Club Champs: Pike stars for Tuks

Gerry Pike scored an unbeaten 123 to set up Assupol Tuks’ first win in the 2015 Momentum National Club Championship in Pretoria on Wednesday. The defending champions beat University of Free State by 42 runs.

Going round in circles

Sideshows, rhetoric and racism on both sides of the fence are not doing anything to help a country that is struggling to breed black players, writes TOM EATON.

Parnell linked to county contract

South African all-rounder Wayne Parnell has been linked to an English county, ahead of this year’s Natwest T20 Blast.

Tuesday on Twitter

See what some South African cricket personalities have been saying and doing on Twitter on Tuesday.

How AD would bowl to AB

Allan Donald’s international career ended in 2003, AB de Villiers’ started a year later. More than a decade since, the pair are colleagues at the Bangalore Royal Challengers in the ongoing Indian Premier League.

All-round Wiese can’t stop Mumbai

A superb performance from South African all-rounder David Wiese and a swashbuckling cameo from AB de Villiers proved in vain, as the Royal Challengers Bangalore slipped to a 18 run defeat to the Mumbai Indians in Sunday’s entertaining Indian Premier League match at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium.

Morris, Watson sink Super Kings

South African seamer Chris Morris started what Australian batsman Shane Watson all but completed, as the Rajasthan Royals screamed to a convincing eight-wicket triumph over the Chennai Super Kings in Sunday’s key Indian Premier League fixture at the Sardar Patel Stadium, Motera in Ahmedabad.

Stunning catch in Test

Watch as part-time spinner Joe Root, lures Darren Bravo into driving out of the rough to be caught by Chris Jordan late on day four of the Test between West Indies and England.

Ambrose: Kallis clearly the best

Former West Indies fast bowler Curtly Ambrose has listed erstwhile South Africa all-rounder Jacques Kallis among the greatest cricketers he played against. Ambrose took 405 and 225 wickets across 98 Test matches and 176 ODIs respectively, during a prolific international career that started in April 1988 and ended a dozen years later. He played four Tests and six ODIs against… Read more →

Steyn-less Sunrisers lose again

The Sunrisers Hyderabad’s decision not to select South African fast bowler Dale Steyn continued to perplex, as the Rajasthan Royals swooped to a tight six-wicket victory in Thursday’s key Indian Premier League fixture in Visakhapatnam.

No CLT20 for Cobras, Knights?

The Cobras and Knights’ hopes of gathering fame and fortune in the Champions League Twenty20 might not come to fruition, as the Board of Control for Cricket in India consider abandoning the tournament. The Cape Town- and Bloemfontein-based franchises qualified for the lucrative world contest on the back of successful campaigns in last year’s Ram Slam T20 Challenge, which saw… Read more →

Donald replacement favourites

Shane Bond and Alfonso Thomas are among our leading candidates to replace Allan Donald as South Africa’s bowling coach.

Trio celebrate birthdays

Three Proteas, current and past, celebrate their birthdays on Tuesday. Happy birthday Pat Symcox (55), Loots Bosman (38) and JP Duminy (31).

Twitter: IPL, travelling, Masters …

A roundup of selected tweets from cricket personalities. The IPL understandably is the main focus of attention.

SA’s county cricket involvement

With the 2015 English County season upon us, SACricketmag.com takes a look at those South Africans who will play a key part.