South Africa

News CSA director of cricket wants to “ask some hard questions of Australia and challenge them” for postponed tour South Africa are hopeful of playing against India “a number of times” in the next cycle of bilateral series, and several exchanges between the two sides are on the verge of being signed off, according to

News Will continue in limited-overs cricket Faf du Plessis, the former South Africa captain, has retired from Test cricket after 69 appearances in the format, saying that he had wanted to finish up after the series at home against Australia that was scheduled to start later this month, which Australia have postponed indefinitely. du Plessis,

News CSA are invoking both the WTC and the FTP agreement terms in search of points on the table as well as financial compensation from CA Cricket South Africa (CSA) have lodged a formal complaint with the ICC over Cricket Australia’s (CA) decision to indefinitely postpone next month’s three-Test series. Last week, CSA wrote to

News Captain takes break after gruelling run of biosecure campaigns in UAE, South Africa and Pakistan Quinton de Kock will sit out of South Africa’s domestic T20 competition, which starts on Friday, on medical advice. De Kock has been given a mental health break and will aim to be ready for the Pakistan white-ball series

News Second extension granted as CSA continue to navigate choppy administrative waters Cricket South Africa’s (CSA) interim board has been granted a two-month extension by the country’s sports minister, Nathi Mthethwa, in order to conclude its work. The board, chaired by Dr Stavros Nicolaou, will be in place until April 15 after initially being appointed

News All matches to be played on the Highveld, games will be split between the Wanderers and SuperSport Park Cricket South Africa has confirmed it will host Pakistan for three ODIs and four T20Is between April 2 and 16, with all matches to be played on the Highveld. The games will be split between the

News Miller has 78 T20I caps, a shave under three times as many as the next most experienced member of the squad picked to play Pakistan David Miller aims to use his position as the senior-most member of South Africa’s T20I squad to have an influence on and off the field in their upcoming series

News Wicketkeeper-batsman will lead South Africa in T20Is in Pakistan without many first-choice players in the mix Heinrich Klaasen will play competitive cricket for the first time after a two-month recovery from Covid-19, when he captains South Africa in the T20I series against Pakistan. Klaasen, who is leading the team in the absence of Quinton

News The team’s head coach said their poor fielding cost them about 150 runs in the second Test alone South Africa head coach Mark Boucher has identified lack of mental application and diminished match awareness as the two main reasons for the poor batting and fielding that led to the Test team’s 2-0 defeat in

News If the visitors manage to pull it off, it will be the highest successful chase in Pakistan Free your mind and the runs will surely follow. That’s the message South Africa’s coaching staff gave their batsmen as they set out in search of the highest successful chase in Pakistan. “We’ve encouraged the guys to

Report His seventh Test half-century led Pakistan’s efforts on the fourth morning Lunch Pakistan 272 and 217 for 8 (Rizwan 73*, Nauman 9*) lead South Africa 201 by 288 runs Mohammad Rizwan‘s seventh Test half-century led Pakistan’s efforts on the fourth morning in Rawalpindi, where they pushed the lead towards 300. Rizwan also shared an

News He saw bone through the skin of his little finger in the first innings, but has picked up 3 for 12 in the second so far George Linde thought his season was over when he saw bone through the skin of his little finger while fielding in his follow through in Pakistan’s first innings

News He’s known for his high speeds and effective bouncers, but in the second Test, he also showed good discipline The trick to being a successful fast bowler in the subcontinent is not just express pace and good intent, but also to work with straighter angles. That’s what Anrich Nortje, who made his debut in

News Offspinner says he still has “aspirations to play for South Africa” after end of Kolpak status Simon Harmer has confirmed his hopes for a South Africa comeback after signing to play for the Titans in the domestic T20 competition. Harmer turned his back on international cricket when signing on a Kolpak deal with Essex

Report South Africa included only two frontline seamers in Kagiso Rabada and Anrich Nortje Pakistan chose to bat vs South Africa Pakistan’s Babar Azam opted to negotiate early morning moisture and potential extra bounce, choosing for his line-up to bat first in Rawalpindi. South Africa were not too unhappy with the decision, with Quinton de

Quinton de Kock will not continue as South Africa’s Test captain after the Rawalpindi Test, with coach Mark Boucher saying that it’s important to “release him from that burden” of leading all three sides in the international arena. But it’s not a decision the team needs to make in a hurry, because the “disappointing and

Tim Paine won’t be leading his team out in South Africa next month © Getty Images A formal offer from Cricket Australia to play next month’s scheduled Test series in Australia was rejected by Cricket South Africa. CA’s interim chief executive Nick Hockley confirmed discussions of the Australia scenario as he explained why the “risk

News Cricket Australia informs CSA that it had been left with no choice but to reschedule the tour Australia’s three-Test tour of South Africa, scheduled to start in March, has been postponed, with Cricket Australia informing Cricket South Africa that the Covid-19 situation in South Africa has left it with “no choice” but to reschedule

News South Africa batsman on the difficulties of batting in spin-friendly conditions Aiden Markram has scored his first half-century in the subcontinent but is careful not to consider his corner turned just yet. After 84 runs from eight innings on previous tours to Sri Lanka and India, Markram knows that one 74 does not necessarily

News The quick put his consistency at a level this demanding down to diligence and perseverance South Africa’s bowlers did not have as much success as they might have wanted on the third morning in Karachi as Pakistan’s tail plundered 70 runs in 12.2 overs, but one of them reached a special, personal milestone. Kagiso

News He is the fourth board chairman to vacate the role, voluntarily or otherwise, since Chris Nenzani left office as CSA president last August Judge Zak Yacoob, the chairman of Cricket South Africa’s interim board, has stepped down following the publication of a telephone conversation between him and a South African journalist, in which Yacoob

News National coach feels de Kock could become one of the most capped South African cricketers of all time Quinton de Kock could become one of the most capped South African cricketers of all time, according to his national coach Mark Boucher. De Kock will make his 50th Test appearance in Karachi, where he will

Mark Boucher expects Keshav Maharaj to come into his own in the series against Pakistan © BCCI South Africa are set to make what coach Mark Boucher called “brave calls,” in deviating from their usual seamer-focused approach to a more spinner-based set-up for the subcontinent. On surfaces Boucher thinks are being prepared for turn, he

News South Africa allrounder will play in County Championship and Royal London Cup Wiaan Mulder, the South Africa allrounder, has signed to play for Leicestershire as an overseas player in the 2021 County Championship and Royal London Cup. Mulder, 22, impressed in South Africa’s 2-0 Test victory over Sri Lanka earlier this month, taking nine

News Initially, it supposed to be in place till January, but the delay in its ratification by CSA means it needs more time The interim board tasked with cleaning up Cricket South Africa’s administration issues has had its term extended by a month to mid-February 2021. The board, which was put in place by the

News Heinrich Klaasen will captain a second-string T20I side in Pakistan, with several regulars prepping for Tests against Australia Heinrich Klaasen will captain a second-string South African T20I side in Pakistan, with most of the Test squad returning home to prepare for a three-match series against Australia, scheduled to start in March though yet to

News “We landed here, we saw the security that was going on and everyone became calmer” “Those sharks are everywhere at the moment.” Quinton de Kock was not talking about the security arrangements or the lurking spin threat from a Pakistan squad that has been bulked up with slower bowlers, but about a real life

News The side will instead demonstrate their commitment to the eradication of gender-based violence The South Africa women’s team is unlikely to take a knee or do anything else in terms of a gesture in support of the global movement against racial intolerance when they take on Pakistan for six limited-overs matches in Durban from

News du Preez, though, is hoping that it will spur the younger players to “step up, show their skills” Mignon du Preez, the senior South Africa Women batter, believes the absence of premier allrounders Dane van Niekerk and Chloe Tryon, due to injuries, for the upcoming home series against Pakistan will pose a “challenge” for

News This will be South Africa’s first assignment since their semi-final appearance at the T20 World Cup in Australia in March last year Sune Luus will lead an 18-member South Africa Women’s squad in the absence of the injured Dane van Niekerk for the ODIs and T20Is against Pakistan Women. This will be South Africa’s