Schoolboy tops 1 000 runs
It is not exactly in the spirit of cricket, but Pranav Dhanawade was given free rein to break every record in the schoolbook, batting to an unbeaten 1 009 in a school game in Kalyan, India.
Ntini set for Zimbabwe role
Former Proteas fast bowler Makhaya Ntini is set to take up a coaching role with Zimbabwe.
Finn believes England can still win
England paceman Steven Finn believes England still have every chance of pulling off a victory in the second Test at Newlands, despite picking up just one wicket on day three.
Faf: We need a big total
Faf du Plessis says South Africa’s goal will be to bat as long as possible on day four and make the English bowlers tired.
SA vs Eng: Talking points (Day 3)
TOM SIZELAND reflects on the players and moments that shaped day three of the second Test at Newlands.
Amla to the rescue
Hashim Amla batted through the entire third day for his 157 to give South Africa a chance of drawing the second Test against England.
Proteas suffer injury setback
Vernon Philander, who has missed the first two Tests against England through injury, has now also been ruled out of the third one.
Proteas release fringe players
JP Duminy, Rilee Rossouw and Hardus Viljoen have been released to play first-class cricket for the next round of Sunfoil Series matches starting on Thursday.
‘I just wanted to hit sixes’
Ben Stokes says he tried to hit every ball for a six, instead of trying to reach a triple century on day two of the Newlands Test.
‘SA cricket is not unravelling’
Dean Elgar says people have to understand the South African Test side is going through a rebuilding phase.
‘Amla shots show positive signs’
Supersport analysts HD Ackerman and Shaun Pollock see hope in Hashim Amla’s innings as South Africa chase 629 in the second Test at Newlands.
SA vs Eng: Talking points (Day 2)
MARK SALTER reflects on the players and moments that shaped day two of the second Test at Newlands.
Hard work ahead for Proteas
At stumps on day two South Africa were 141-2, still 488 runs behind England’s first innings total of 629.
‘Cricket in SA changed forever’
What the fans had to say as the second day of the second Test unfolded at Newlands
Hales full of praise for Stokes
Alex Hales says Ben Stokes’s aggressive innings towards the end of day one gave England the upper hand.
