South Africa

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

News Former fast bowler says they were in part responsible for his exclusion from the XI at the 2007 World Cup South African cricket was controlled by a clique of white players nicknamed “the big five,” according to former fast bowler Roger Telemachus. Testifying at the Social Justice and Nation-Building (SJN) hearings, Telemachus explained how

News The spinner didn’t play a single game at the 2014 T20 World Cup or the 2015 50-over World Cup Aaron Phangiso played a key role in advocating for South Africa’s reserve players to be paid a portion of match fees to ensure that those who do not play many matches on tour, such as

News Acting CEO Geoff Allardice said the ICC took on board feedback that the points system needed to be “simplified” The ICC has confirmed the schedule and points structure of the 2021-23 World Test Championship, which is set to kick off in August with India’s five-Test series in England. As reported by ESPNcricinfo two weeks

News The captain, who scored a hundred, called Harry Tector’s knock “probably the innings of the day” Ireland will celebrate their first home ODI win over a team ranked in the top eight with a “few beers,” but captain Andy Balbirnie wants their focus to be on overturning big teams more often in their own

Report Ireland also made one change, leaving out William Porterfield for South African-both Curtis Campher Toss South Africa chose to bowl vs Ireland The series is picking up where it left off with Temba Bavuma opting for his bowling attack to make first use of conditions, this time under sunny skies in Dublin. South Africa

News Spinner who was the first person of colour to represent South Africa, opens up during SJN hearings Omar Henry has revealed how he wanted to return home from the 1992 World Cup after being given what he considered an unsatisfactory answer over why he was left out of South Africa’s match against New Zealand.

Preview Quinton de Kock and Anrich Nortje could slot back into the XI while William Porterfield might be retained as opener Big picture This series didn’t get the David and Goliath stereotype Andy Balbirnie joked about in the lead-up to the first ODI, but it did get another: rain. Only 40.2 overs were possible on

Report There was no place for Curtis Campher in the Ireland line-up South Africachose to bowl v Ireland Under cloudy skies and after a 45 minute delay thanks to morning showers, Temba Bavuma chose to make use of the overhead conditions and decided to unleash his attack on Ireland. The hosts have brought back former

Big Picture “You could say it’s David and Goliath, but David beat Goliath and hopefully that can work for us.” Andy Balbirnie has probably rehearsed that line hundreds of times and knows he will need to bring it out hundreds more but showed no sign of being worn down by the inevitable question of whether

News Captain backs allrounder Andile Phehlukwayo to come good against Ireland South Africa are relishing the opportunity to practice playing under pressure as they build towards the 2023 ODI World Cup. They currently lie in last place on the Super League points table, but have played the joint-fewest matches, and have another 21 fixtures (seven

News “I think everyone knows there is a big gulf in the teams. But we do have match-winners,” he says about facing South Africa Andy Balbirnie has said there will be “no excuses” if his Ireland team fail to qualify for the 2023 World Cup, after a slow start to the Super League campaign which

News He hopes for an improvement in South Africa’s late-overs hitting, an area where he felt they “came up short” in the West Indies Rassie van der Dussen is expecting easier conditions for batters during South Africa’s three-match ODI series against Ireland compared to what the side experienced in the West Indies. After finding the

News David Willey and Tom Curran also move up after impressive returns against Sri Lanka Chris Woakes has achieved a career-high third spot among ODI bowlers after picking up six wickets in two games against Sri Lanka last week. Woakes, who won the match award for his 4 for 18 in the opening game, jumped

News His “projected recovery time” is three to four weeks, according to CSA South Africa fast bowler Sisanda Magala has been ruled out of the Ireland tour with an injury to his left ankle. Magala sustained the injury while preparing for the Ireland tour in Grenada, and his “projected recovery time” is three to four

News The Social Justice and Nation-Building (SJN) hearings will run till July 23, with 58 submissions to be heard Cricket South Africa’s Social Justice and Nation-Building (SJN) hearings on racial discrimination in the game began on Monday and will run until July 23, with 58 submissions set to be heard. In his opening address, SJN

News South Africa coach confident of team’s showing after series win against West Indies Conditions at the T20 World Cup in the UAE will be similar to what South Africa experienced in Grenada, according to coach Mark Boucher, who expects the tournament to be tough for batters but successful for spinners. Although it was always

Report Anrich Nortje was rested as precaution, while Fabian Allen missed out through injury South Africa chose to bat vs West Indies West Indies have been asked to chase a series win – literally – after Temba Bavuma decided South Africa will defend in the decider. Blue skies greeted the teams on Saturday afternoon after

‘Maybe we have been found wanting in that [pace-bowling] department [against West Indies]’ – Temba Bavuma © AFP/Getty Images South Africa have yet to make a firm decision on who will partner Quinton de Kock or who their sixth bowling option will be for the T20 World Cup later this year. With approximately seven fixtures

Nicholas Pooran, Alyssa Healy, Aaron Finch and Meg Lanning are among the latest overseas players to pull out of the inaugural season of the Hundred, with Faf du Plessis, Shabnim Ismail, Imran Tahir and Laura Wolvaardt signing up as replacements. A number of the competition’s leading overseas players have already withdrawn due to clashes with

Report South Africa are chasing their first T20I series win in over two years South Africa opt to bowl v West Indies Temba Bavuma won his first T20I toss and decided to put West Indies in to bat for the first time in this series. A win for South Africa here will give them a