Kapp concerned about T20 schedule
Proteas Women’s stars Dane van Niekerk and Marizanne Kapp have expressed their concern about possibly missing out on overseas T20 competitions this year due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
Proteas Women’s stars Dane van Niekerk and Marizanne Kapp have expressed their concern about possibly missing out on overseas T20 competitions this year due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
Proteas leg-spinner Imran Tahir’s participation in this year’s The Hundred – the England and Wales Cricket Board’s new limited-overs tournament – is in doubt. Tahir has been recruited by the Manchester Originals. The franchise also has New Zealand spinner Mitchell Santner and Australian all-rounder Daniel Christian. Former Proteas Dane Vilas and Wayne Parnell, too, are in the Manchester squad. READ:… Read more →
West Indies batsman Chris Gayle has left the Jamaica Tallawahs for the St Lucia Zouks ahead of this year’s Caribbean Premier League.
All-rounder Chris Woakes is confident England will be receptive to playing cricket without spectators present, as the game continues to navigate the coronavirus pandemic.
Australia batsman Peter Handscomb is confident the T20 World Cup will go ahead, as scheduled, later this year.
Cape Cobras left-arm fast bowler Akhona Mnyaka is determined to play a pivotal role in both white- and red-ball cricket when the 2020-21 season gets under way.
The possible selection of players without domestic contracts for the Proteas could lead to a possible misbalance within Cricket South Africa’s development structures of young players in the country.
Thursday, 23 April 2020 marks exactly 22 years since former all-rounder Lance Klusener powered the Proteas to triumph in the final of the 1998 triangular series.
Shaun Pollock remains the leading wicket-taker for South Africa in ODI cricket by some distance. Pollock is the only South African to have taken more than 300 wickets in the ODI format and might hold the record for some time, given the rise of T20Is in recent times.
In 2020, South Africa could probably field a strong playing XI, using three or four wicketkeepers as specialist batsmen.
Former Proteas all-rounder Jacques Kallis’ statistical record is one of the best in the history of cricket, but his average for winning man of the match awards in both the Test and ODI formats wasn’t too shabby either.
The Northerns senior women’s and men’s squads for the 2020-21 season have been announced.
Easterns have announced their list of contracted players for the 2020-21 season.
Standout fast bowler Ottniel Baartman is ready to pack his bags for his big move from the Knights to the Dolphins with an eye on pushing his cricketing career to the next level, and using the depth of medical and conditioning expertise at the Durban franchise to prepare himself for the season ahead.
Lions coach Wandile Gwavu says winning back-to-back 4-Day Domestic Series titles was a massive achievement for the franchise this past season, adding he was now looking ahead to the new campaign with even more anticipation.