News Shamsi believes the current side is on par with the great South African sides of the past The decline of South Africa’s men’s team is not quite as bad as many may think, according to first-choice white-ball spinner Tabraiz Shamsi. Speaking after South Africa reeled off a third successive T20I series win, Shamsi pleaded
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Preview South Africa will fancy themselves a sixth straight win in T20Is Big picture If you have followed Sri Lanka’s T20 cricket over the past two years, Friday’s turn of events may have seemed familiar. Faced with a challenging target, Sri Lanka’s batters failed to ever get themselves in a good position, struggling to find
File photo: Laura Wolvaardt struck an unbeaten 71 to guide South Africa home © Getty Images South Africa 121 for 1 (Wolvaardt 71*) beat West Indies 120 all out (Knight 22, Kapp 3-24, van Niekerk 2-14) by nine wickets South Africa bowlers’ combined efforts to restrict West Indies 120 followed by Laura Wolvaardt‘s unbeaten 71
Report The hosts also brought back Bhanuka Rajapaksa after his two ducks in the first two ODIs Toss South Africa chose to bat v Sri Lanka Quinton de Kock and David Miller return to South Africa’s XI after missing the ODIs and will be in action early, after Keshav Maharaj chose to bat on his
News Temba Bavuma is expected to recover in time to lead the team at the marquee tournament Faf du Plessis has not been included in South Africa’s T20 World Cup squad despite being available to play international white-ball cricket. The 37-year old former captain, who retired from Tests in February, specifically named the upcoming global
Tabraiz Shamsi is the leading wicket-taker in T20Is in 2021 © AFP/Getty Images Big picture A T20 World Cup is around the corner. For Sri Lanka, it begins with the qualifiers, which kick off approximately six weeks from now. For South Africa, who go straight through to the main draw, the World Cup starts about
Report South Africa’s disciplined bowling performance helped bowl West Indies out for 153 South Africa 157 for 2 (Lee 91*, Joseph 1-26) beat West Indies 153 all out (Knight 39, van Niekerk 2-23, Khaka 2-17) by eight wickets Opening batter Lizelle Lee continued her fine run of form with an unbeaten 91 to help South
News The balance of South Africa’s side came into focus with results suggesting they were a batter short South Africa’s narrow defeat by 14 runs in the first ODI, rather than their loss by 78 runs in the third game, is to blame for their failure to win the one-day series in Sri Lanka, according
Report Dinesh Chandimal slots into the hosts’ XI in the third ODI; Akila Dananjaya, Minod Bhanuka and Bhanuka Rajapaksa left out Sri Lanka chose to bat vs South Africa Sri Lanka won the toss and, unsurprisingly, chose to bat first on a Khettarama surface that tends to become more difficult to bat on as the
News The South Africa allrounder of the 1940s and 1950s was the oldest living Test cricketer in the world Former South Africa allrounder John Watkins died in Durban on Friday after being infected with Covid-19 ten days ago, CSA said in a statement, adding that “he had been in failing health for some time”. He
News Sri Lanka coach calls on bowling unit to stick to the basics more consistently It’s not often that a young Sri Lanka batter walks into the national team and begins to perform almost immediately, but seven innings into his career, this is what Charith Asalanka has been doing. A former Sri Lanka Under-19 captain,
File pic: Deandra Dottin struck three fours and a six during her 21-ball 31 © Getty Images West Indies women 81 for 5 (Dottin 31, Knight 26) beat South Africa women 80 for 9 (Luus 23, Ramharack 3 for 8) by five wickets A strong bowling performance, capped by a three-wicket haul from offspinner Karishma
Heinrich Klaasen stumps Dhananjaya de Silva off Keshav Maharaj © Ishara S.Kodikara/AFP/Getty Images South Africa chose to bat vs Sri Lanka Keshav Maharaj, in his first match as stand-in skipper, called correctly at the toss and asked Sri Lanka to chase in the second ODI. The match has been reduced to 47 overs a side
News The captain for the T20I series will be named by the selection panel later Temba Bavuma, the South Africa limited-overs captain, has been ruled out of the remainder of the ongoing series in Sri Lanka after suffering a fracture in his right thumb during the first ODI on Thursday. In his absence, Keshav Maharaj
South Africa need to find a way to get more out of their spinners © Ishara S.Kodikara/AFP/Getty Images Big picture It was to nobody’s surprise that Sri Lanka turned to spin to defeat South Africa in the first ODI. But what will have been heartening for the home fans, was the poise and determination their
News The batter had been omitted from the Caribbean and Bangladesh tours because of failed fitness tests Avishka Fernando, long considered one of Sri Lanka’s finest limited-overs batting prospects, was left out of the squad entirely for Sri Lanka’s first two limited-overs assignments this year (in the Caribbean, and in Bangladesh). The omission wasn’t down
Report Hosts Sri Lanka included three spinners in Wanindu Hasaranga, Akila Dananjaya and Praveen Jayawickrama Sri Lanka chose to bat vs South Africa Sri Lanka’s three-pronged spin attack will defend the target their batters set for South Africa, after Dasun Shanaka chose to bat first in Colombo under cloudy skies. Sri Lanka included three frontline
Mignon Du Preez heads to Hobart for the WBBL © Getty Images South Africa batter Mignon du Preez has been prized away from Melbourne Stars, signing with Hobart Hurricanes for the upcoming WBBL season. Du Preez, 32, has played in every edition of the WBBL for Stars sitting second on their all-time games list and
News Bavuma also said he was looking forward to “unpacking” with Enoch Nkwe, who resigned as assistant coach last week Temba Bavuma, South Africa’s white-ball captain, has confirmed that the national team’s culture is still in its cultivation stage and it is “nowhere near the end product.” Bavuma was speaking from Sri Lanka, where South
News The left-arm seamer was struck by a shot from Dwaine Pretorius while delivering throwdowns in the nets in Colombo Beuran Hendricks has cleared a concussion test after getting hit in the head during South Africa’s training session in Colombo on Tuesday. Hendricks was delivering throwdowns when a straight hit from the allrounder Dwaine Pretorius
News Allrounder back in contention after six months out first due to injury and then contracting Covid-19 Cricket tours in the time of Covid-19 have made players all too familiar with hotel rooms, but South Africa allrounder Dwaine Pretorius has a slightly longer – and more personal – relationship with a high-end accommodation establishment. “Before
Tabraiz Shamsi takes off on a celebratory run © AFP/Getty Images Tabraiz Shamsi is reaping the rewards of regular international game time, with success for South Africa and a string of short-term deals in overseas leagues that he hopes will benefit the national side. Shamsi went straight from South Africa’s tour of the Caribbean and
News Bosch has secured her first WBBL deal after a promising return to international cricket Brisbane Heat have signed South Africa allrounders Nadine de Klerk and Anneke Bosch for the WBBL. de Klerk will be returning for her second season with Heat after playing nine matches in last year’s campaign. For Bosch it will be
News The after-effects of concussion have taken a toll but he is looking ahead to the CPL and the IPL Faf du Plessis has declared himself fit to return to action after a long lay-off due to the concussion he suffered during the PSL in June. du Plessis, who was also forced to miss the
News CSA expect to conduct an inquiry with the team management at an appropriate time Enoch Nkwe’s resignation as South Africa’s assistant coach and concerns about the functioning and culture of the national team “could not have come at a worse time, according to Cricket South Africa’s (CSA) acting CEO Pholetsi Moseki. However, he insists
News The ombudsman has till September 30 to present a report to CSA, but recognises the importance of allowing respondents sufficient time to reply Cricket South Africa’s Social Justice and Nation-Building (SJN) hearings are expected to resume in September after several parties, including director of cricket Graeme Smith, AB de Villiers and the South African
News Nkwe’s disillusionment with the role and differences in opinion with head coach Mark Boucher are said to have contributed to his decision Enoch Nkwe has resigned as assistant coach of the South African men’s team despite Cricket South Africa’s (CSA’s) board making what they called “every effort,” to retain his services. Nkwe informed the
Junior Dala was tested positive for Covid-19 a few weeks ago © BCCI South Africa’s bowling coach Charl Langeveldt and seamer Junior Dala will not travel with the team for their white-ball series against Sri Lanka after testing positive for Covid-19 a few weeks ago. Though the pair have both subsequently returned negative results, the
News “I’d be lying if I said it didn’t have an impact on us as a team as many members have been named in the testimonies.” South Africa head coach Mark Boucher has addressed the national team to explain the accusations made against him by former team-mates at the Social Justice and Nation-Building (SJN) hearings.
News Boucher available for one-on-one discussions with any former team-mates that he has offended Mark Boucher, South Africa’s head coach, has admitted the national team culture in his playing days was exclusionary and blamed it on a lack of “maturity and consciousness,” in the immediate post-Apartheid era. He apologised for his role in causing any
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