The South African-born Jonathan Trott led from the front with his 37th first-class century, as the England Lions eased their way to a first-innings lead – on the third day of the first unofficial Test match against South Africa A at Boland Park on Tuesday.
Although South Africa retained their No1 spot in the ICC Test rankings following their series win over West Indies, AB de Villiers has slipped to No2 on the Test batting rankings, behind Sri Lankan Kumar Sangakkara.
Proteas captain Faf du Plessis has been rested for the final T20 International series against the West Indies in Durban on Wednesday.
Here are all the T20 stats of South Africa versus West Indies after the third T20 International at Kingsmead on Wednesday. The tourists won the three-match series 2-1.
Theunis de Bruyn completed a superb maiden double century to put South Africa A in a powerful position on day two of the first unofficial four-day Test match against the England Lions at Boland Park on Monday. As soon as he reached the career landmark, which coincided with taking the total past 500, Rory Kleinveldt declared the innings closed at 504… Read more →
Michael Clarke has until Australia’s second World Cup match against Bangladesh on February 21 to demonstrate his readiness.
Proteas captain Faf du Plesssis admitted that they have no answers to counter big-hitting Chris Gayle.
The Cobras collapsed within 30 overs while the Dolphins at least went down fighting in the latest Sunfoil series matches
For a while, there was hope after the Proteas posted a demanding target of 232. Then Chris Gayle stepped on to the field and produced an innings which destroyed all that had gone before, helping the West Indies to a four-wicket win with four balls to spare.
Talented duo Gihahn Cloete and Theunis de Bruyn took centre stage on debut for South Africa A on the opening day of the first four-day match against the England Lions at Boland Park on Sunday.
It’s a battle for survival for the Cape Cobras and the Dolphins in a long day ahead on day four of the latest Sunfoil matches
Renegade batsman Kevin Pietersen has made himself available ‘anytime’ to play against England in one of their warm-up games for the TriSeries against Australia and India.
Here are all the stats of South Africa versus West Indies ahead of the second T20 International at the Wanderers on Sunday: MATCHES PLAYED The teams have played each other 7 times, with South Africa winning 5. HIGHEST TOTALS 208-2 South Africa, Johannesburg 2007 205-6 West Indies, Johannesburg 2007 183-7 South Africa, The Oval 2009 165-4 South Africa, Newlands, 2015… Read more →
If the Proteas can get rid of the of the ‘world’s most dangerous T20 player’, we have a chance of winning, says Faf du Plessis.
Chris Gayle’s brilliant 77 off 31 balls set up the West Indies for a four-wicket win over the Proteas in the first of three T20s, at Newlands on Friday night.
