South Africa

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

News Emergency meetings are being held this afternoon to establish his position Enoch Nkwe has informed Cricket South Africa of his intention to resign as South Africa’s assistant coach. Emergency meetings are being held this afternoon to establish his position. “Nkwe has indeed signalled an intention to resign, and this matter is being considered by

News South Africa women are scheduled to play three T20Is and five ODIs in Antigua, starting on August 31 Dane van Niekerk will return to captain South Africa for the three-T20 and five-ODI series in West Indies, starting on August 31. van Niekerk has not played for the national team since the T20 World Cup

News Batter has returned home after being told he was not guaranteed a spot in the Championship fixtures Stiaan van Zyl, the South African top-order batter who won 12 Test caps between 2014 and 2016, has left Sussex after spending four seasons with the club. He was left out of the side throughout the Royal

News The 36-year old qualifies to play for them immediately, by first descent, since his father was born in Namibia Former South Africa allrounder David Wiese is aiming to play in a second T20 World Cup, five years after his first, and for a different country. Wiese is in line to represent Namibia, and qualifies

de Kock’s availability for the T20Is could give South Africa plenty of options at the top of the order © Sportsfile via Getty Images Quinton de Kock, David Miller and Lungi Ngidi will miss South Africa’s ODI series in Sri Lanka next month, but are expected to return for the T20Is that follow. Dwaine Pretorius

News Marchant de Lange is back with Trent Rockets after Wahab Riaz is forced out with an injury Smriti Mandhana and Harmanpreet Kaur will play no further part in the Hundred. While Mandhana, of Southern Brave, will fly back home to spend time with her family before the India Women’s tour of Australia next month

News It will feature all 15 provincial teams as well as the national Under-19 side South Africa’s domestic season is set to get underway in September with a T20 knockout tournament featuring all 15 provincial teams and the national Under-19 side. The teams have been divided into four pools of four and will play each

News Antigua to host three T20Is and five ODIs starting August 31 South Africa Women will tour the Caribbean for three T20Is and five ODIs starting August 31. The tour serves as preparation for both teams, with just seven months to go for the 50-over World Cup in New Zealand. All the matches will be

News His comments come in response to testimony given by ex-selector Hussein Manack on the lead-up to the Wanderers Test against England in 2015-16 AB de Villiers has denied asking for Kagiso Rabada to be dropped from the Test team at the start of Rabada’s career and said he only made inputs into selection in

Cricket South Africa is to blame for the decline in the coaching careers of Geoffrey Toyana and Paul Adams, who were both on the radar to take over the national team in 2017, but missed out in favour of Ottis Gibson. Former CSA CEO Thabang Moroe, speaking at the Social Justice and Nation-Building (SJN) hearings,

A lack of will to engage with South Africa’s segregated past has resulted in continued devaluing of the experiences of players of colour, according to Ashwell Prince. Speaking at Cricket South Africa’s Social Justice and Nation-Building Hearings, Prince said he felt unwelcome throughout his nine years in the national team, was labelled a “quota player”

News The new board has advertised the CEOs position, with applications due to close on July 31 Cricket South Africa’s former acting CEO Kugandrie Govender has been dismissed with immediate effect, bringing an end to the disciplinary matters that have stretched back to December 2019. Govender was suspended in December 2020, four months after former

News Contrary to local reports, ESPNcricinfo understands Boucher has not taken legal action against those who mentioned him in their testimonies Mark Boucher, South Africa’s men’s national coach, will make a submission to Cricket South Africa’s (CSA) Social Justice and Nation-Building (SJN) project in response to allegations in which he has been implicated. Although CSA

News The teams had also faced off earlier in the year when Sri Lanka played two Tests in South Africa South Africa have confirmed their tour to Sri Lanka for three ODIs and as many T20Is during September. All six matches will be played at the R Premadasa Stadium in Colombo, with the series starting

News Starc moves up as many as 10 places to reach eighth among ODI bowlers Sri Lanka’s Wanindu Hasaranga has leapfrogged Afghanistan’s new T20I captain Rashid Khan to be ranked career-best No. 2 among T20I bowlers. The ICC rankings list is led by South Africa’s Tabraiz Shamsi, who has a 72-point advantage following impressive returns

Report No Quinton de Kock, Tabraiz Shamsi and Lungi Ngidi for visitors; hosts replace Josh Little with Barry McCarthy South Africa chose to bat vs Ireland A new-look South Africa XI has been chosen to close out their winter tour and the T20I series against Ireland, which the visitors have won already. The visitors made

Preview With the result of the series sealed, the final T20I will give both sides an opportunity to fine tune their ideal XI for the upcoming T20 World Cup Big Picture It’s South Africa’s last dance at the end of two months away from home and they will want to end on a high. They’ve

News Former South Africa opener puts team’s inability to win World Cups down to poor culture Loots Bosman has put South Africa’s inability to win a major tournament down to poor culture, which he said left players of colour feeling excluded. The former opening batter was speaking strictly about the time he was part of

News The former spinner reveals several instances of racial discrimination across his playing and coaching career Former South African wristspinner Paul Adams has revealed several instances of racial discrimination, including being nicknamed “brown s***” by his team-mates, across his playing and coaching career. Speaking at Cricket South Africa’s (CSA) Social Justice and Nation-Building hearings, Adams

Report Barry McCarthy was left out for Craig Young in the Ireland XI, as the tour moves to Belfast Toss South Africa opt to bat v Ireland South Africa have made three changes to the XI that took the series against Ireland on Monday to try a different combination as they prepare for the T20

Preview If Ireland want to test themselves before the T20 World Cup, this is their chance Big Picture South Africa are one win away from being able to declare their winter tours successful bar one ODI defeat. Victory in the T20I series will give them three trophies out of four, after they swept West Indies

Report Kevin O’Brien, who has now retired from ODIs, will be looking to overturn a period of poor form in T20Is Ireland choose to bowl vs South Africa Kevin O’Brien was included in the Irish team to face South Africa in the first T20I meeting between the two sides. O’Brien had announced his retirement from

Preview The two countries meet for the first time in the shortest format with a global event looming not far off Big Picture After a first last week – when Ireland beat South Africa in an ODI for the first time – there’s another coming this week. The two teams will face off in the

Boucher – “We knew from the start that if we don’t rock up here in these conditions, which they know well, we’ll be found out” © Sportsfile via Getty Images The pressures of being in a bio-bubble amid unrest in South Africa is taking its toll on the national team, who shared the three-match ODI

Report No changes for Ireland, visitors bring in Quinton de Kock and Heinrich Klaasen as well Toss South Africa won the toss and chose to bat vs Ireland South Africa elected to bat in the third and final ODI against Ireland on a sunny day in Malahide, where the weather forced Cricket Ireland to caution

Big Picture Ireland are one win away from their biggest ODI achievement on home soil. Victory over South Africa in the third ODI will be the first time they take a series off a team ranked in the top eight, the first time they beat a top eight team in successive matches, and their first