Pretorius gets IPL opportunity
Lhuan-dre Pretorius has been called up by the Rajasthan Royals as an injury replacement.
Lhuan-dre Pretorius has been called up by the Rajasthan Royals as an injury replacement.
An IPL match was abandoned on Thursday after a floodlight malfunctioned at the stadium in Dharamsala because of a “technical failure”.
Dewald Brevis hit a 22-ball fifty as the Chennai Super Kings beat the Kolkata Knight Riders by two wickets on Wednesday.
India captain Rohit Sharma has announced his retirement from Test cricket ahead of the team’s tour of England starting next month.
The Proteas Women suffered a 23-run defeat to India in their ODI Tri-Series match in Colombo on Wednesday.
Pressure is mounting on record IPL signing Rishabh Pant with the Lucknow Super Giants badly needing their captain to find his brilliant best with the bat if they are to have any chance of making the playoffs.
The Gujarat Titans edged out the Mumbai Indians by three wickets from the final ball in a rain-hit IPL clash on Tuesday.
Gujarat Titans captain Shubman Gill reckons Kagiso Rabada is in need of more net time after the Proteas pacer was omitted for Tuesday’s IPL match against the Mumbai Indians.
Islamabad United’s Andries Gous and Essex spinner Simon Harmer were the standout South Africans overseas this past week.
Pat Cummins’ figures of 3-19 went in vain after rain ended his and the Sunrisers Hyderabad’s chances of reaching the playoffs as their clash against the Delhi Capitals was called off on Monday.
Kagiso Rabada’s ban for a doping violation has been reduced from an initial three-month suspension, following an incident during the SA20 earlier this year.
Marco Jansen’s Punjab Kings strolled to a 37-run win over the Lucknow Super Giants who suffered a fourth defeat in five IPL games.
Defending champions the Kolkata Knight Riders survived a batting blitz including six sixes in a row from the Rajasthan Royals captain Riyan Parag to win a high-scoring IPL thriller by one run on Sunday.
Springbok coach Rassie Erasmus may be an ace up the Proteas’ sleeve as they gear up for the World Test Championship final at Lord’s in June.
The Royal Challengers Bengaluru scraped past the Chennai Super Kings by two runs in an IPL thriller to move top of the table on Saturday.