• De Kock grateful for second chance

    De Kock grateful for second chance

    Opening batsman Quinton de Kock relished the Man of the Match award as South Africa completed a seven-wicket victory – and a 3-2 series triumph – over Pakistan in Wednesday’s fifth and final ODI at Newlands in Cape Town.

    Markram cannot be all things to all men

    Markram cannot be all things to all men

    Whether Aiden Markram will be named in South Africa’s World Cup squad remains in the balance. The makings of a solid middle-order option in the ODI XI are there, but a lack of conversion from promising starts to innings of genuine substance have hampered his ambition for a relatively permanent berth, writes Jonhenry Wilson.