
England edge nail-biter
Despite Steve Smith’s 90, England took wickets late on to secure a five-run victory against Australia in the one-off T20 in Cardiff on Monday.
Despite Steve Smith’s 90, England took wickets late on to secure a five-run victory against Australia in the one-off T20 in Cardiff on Monday.
England are still reveling in their Ashes success while Australia have been quick to forget it, but attention now turns to the shorter formats.
Ashwell Prince added the Natwest Blast T20 trophy to his list of achievements with Lancashire this season, making a vital contribution to an opening stand which piled the pressure on Northants.
Axar Patel completed an outstanding all-round match by bowling India A to victory by an innings and 81 runs over South Africa A on the final day of the unofficial four-day Test Series at the Krishnagiri Stadium in Wayanad.
Kyle Abbott says he still gets frustrated sometimes at his inability to break into South Africa’s first-choice XI in Test and One-Day International cricket.
Imran Tahir has returned into the top two of the ICC player rankings for ODI bowlers while South Africa has benefited the most following its 2-1 success over New Zealand in the just-concluded series.
The series against New Zealand was a mixed bag for South Africa, but the most important thing was that they won.
South Africa A coach Vincent Barnes has praised spinner Dane Piedt for his performances India A over the last week.
AB de Villiers may not care about being the fastest player ever to reach 8000 ODI runs, but that won’t stop him from breaking more records in his stellar career. SACricketmag.com looks at the company De Villiers now keeps.
AB de Villiers says South Africa played the pressure moments well to beat New Zealand in the final ODI on Wednesday in Durban and clinch the series 2-1.
They made it difficult for themselves at times, but in the end South Africa did enough to beat New Zealand by 62 runs and clinch the three-match series 2-1 in Durban on Wednesday.
AB de Villiers became only the third South African to reach 8 000 One-Day International runs against New Zealand in the third game in Durban on Wednesday.
Wednesday’s ODI is only the second time South Africa have gone into the final game of a three-match series against New Zealand at home all square at 1-1.
South Africa’s cricket coach Russell Domingo says they are fully aware of how important Wednesday’s deciding ODI against New Zealand is.
The South Africa Emerging Squad arrives back home on Tuesday after a highly successful tour of Sri Lanka where they won the unofficial three-match Test series 1-0 and the unofficial ODI series 2-1.