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AB: Good starts are key

AB de Villiers praised Quinton de Kock and Hashim Amla’s opening stand in the third ODI against England and said more of the same is needed if South Africa want to win the series.

England bat first at Centurion

David Wiese has replaced Rilee Rossouw in South Africa’s starting XI for the third ODI against England at Centurion.

Most runs on T20Is Player Matches Runs Average SR 100 50 Virat Kohli (Ind) 13 625 125 139.5 0 7 Sabbir Rahman (Ban) 16 463 35.61 127.54 0 2 Rohit Sharma (Ind) 16 425 26.56 124.26 0 3 Mohammad Shahzad (Afg) 12 407 37 151.3 1 1 Martin Guptill (NZ) 9 392 49 171.92 0 4 Most wickets in T20Is… Read more →

Miller to lead KXIP in IPL

South African big-hitter David Miller has been appointed captain of the Kings XI Punjab for the 2016 IPL season.

Mahatlane mystified by U19 struggles

South Africa U19 coach Lawrence Mahatlane says he doesn’t know why his team have struggled so badly at the U19 World Cup in Bangladesh.

Amla: England have an edge

Hashim Amla has admitted that England boast a better balance to their line-up which has given them the edge over South Africa in the ODI series so far.

Zimbabwe humiliate SA U19s

South Africa’s U19s suffered an embarrassing eight-wicket defeat to neighbours Zimbabwe in their World Cup Plate Championship semi-final on Monday.

Hendricks on a roll for Cobras

Beuran Hendricks is on a roll: for the second Momentum One-Day match in a row he led the Cape Cobras to a convincing victory, this time against the Highveld Lions at Paarl.

Chetty defiant against England storm

England’s women followed in the path blazed by the men by beating South Africa by seven wickets, on the D/L calculation, in the first of three ODIs, in Benoni on Sunday.