South Africa

As he gears up for his international debut, Dewald Brevis is waiting to ‘just straight run into’ Australia as they arrive in South Africa for a white-ball series that gets underway on August 30. “I must say I am so excited because it’s going to be proper heat and lots of fighting so I can’t

South Africa have named Laura Wolvaardt as the new captain of their senior women’s team. Wolvaardt, 24, has for now been appointed for just under two months, for the tour of Pakistan and the home series against New Zealand, which ends on October 15. A CSA release said Wolvaardt’s position will be reviewed following the

Cricket South Africa (CSA) has announced equal international-match fees for their men’s and women’s players in a massive boost to female cricketers in the country. The landmark announcement came on the same day when CSA unveiled a six-team professional domestic system for women, as part of the legacy projects following the 2023 Women’sT20 World Cup,

Sune Luus has stepped down as South Africa’s captain, less than six months after leading the team to their first senior World Cup final – for women or men – with CSA set to unveil a new leader ahead of their white-ball tour of Pakistan in two weeks’ time. Luus is part of the squad,

The second edition of the SA20 will run from January 10 to February 10, 2024 and will clash with South Africa’s two-Test series in New Zealand which starts with a warm-up match on January 29. Since the SA20 is owned in the majority by Cricket South Africa, players are obliged to fulfil their SA20 franchise

Dewald Brevis has earned his first call-up to the South Africa men’s squad for their upcoming white-ball series against Australia. The 20-year-old batter, who was the top run-getter at the Under-19 World Cup in 2022, has already featured in multiple franchise competitions around the world. He has been included in the squads for both the

Dane Vilas, the former South Africa wicketkeeper, will leave Lancashire at the end of the season after a seven-year spell in the county game. Vilas, 38, is set to wind down his first-class career, which began in 2006 and saw him capped six times in Tests, although he is expected to play in the 2023-24

Cricket South Africa will no longer apply fitness standards as rigidly as earlier, so both their male and female athletes who fail to complete their two-kilometre run in the required time, or whose skinfolds are above recommended measures, will still be permitted to play on the national coaches’ discretion. However, in a document circulated to

Hilton Moreeng will stay on as coach of the South African national women’s team, extending his tenure beyond 11 years. Moreeng has been in charge since 2012 and was expected to move on after the home T20 World Cup, in which South Africa reached the final, but will continue for at least the 2023-24 season.

The SA20 mini-auction ahead of the 2024 season will take place in Johannesburg on September 27. On the day of the auction, a total of 21 slots are to be filled, six of those reserved for rookie players. A rookie player is someone who is a South African under the age of 22 and has

Former South Africa batter Hashim Amla has been appointed batting coach of the Johannesburg-based Lions for the next three years. Amla joins former South Africa coach Russell Domingo at the Wanderers and replaces JP Duminy, who has moved to the national men’s white-ball set-up. Domingo is also new to the role and took over from

The increasing encroachment of T20 leagues on the international calendar could force South Africa to seek a postponement or field a second-string side on next year’s tour to New Zealand. The two-Test series, which will begin on February 4 in Tauranga, will clash with the latter stages of the SA20, South Africa’s T20 franchise competition

Wayne Parnell, the South African allrounder, has been appointed men’s captain of Northern Superchargers ahead of the third season of the Hundred, succeeding Faf du Plessis. Parnell played twice for Superchargers as a replacement last year and was retained for the 2023 season. He is one of their three men’s overseas players, along with Matthew

George Linde, the South Africa allrounder, has left Kent in order to maximise his availability for franchise cricket, while Delray Rawlins has agreed to terminate his Sussex contract after returning to Bermuda. Linde, who has been capped by South Africa in all three international formats, signed for Kent as an overseas player on a two-year

South Africa will begin their 2023-2025 World Test Championship cycle with a two-Test series against India at home later this year. The Tests will take place over the traditional Boxing Day and New Year period, at SuperSport Park and Newlands respectively. The New Year’s Test returns to Cape Town after a four-year absence following the

Quinton de Kock has been removed as captain at SA20 side Durban’s Super Giants and replaced by Keshav Maharaj for the 2024 edition of the tournament. “I am super happy, humbled and privileged to accept the opportunity as the captain of the DSG franchise in the next SA20 league,” Maharaj said in a video released

The MLC-bound Gerald Coetzee was adjudged men’s newcomer of the year. Coetzee had made both his Test and ODI debuts in March this year. In only his second Test, the 22-year-old fast bowler bagged a match haul of six wickets to cap South Africa’s home Test summer and their World Test Championship (WTC) cycle with

Some of England’s big names headline the list of the new players roped in for the 2024 edition of the SA20 league. Moeen Ali has gone to last season’s runners-up Joburg Super Kings, Liam Livingstone and Tom Banton are with MI Cape Town, and Dawid Malan and Liam Dawson have been picked up by defending

The second season of the SA20 will see one additional match – a mirror of the IPL’s knockout phase – and a salary purse increase of R5.1 million (USD 276,000 approx) – per team. That takes the total number of fixtures to 34, with each side playing the other five teams both home and away

Justin Ontong, the former South Africa batter and most recently national men’s team fielding coach, has been named as the new coach of the Paarl Rocks provincial side. Ontong succeeds JP Duminy, who was in charge for a season and is now the South African men’s white-ball batting coach. This is Ontong’s first position as

Learning to construct a 50-over innings was Tristan Stubbs‘ chief takeaway from South Africa A’s series victory over Sri Lanka A, which was completed with a five-wicket win in Kandy. Stubbs was South Africa A’s highest run-scorer, and the only one to record two half-centuries, and hopes the experience will put him in good stead

Former South Africa allrounder Lance Klusener has signed as consultant with the Tripura Cricket Association for India’s upcoming domestic season. Klusener, 51, is contracted to work with them for 100 days in a year. Besides working with the Ranji side, he will help the state’s eight teams in both men’s and women’s sections in various

Mondli Khumalo will travel to the UK on Friday to rejoin North Petherton Cricket Club in Somerset less than a year after an assault in which he suffered bleeding in the brain. The attack left Khumalo, a former South Africa Under-19 bowler, with his cricket career hanging by a thread. But he has now been

Three days after securing automatic qualification to the 2023 World Cup, South Africa are filling up their backroom staff ahead of the tournament. Wandile Gwavu has been named white-ball fielding coach and will work under Rob Walter, who was appointed earlier in the year, and alongside batting coach JP Duminy. A permanent bowling coach is

South Africa are “obviously chuffed” to have qualified directly for the men’s ODI World Cup, to be played in India later this year, after spending the bulk of the World Cup Super League outside of the top eight. And they have the weather in Chelmsford to thank for it. With the no-result in the first

Shabnim Ismail, lauded as the quickest in the women’s game, has retired from international cricket. Ismail, whose 16-year career concluded with the home T20 World Cup in February, will continue to play in T20 competitions around the world. Despite being offered a national contract for the 2023/24 season and being announced by Cricket South Africa

South Africa’s Test coach Shukri Conrad and eight Test players will lead a strong South Africa A squad to Sri Lanka for three one-day matches and two four-day games in June. In the absence of any Test cricket until December, Cricket South Africa’s director of cricket Enoch Nkwe has sought to fill gaps in the

Toss Netherlands choose to bowl vs South Africa Netherlands won the toss and chose to bowl in the third ODI against South Africa in Johannesburg. The visitors’ captain Scott Edwards said he expected the pitch to help the bowlers initially, and announced two changes to the side that had lost the second match three days

South Africa chose to bowl vs Netherlands Under cloudy skies and in cool conditions at Willowmoore Park, Temba Bavuma chose to chase, with the possibility of an interrupted game top of mind. With World Cup Super League points on the line, South Africa want to make sure they know exactly what they need to do

For the first time since the IPL’s launch in 2008, South Africans will not be able to watch the tournament after pay-television broadcaster SuperSport confirmed it had not secured the rights. SuperSport has broadcast all 15 editions of the IPL prior to this year in full but lost the Sub-Saharan African rights to Viacom18 in