Tahir turns to T20 mode

South African leg-spinner Imran Tahir wants to ensure a smooth transition from ODI cricket to Twenty20 competition, ahead of this month’s Indian Premier League.

De Kock shrugs off disappointment

Opening batsman Quinton de Kock is eager to find some consolation and comfort in a successful Indian Premier League campaign, shortly after South Africa’s disappointing World Cup exit. De Kock endured a poor stretch of form in Australia and New Zealand last month, scoring a mere 145 runs in eight innings prior to the Proteas’ semi-final exit to the Black… Read more →

Sri Lankan equals Morris record

South African seamer Chris Morris is no longer the sole owner of the most economical figures in professional Twenty20 cricket.

Pre-Easter on Twitter

As we head into the Easter weekend, we take a random trawl through the world of Twitter to see what some cricket personalities are doing.

PlayFantasy winner revealed

The Cricket World Cup produced one winner and so did our brilliant PlayFantasy game. Kal-El’s-Klobbers won R10 000 cash by finishing top of the rankings with 236.5 points.

April Fool’s Day joke: Willem Alberts quits rugby for cricket

You need to know the truth before midday, or the joke is on us. We feigned this as a legitimate story, in the name of April Fool’s Day. Thanks for being so gullible, or not falling for it at all…

Lorgat: ‘Reports utter nonsense’

Haroon Lorgat, Cricket South Africa’s chief executive, has strongly denied reports that he sent an SMS instructing Proteas coach Russell Domingo to pick a player of colour for the World Cup semi-final against New Zealand.

Final Sunfoil Series stats

Here is a look at who starred during the 2014/15 Sunfoil Series season, which has ended.

Final World Cup statistics

Here are the latest World Cup statistics after Australia’s victory over New Zealand in the final on Sunday. It was a batsman’s tournament with a record 37 hundreds – including an unbeaten 237 by Martin Guptill, 215 by Chris Gayle, the fastest World Cup 50 ever and the highest team score at a World Cup. For the bowlers there were two hat-tricks, four five-fors, one… Read more →

Australia: 5 titles in 7 WC finals

After 11 World Cups, five triumphant and two defeated finals, Australia boast an unprecedented five titles. We look back at where they got it wrong in 1975 and 1996 – and right in 1987, 1999, 2003, 2007 and 2015…

Ontong, Roelof, Rabada shine

Justin Ontong, Roelof van der Merwe and Kagiso Rabada led the charge for the Cobras, Titans and Lions respectively – on day one of this week’s round of Sunfoil Series fixtures.

Hudson faces Philander criticism

Convener of selectors Andrew Hudson has defended the selection of seamer Vernon Philander for South Africa’s World Cup semi-final fixture against New Zealand, which resulted in a disappointing four-wicket defeat at Eden Park earlier this week.

Bacher questions Duckworth-Lewis

Former South Africa captain Ali Bacher has questioned the truncation of Tuesday’s World Cup semi-final at Eden Park in Auckland.

Duminy named Daredevils captain

South African all-rounder JP Duminy has been named captain of the Delhi Daredevils, ahead of the eighth edition of the Indian Premier League, which will get underway on 8 April.

Twitter reaction: the next day

The reality might have sunk in but Twitter was still talking about the epic first World Cup semi-final. Here is a selection of tweets relating to the occasion.