Heavy rain has delayed the start of play in the one-off T20I between the Proteas and Australia in Carrara.
The Proteas Women failed with the bat for the third time in the Women’s World T20 tournament in the West Indies, and Friday’s loss to the England Women’s side by seven wickets sees the Proteas eliminated from the tournament.
Captain AB de Villiers lamented a lack of solid partnerships, as the Tshwane Spartans slipped to a 49-run defeat at the hands of the Cape Town Blitz in Friday’s key Mzansi Super League fixture at Newlands.
The dust won’t have settled on the opening match of the Mzansi Super League when the Proteas Women start their must-win Women’s World T20 match against the mighty England Women, writes SIMON LEWIS.
Coach Eric Simons wants the Nelson Mandela Bay Giants to put a lengthy tournament buildup behind them, when the Mzansi Super League gets under way this weekend.
Spin bowler Eddie Leie is eager to see the Jozi Stars capitalise on their strength in depth, come Saturday’s key Mzansi Super League fixture against the Nelson Mandela Bay Giants at the Wanderers in Johannesburg.
One of Durban’s favourite cricketing sons Hashim Amla is fit and raring to go following a long injury lay-off when the Durban Heat kick off their Mzansi Super League campaign against the Cape Town Blitz at Kingsmead on Sunday.
The Proteas got some good practice ahead of their T20I against Australia on Saturday with a 41-run win over a Cricket Australia XI at Allan Border Field.
The Mzansi Super League has announced Global Citizen as a partner for the first edition of the tournament.
New Zealand snapped a seven-match losing streak – their longest-ever in T20Is – with their first win in the ICC Women’s World T20 2018.
South Africa’s hopes in the Women’s World T20 hang on their batters coming to the party, and that requires the Proteas Women to click into the right mind frame.
A Mzansi Super League tournament in the making, across a couple of versions, for over a year, will finally get underway at Newlands in Cape Town on Friday at 7pm, when the coastal kingpins meet the upcountry powerhouse.
December’s planned Emirates T20x League has been cancelled because of the failure to sell all five of the franchises within the stipulated time.
In the first-ever meeting between the two teams in T20Is, India registered a 52-run win over bottom-ranked Ireland, becoming the second team to book a place in the semifinals of the ICC Women’s World T20 2018.
‘We just need to be positive, get a bad day out the way. The sun’s going to shine tomorrow anyway. Well, let’s hope so, in St Lucia.’ – Proteas Women skipper Dane van Niekerk
