Assistant coach Werner Coetsee admits that how a team finishes a competition is always more important than the way they start as the Knights prepare for their penultimate One-Day Cup regular-season outing against the Lions in Bloemfontein on Tuesday.
South Africans Jonty Rhodes and Charl Langeveldt will be part of the Kings XI Punjab’s coaching staff during the Indian Premier League later this year.
Head coach Mark Boucher will be hard pressed to place batsman Faf du Plessis back in the middle order during this month’s ODI series against India.
Proteas all-rounder Jon-Jon Smuts is looking forward to the challenge of playing India on the sub-continent.
India’s Virat Kohli is among the best players of his generation and might be the best international captain on the scene right now.
Quinton de Kock and Temba Bavuma have forged an understanding of one another’s game in the Proteas Test middle order. That relationship makes them the Proteas’ ideal opening partnership.
Craig Lewis and Wade Pretorius wrap up the Proteas’ ODI whitewash of Australia and discuss the batsmen stepping up, questions going forward and whether Quinton De Kock should consider giving up the gloves.
India have included Hardik Pandya in their ODI squad for the upcoming series against South Africa, which gets underway on Thursday.
Proteas Women’s batsman Laura Wolvaardt has been named in the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup Team of the Tournament.
The resurgence of Heinrich Klaasen through the ODI series against Australia bodes well for the Proteas’ limited-overs prospects.
Half-centuries by Matthew Breetzke and Jade de Klerk helped the Warriors take a big step towards the Momentum One-Day Cup semi-finals with an upset six-run win over the Dolphins in East London on Sunday.
Aiden Markram’s 10th career century was the backbone for the Titans to keep their Momentum One-Day Cup semi-final hopes alive after they won the Jukskei derby by five wickets against the Lions in Johannesburg on Sunday.
The Proteas claimed a six-wicket victory over Australia in the third and final ODI in Potchefstroom on Saturday.
An inspired bowling display followed by Patrick Kruger’s dashing half-century ensured that the Knights were still very much alive in the race for the One-Day Cup semi-finals after they blew away the Cape Cobras with a bonus point victory in Oudtshoorn on Saturday.
The Proteas beat Australia by six wickets in Saturday’s third and final ODI at Senwes Park in Potchefstroom.
