Proteas determined to prove themselves
Stand-in Proteas captain Neil Brand says the two-Test series against New Zealand has handed his group of unheralded players a “massive opportunity” to become first-choice internationals.
Stand-in Proteas captain Neil Brand says the two-Test series against New Zealand has handed his group of unheralded players a “massive opportunity” to become first-choice internationals.
The Sunrisers Eastern Cape will face Durban’s Super Giants in the first SA20 playoff qualifier at Newlands on Tuesday after a 44-run win against the Paarl Royals on Friday.
South Africa stormed into the U19 World Cup semi-finals with a 119-run win over Sri Lanka in Potchefstroom on Friday.
Opener Yashasvi Jaiswal hit an unbeaten 179 as India took opening day honours in the second Test despite regular England strikes on Friday.
Sri Lanka openers Dimuth Karunaratne and Nishan Madushka put on 80 quick runs in the first day’s final session to unnerve Afghanistan in their one-off Test.
Captain Steve Smith and Cameron Green eased Australia to an eight-wicket victory over the West Indies with a dominant 149-run stand in the first ODI in Melbourne on Friday.
With Durban’s Super Giants having already secured their place in the first playoff qualifier, one spot remains for either the Paarl Royals or Sunrisers Eastern Cape to claim.
Kyle Verreynne’s 116* wasn’t enough to prevent the Pretoria Capitals from falling to a 34-run defeat to MI Cape Town in Centurion on Thursday.
Spinner Shoaib Bashir will make his Test debut for England in the second match against India, after an injury to Jack Leach.
With only one SA20 playoff spot remaining, the permutations for the Pretoria Capitals and MI Cape Town have become clearer.
The Sunrisers Eastern Cape claimed a comprehensive nine-wicket bonus-point victory over the Joburg Super Kings at the Wanderers on Wednesday.
Kwena Maphaka claimed his second five-wicket haul of the U19 World Cup to help South Africa make a storming start to the Super Six stage.
Ben Stokes’ England could go with an all-spin bowling attack against an inexperienced India batting lineup when the second Test begins in Visakhapatnam on Friday.
Faf du Plessis’ Joburg Super Kings can give them SA20 playoff hopes a big boost with a win against Aiden Markram’s Sunrisers Eastern Cape at the Wanderers on Wednesday.
Get live score updates and text commentary from the U19 World Cup Super Six match in Potchefstroom.