• Lorgat: 'Reports utter nonsense'

    Lorgat: ‘Reports utter nonsense’

    Haroon Lorgat, Cricket South Africa’s chief executive, has strongly denied reports that he sent an SMS instructing Proteas coach Russell Domingo to pick a player of colour for the World Cup semi-final against New Zealand.

    AB breaks new ground

    AB breaks new ground

    AB de Villiers has become only the 11th player to break the 900-point mark in the ICC’s ODI player rankings released on Monday.

    Lorgat 'forced Philander selection with SMS'

    Lorgat ‘forced Philander selection with SMS’

    Cricket South Africa CEO Haroon Lorgat allegedly told Proteas coach Russell Domingo, via an SMS, to drop a white player, just hours before South Africa were due to face New Zealand in the World Cup semi-final.

    Australia name Ashes squad

    Australia name Ashes squad

    Adam Voges and Fawad Ahmed were the two new additions to Australia’s Test squad for the winter tour of West Indies and the Ashes thereafter.

    McKenzie calls it a day

    McKenzie calls it a day

    While the Highveld Lions celebrate their Sunfoil Series success, they also bid farewell to one of their most loyal servants, as Neil McKenzie calls time on his first-class career.

    Johan Botha gets IPL gig

    Johan Botha gets IPL gig

    South African spinner Johan Botha has been drafted into the Kolkata Knight Riders’ squad for the coming Indian Premier League.

    CWC 2015: 5 talking points

    CWC 2015: 5 talking points

    The World Cup is over and Australia are the champions. Kobus Pretorius picks five things we learned from the 2015 tournament.

    CWC news round-up

    CWC news round-up

    ICC chairman N Srinivasan has said cricket’s governing body was committed to spending $300 million on Associate countries, reports ESPNCricinfo.

    News round-up

    News round-up

    New Zealand spinner Daniel Vettori confirmed his retirement from international cricket on Tuesday, after the side returned home from the Cricket World Cup. The Black Caps reached the final of the showpiece before losing to champions Australia by seven wickets, but 36-year-old Vettori performed admirably throughout the tournament, taking 15 wickets at an average of 20.46 with an economy rate… Read more →

    News round-up

    News round-up

    Incoming England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) chairman Colin Graves has confirmed that he is considering tabling proposals to shorten Test matches from five days to four.

    Clarke targets Proteas next

    Clarke targets Proteas next

    Australia captain Michael Clarke said his next target after winning the World Cup in his last one-day international on Sunday was to take his team back to the top of the Test rankings.

    Final World Cup statistics

    Final World Cup statistics

    Here are the latest World Cup statistics after Australia’s victory over New Zealand in the final on Sunday. It was a batsman’s tournament with a record 37 hundreds – including an unbeaten 237 by Martin Guptill, 215 by Chris Gayle, the fastest World Cup 50 ever and the highest team score at a World Cup. For the bowlers there were two hat-tricks, four five-fors, one… Read more →