia after passing a fitness test following an injury scare earlier in the week. Shamsi

News During his time as acting CEO, CSA appointed Smith, Boucher, Kallis and Harris while demoting previous head coach Nkwe Dr Jacques Faul, the former acting CEO of Cricket South Africa (CSA), has admitted that the organisation got it wrong when they appointed mostly white male candidates to top jobs at the end of 2019.

News South Africa’s then-chief selector says such a decision would have been “unethical to the players already selected” AB de Villiers‘ availability for the 2019 World Cup was brought to the attention of South Africa’s then-chief selector Linda Zondi two days before the squad was announced, but was turned down because it would’ve been unfair

South Africa’s former team manager Dr Mohammed Moosajee has called on the national team to take a unified approach when expressing an on-field stance on the Black Lives Matter (BLM) movement. Moosajee was speaking at the Social Justice and Nation-Building (SJN) hearings where he expressed his disappointment at the divided stance within the team on

News “I still keep in touch with him and will continue to do that during this World Cup,” says Miller Most professional sportspeople consider themselves only as good as their most recent game, but Hashim Amla has taught David Miller to look at that in a slightly different way. “The famous old saying is that

News The fast bowler says South Africa enter the tournament without any baggage and can hopefully end the trophy drought For Kagiso Rabada, winning the T20 World Cup in UAE would be “one of the highest achievements in cricket” by South Africa. “That would be extremely special,” he said on Monday. “Hundred per cent –

Report South Africa were hamstrung by Afghanistan’s spinners early on, but their bowlers made up for it South Africa 145 for 5 (Markram 48, Bavuma 31, Mujeeb 3-24) beat Afghanistan 104 for 8 (Nabi 34* Shamsi 3-18, Ngidi 2-27) by 41 runs South Africa overcame a slow start to comfortably beat Afghanistan by 41 runs

News “We looked at all the issues, including feedback from players and, in terms of the interview, the impressive interview that Mr [Michael] Smith gave” Roger Telemachus was passed over for the job of Kwa-Zulu Natal Inland coach in favour of Michael Smith because Smith offered a more impressive interview, and not due to racial

News Johan van Heerden on concerns raised by Eddie Leie over living conditions of younger academy players, all of whom were black The Free State Cricket Union has admitted to providing sub-standard accommodation for academy players, all of whom were black, as recently as 2019, but denied any racial discrimination in the province’s cricketing structures.

News The South Africa captain hopes to open the batting along with Quinton de Kock in the T20 World Cup Temba Bavuma will have his first “live net” on Friday as he continues his recovery from a broken thumb, sustained in Sri Lanka last month. He expects to pass the fitness test to play in

News Nick Hockley said the relationship with CSA is “very strong” despite the pullout earlier this year Cricket Australia is hopeful they have found a window to play their postponed Test series against South Africa in 2023. The series was originally scheduled for March of this year but Australia pulled out amid concerns over the

News After spending four weeks with Punjab Kings in the UAE, Markram feels conditions are easiest for batting in Abu Dhabi, and most difficult in Sharjah South Africa’s batters will experience the best and the worst of run-scoring conditions in the UAE at the T20 World Cup, according to Aiden Markram. After spending the last

News A round-up of the highlights from pool stages of the domestic tournament, with all quarter-finalists now confirmed Dolphins and North West make up the final two teams in the CSA provincial T20 quarter-finals after the pool stages were completed in Bloemfontein. With the last eight now decided, the new hierarchy in South African cricket’s

News The thumb is “obviously not 100% at the moment but I am building it up,” he says at team’s departure press interaction Temba Bavuma is on track to leading South Africa at the T20 World Cup later this month. Bavuma, who broke his thumb in Sri Lanka last month, is four weeks post-surgery and

News The former South Africa allrounder, who retired two years ago, is a strategic consultant for the team for the T20 World Cup JP Duminy always wanted to be part of the upcoming T20 World Cup. He will be there, but not in the way he expected. When Duminy announced his retirement from ODIs in

News A look at the highlights from Pool A matches of CSA’s domestic T20 competition The Western Cape will be well-represented in the quarterfinals of the Provincial T20 Cup – CSA’s domestic T20 competition – after two teams from the province progressed from Pool A at the weekend. South Western Districts and Western Province finished

News South Africa fast bowler unavailable for the entire season after picking up a knee injury in West Indies Sydney Thunder have suffered a major blow just weeks out from the start of their WBBL title defence with South Africa star Shabnim Ismail ruled out of the tournament with a knee injury. Ismail missed the

News Fast bowler is the toast of the team after taking four wickets in his first two games This IPL has been one of two distinct halves for Anrich Nortje in IPL 2021. In April, it was all frustration, first at having received a false positive for Covid-19 that sidelined him from the start of

News Lee’s team-mate Ayabonga Khaka also gained a spot to move to No. 7 among the bowlers A stellar run of recent form has pushed South Africa batter Lizelle Lee to the top of the ODI batting rankings for the second time this year. With 762 ranking points, Lee is jointly atop the women’s batting

News The next set of hearings will resume on October 18 Cricket South Africa’s Social Justice and Nation-Building (SJN) hearings are due to resume on October 18, seven weeks after they were initially supposed to, and more than three months after the process began. That means CSA won’t have the final report by ombudsman, advocate