'Highly-charged event' excites Pakistan coach
Coach Mike Hesson has told his Pakistan team to “focus on the job” in Sunday’s Asia Cup clash with arch-rivals India.
Coach Mike Hesson has told his Pakistan team to “focus on the job” in Sunday’s Asia Cup clash with arch-rivals India.
The Proteas took a 1-0 series lead after a rain-hit match in Cardiff.
South Africa beat England by 14 runs on the DLS method in a rain-marred first T20I in Cardiff on Wednesday.
Kuldeep Yadav took 4-7 to lead holders India to a crushing nine-wicket win over hosts UAE in their opening match of the Asia Cup on Wednesday.
Follow the first T20I between England and the Proteas in Cardiff.
The SA20 squads for next season were confirmed after Tuesday’s bidding war in Joburg.
Azmatullah Omarzai hammered a 20-ball fifty as Afghanistan thrashed Hong Kong by 94 runs in the opening match of the Asia Cup on Tuesday.
Dewald Brevis was the big beneficiary of a bidding war between the Paarl Royals, Joburg Super Kings and Pretoria Capitals at the SA20 auction.
David Miller has been ruled out of the three-match T20I series against England due to a right hamstring strain.
Rival captains Salman Agha and Suryakumar Yadav vowed to keep controlled aggression when Pakistan and India clash in the Asia Cup in Dubai on Sunday.
Watch the SA20 Player Auction live from at The Galleria in Sandton, Johannesburg.
Dwaine Pretorius and Andries Gous were the standout South African performers abroad over the past week.
England opening batsman Ben Duckett will be rested for the T20I series against the Proteas, with Sam Curran recalled for the first time this year.
New Zealand cricket great Ross Taylor is coming out of retirement, nearly four years after quitting, to help Samoa qualify for next year’s T20 World Cup.
Pathum Nissanka top scored with a swift 55 as Sri Lanka beat Zimbabwe by four wickets in Harare in the first of three T20Is on Wednesday.