South Africa

News A 21-member squad, with nine fast bowling options, is set to depart tonight Left arm-seamer Marco Jansen will replace Ottniel Baartman in South Africa’s Test squad which leaves for Pakistan tonight. Baartman has been ruled out of the touring party for a medical reason unrelated to Covid-19, while the entire 21-player party have returned

News Three-match Test series against Australia begins on February 18, four days after the Pakistan tour ends South Africa could be forced to field a second-string T20I side on their upcoming tour of Pakistan as the bulk of the squad will have to return home to prepare for three Tests against Australia. Although the fixtures

News Last year, CSA made public a decision to give preference to consultants of colour as part of their transformation drive, effectively ruling Kallis out of roles within the structures South Africa will look to re-engage Jacques Kallis in a batting consultancy role as early as next month, ahead of their three-Test series against Australia,

News Glenton Stuurman and Migael Pretorius miss out through injury, as does Raynard van Tonder Fast bowler Daryn Dupavillon and medium-pacer Ottniel Baartman have received maiden call-ups to South Africa’s Test squad for their historic two-match series in Pakistan. The trip will be South Africa’s first to Pakistan since 2007 and will take place in

Play 01:08 Kyle Abbott ready to put 2020 behind him with Titans move Kyle Abbott has no immediate plans to push for an international return for South Africa and aims to use his stint in the country’s domestic game to retrieve the competitive edge he lost from almost a year out of action. Abbott, who

News South African seamer returns to domestic set-up four years after moving to county cricket Kyle Abbott has become the first high-profile Kolpak player to return to South African domestic cricket after signing a short-term deal with the Titans ahead of the One-Day Cup. Abbott signed a four-year deal with Hampshire in 2017 on a

News South Africa captain says schedule is “quite a challenge” as historic Pakistan trip looms Quinton de Kock has described playing cricket in the time of Covid-19 as “unsettling” as South Africa prepare for at least three more bio-bubbles this summer. Next up is a historic visit to Pakistan, which will also include extra layers

Report Sri Lanka hit back after 184-run stand between Elgar and Rassie van der Dussen Lunch South Africa 256 for 5 (Bavuma 7*, Mulder 7*) lead Sri Lanka 157 by 99 runs Sri Lanka clawed their way partially back into the second Test with four wickets for 23 runs in the second hour of day

News “Maybe from a mental point of view we lacked a little bit, or maybe we don’t trust our technique” Dean Elgar helped himself to a little tipple before bed after day one at the Wanderers – something many other South Africans who have failed to stock up would have been envious of as the

Jacques Kallis and Paul Harris were been re-employed by South Africa for the 2020-21 summer © Getty Images CSA’s affirmative action policy for hiring consultants has been placed in abeyance by the interim board, which also suspended new transformation targets last month. That means that South Africa can make use of white consultants should they

News “The restrictions need to be put in place to ensure the tournament goes ahead in a safe environment.” South Africa’s domestic one-day cup has been rearranged amid rising Coronavirus infections and will be now played in a bio-secure environment with a total of 15 matches, reduced from its original 24. The six franchises have

Let’s get this out of the way: of all the things CSA has to worry about, Anrich Nortje signing a Kolpak deal is not one of them. We’re mentioning it both because of his career-best haul and because it’s that time of year and against this opposition when South Africa’s most promising quicks have historically

Report South Africa unchanged from convincing win in first Test Sri Lanka won the toss and chose to bat vs South Africa Sri Lanka won the toss and chose to bat first on a green-tinged pitch at The Wanderers. They made four changes to their side – all of them forced by injury. Batsman Minod

Big picture For two days, Sri Lanka were competitive at Centurion. But with half their resources sapped through injury, and even several batsmen struggling, it would have taken a cricketing miracle on par with Kusal Perera’s Kingsmead 153 for the visitors to even remain in contention. Now, no fewer than seven members of their 21-strong

News The South Africa pacer emphasised that he wasn’t retiring though South Africa fast bowler Dale Steyn has announced that he will not be playing in the 2021 edition of the IPL, through a tweet that said he was making himself “unavailable” for his current franchise Royal Challengers Bangalore this year. Steyn indicated that he

News Casualty list to be felt at the Wanderers and beyond with several players doubtful for England series Suranga Lakmal, Kasun Rajitha, Lahiru Kumara and Dinesh Chandimal are all almost certain to miss Sri Lanka’s second Test against South Africa, due to injury. Dhananjaya de Silva had already been confirmed to be out of contention.

News Six-team franchise system to be dissolved as 75 cricketers set to lose contracts Seventy-five South African domestic cricketers will lose their contracts in a restructuring that will dissolve the six-team franchise system which has been in place for 17 seasons. A new set-up, which will consist of 15 first-class teams playing in two tiers,

News Pat Cummins and Ben Stokes finished the year as the No. 1 Test bowler and allrounder respectively On the back of his Man-of-the-Match performance against Pakistan in the Boxing Day Test, New Zealand captain Kane Williamson moved to No. 1 on the ICC Rankings for Test Batsmen in the final update of 2020. Williamson,

News Migael Pretorius released but South Africa can still pick from eight pace-bowling options Left-arm seamer Beuran Hendricks, who has played one Test for South Africa, has been added to their squad for the New Year’s Test at the Wanderers. Hendricks was part of the original 15-man squad that was announced on December 11 but

Report Half-centuries for Kusal Perera and Wanindu Hasaranga can’t prevent heavy loss South Africa 621 (du Plessis 199, Elgar 95, Maharaj 73, Bavuma 71, Markram 68) beat Sri Lanka 396 (Chandimal 85, de Silva 79, Shanaka 66*, Sipamla 4-76) and 180 (Perera 64, Hasaranga 59, Sipamla 2-24) by an innings and 45 runs South Africa’s

News “Never faced a situation like this,” says Sri Lanka captain after losing three members of six-man attack Sri Lanka were in such a good situation in the early stages of the first Test they could even have dominated had multiple injuries not hit. This, at least, was the view of Sri Lanka captain Dimuth

Jonty Rhodes is used to soaking in the sun back home in South Africa around Christmastime. This year, he’s in chilly Sweden, teaching amateur cricketers the finer aspects of the game. The Swedish Cricket Federation has ambitious plans of being among the top Associates and want to create pathways for cricketers, male and female. With

News Seamer has recovered from groin strain that ruled him out of Boxing Day Test Kagiso Rabada has been added to South Africa’s squad after recovering from a groin strain that saw him miss the Boxing Day Test. Rabada was set to enter the biosecure environment before the start of the second session on Monday

News Run rates in excess of four an over, but opener still anticipates tough battle in fourth innings The SuperSport Park pitch is not as batsmen-friendly as the scores suggest, according to South Africa’s opener and top-scorer so far, Dean Elgar. Despite the teams piling on 713 runs over two days at a rate of

News Batsman averaged 14 in Sri Lanka’s 2016-17 tour and was left out for 2018-19 series Dinesh Chandimal gave credit to a conversation with Hashim Amla during Sri Lanka’s 2016-17 tour of South Africa after compiling his highest Test score in two-and-a-half years – and his highest in ‘SENA’ countries since May 2016. Chandimal had

News The team had not taken a knee, or made any other gesture, when they returned to international cricket last month South Africa have confirmed that they would “raise our fists” at the start of the Test series against Sri Lanka in Centurion on Saturday “as a gesture to express our ongoing commitments” towards the

News “We’ve had a lot of discussions about this and the guys have come up with a meaningful gesture,” says Boucher The South African Test team will make an anti-racism gesture when they take the field against Sri Lanka on Boxing Day. Coach Mark Boucher confirmed that the squad has decided to express their support

News With Ngidi and Stuurman nursing niggles, Nortje could have a big role to play with the new ball Stereotypical as it may be, the question had to come up. Is South Africa’s plan against Sri Lanka to attempt to bounce them out based on the (these days outdated) assumption that batsmen from the subcontinent