South Africa

News “As a South African cricket side, we have been put under immense pressure around this whole topic” Temba Bavuma has called for South African cricket to take a “collective” decision on how it will approach anti-racism gestures going forward, and said the pressure mounted on the team to take a knee is “sometimes a

News He provided a timely reminder of his red-ball credentials with a Test summer looming Lutho Sipamla was one of three bowlers to pick up a six-for in the match as Lions beat Warriors by an innings and 20 runs to move to the top of the first-class points table. Sipamla took 6 for 34

News Sluggish chase against Bangladesh proves costly, but Boucher proud of team’s revival Too few runs, scored too slowly in the early stages of the T20 World Cup cost South Africa a place in the semi-finals, according to coach Mark Boucher. He called their victory over England, and elimination on net run-rate, a “bitter pill

News Bavuma also cognisant of SA’s advantage of playing after Australia v West Indies South Africa will look to “add an extra five per cent” in all their departments, as they seek to beat England for the first time in six T20Is and topple one of the tournament favourites in a bid for a semi-final

News With five different slower variations in his arsenal, he has become his captain’s go-to end-overs bowler Dwaine Pretorius has fallen into a death-bowling role because the rest of South Africa’s attack is doing so well that they have to be used earlier in the innings. That’s how the allrounder explained his new role in

Preview Without Shakib, Bangladesh look weaker but will hope their other senior players step up Big Picture South Africa will look to avoid any more stumbles in their T20 World Cup campaign as they come up against a Bangladesh side ravaged by defeats and injuries. Bangladesh have already lost three matches, and whatever thin mathematical

Report Pathum Nissanka’s 58-ball 72 and Wanindu Hasaranga’s hat-trick go in vain as Sri Lanka lose their second game South Africa’s chase veered, almost stalled, and threatened to careen off a cliff – particularly when Wanindu Hasaranga claimed a T20I hat-trick to go with the ODI one he took on debut. But, in the end,

Graeme Smith‘s appointment as director of cricket was not irregular but ratified by the Cricket South Africa (CSA) board, and made in the hopes of stopping the organisation’s slide as they suffered severe reputational damage in the aftermath of the Thabang Moroe era. Acting CEO Pholetsi Moseki told the Social Justice and Nation-Building Hearings that

News Former WI fast bowler cited the example of Makhaya Ntini and how even though he was a world-class player he is sometimes viewed as a statistic The term “quota” is an unnecessary burden for players of colour to carry and they should instead be recognised for their abilities and excellence. That was Michael Holding‘s

News Keshav Maharaj says the team is now closer than ever after they aired out their differences over the taking of the knee South Africa are ready to welcome Quinton de Kock back into their starting XI after he sat out the match against West Indies when he refused to take a knee, and believe

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