Dhoni blasts batsmen for defeat
MS Dhoni has laid the blame for India’s shock 47-run loss to New Zealand in the opening World Twenty20 group match in Nagpur at his batsmen’s door.
MS Dhoni has laid the blame for India’s shock 47-run loss to New Zealand in the opening World Twenty20 group match in Nagpur at his batsmen’s door.
South Africa wrapped up their warm-up match preparation for the World T20 with an eight-wicket win against a combined Mumbai Cricket Association XI on Tuesday.
The masterly spin of Mitchell Santner and Ish Sodhi smashed India to a humiliating 47-run defeat in the opening match of their home-ground World T20 in Nagpur.
Come Monday 21 March, there will be a new national schools cricket champion at the finals of the Coca-Cola Schools T20 Challenge
Imran Tahir has rejected the notion that there is extra pressure on him as a leg-spinner just because the World T20 is being played in India.
If the World T20 warm-up matches are all about learning, the SA women were given some harsh lessons as they went down to England by seven wickets on Monday.
Leicestershire Cricket Club have signed South Africa’s Rilee Rossouw for the final stages of the NatWest T20 Blast in England.
The Titans escaped defeat by the skin of their teeth when bad light stopped play with the Dolphins needing 18 runs off four overs.
Thami Tsolekile has admitted for the first time that he was approached by Gulam Bodi to fix matches, but insists his only crime was not to report it to authorities.
The Titans’ drive for victory was brought to a halt by Sarel Erwee’s ton, which enabled to the Dolphins to declare at 306-4 in the Sunfoil battle at Kingsmead on Saturday.
Quinton de Kock and JP Duminy scored fifties as South Africa beat India by four runs in their first warm-up game on Saturday.
It didn’t take long for Faf du Plessis to be asked about South Africa’s chokers tag upon arrival in India for the World T20.
An impressive 123 from Qaasim Adams blitzed the Titans to 451-8 dec, handing them a 368-run lead after the Dolphins closed day two on 83-1 in Durban.
Lance Klusener is still searching for his next coaching job almost three weeks after the Dolphins decided not to renew his contract.
Vernon Philander will play for Tygerberg Cricket Club against UCT on Sunday after recovering from a serious ankle injury.