Faf on Buttler bump: No malicious intent
Proteas captain Faf du Plessis has moved to downplay the coming together with previously sanctioned Jos Buttler at the Wanderers.
Proteas captain Faf du Plessis has moved to downplay the coming together with previously sanctioned Jos Buttler at the Wanderers.
South Africa’s captain Faf du Plessis has pleaded guilty to falling short of the ICC’s over-rate allocation which ensured the team were punished heavily after the Wanderers Test.
The Proteas fell to a 191-run defeat late on day four of the fourth and final Test against England at the Wanderers.
The Proteas’ second innings moved to 188-4 at tea on day four of the fourth and final Test against England at the Wanderers in Johannesburg on Monday.
The Proteas moved to 90-2 at lunch on day four of the fourth and final Test against England at the Wanderers in Johannesburg on Monday.
The outspoken Kevin Pietersen has encouraged Cricket South Africa interim director of cricket Graeme Smith to pursue an arrangement with the England and Wales Cricket Board that would allow cricketers bound to Kolpak contracts to play for the Proteas.
Vernon Philander left the field in almost complete anonymity. At least to those of us sitting in the yawning Unity Stand at the Corlette Drive end of the Wanderers on Sunday afternoon, writes DANIEL GALLAN.
The Proteas will have to chase 466 runs in order to win the fourth and final Test against England at the Wanderers in Johannesburg.
Former captains Graeme Smith, Shaun Pollock and Michael Atherton reflected on their past individual experiences of playing Test cricket at the Wanderers in Johannesburg during the lunch break of the third day of the fourth Test between South Africa and England.
The Proteas face the mammoth task of trying to chase down 466 at the Wanderers, with the medical team now trying to get Vernon Philander fit enough to play his part.
Vernon Philander’s South African cricket career is all but over with the fourth and final Test at the Wanderers heading towards conclusion.
The Proteas will have to chase 466 runs to win the final Test against England at the Wanderers in Johannesburg.
Proteas seamer Vernon Philander has found himself in hot water in his final match for South Africa after an incident with Jos Buttler on Saturday at the Wanderers.
The Proteas look set to follow on at the Wanderers after England’s bowlers worked well in tandem to dismiss the hosts for just 183 at lunch on day three.
What must have Anrich Nortje been thinking when he walked out to the middle of the Wanderers at 6:06pm carrying his bat in the fading Johannesburg light? DANIEL GALLAN has more.