South Africa

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

News Visiting captain, speaking from isolation on arrival in New Zealand, throws vote of confidence behind Sarel Erwee in Keegan Petersen’s absence South Africa are gearing up for a second successive series that’s been billed as a battle of the bowlers – this one’s against New Zealand, comprising two Tests in Christchurch. After coming out

News Boucher will still face a disciplinary hearing in May over charges of gross misconduct Cricket South Africa are unlikely to take further action on the manner in which Director of Cricket (DOC) Graeme Smith and men’s head coach Mark Boucher were appointed despite the Social Justice and Nation-Building report citing irregularities in their hiring.

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