SA News Roundup (wed)
Justin Ontong has described the key to the Cape Cobras’ T20 success and the West Indies start their tour of South Africa.
Justin Ontong has described the key to the Cape Cobras’ T20 success and the West Indies start their tour of South Africa.
The Knights will have to cause an upset of biblical proportions to win the Ram Slam T20 final at Newlands on Friday.
The former Protea took a bouncer to the face and had to be carried from the field of play.
The former Protea has dished out plenty of bouncers in his time, but perhaps most famously was felled by a Javagal Srinath bumper.
The West Indies will get their first taste of white-clothes cricket on South African shores when they take on an Invitational XI in a three-day match in Benoni on Wednesday.
Most of the news understandably revolves around the West Indies practice match, but further afield Gary Kirsten is helping Gulf cricket.
The Knights continued their fairy tail run when they beat the Lions in the semi-final of the Ram Slam T20 Challenge on Sunday.
We have reached the business end of the Ram Slam T20 Challenge, as the Lions and the Knights compete in the playoff fixture to determine who will be making the trip to Cape Town to face the Cobras in the final, and also claim a coveted spot in the Champions League T20 later this year.
Richard Levi has been at the forefront of the Cape Cobras success this season in the Ram Slam twenty20 competition.
CSA have announced the women’s team that will target African dominance in Benoni and Stiaan van Zyl’s wait for Test action should come to an end.
Jacques Kallis will not play for Kolkata Knight Riders in the IPL from next season, but will stay with the franchise as a mentor and batting consultant.
Stiaan van Zyl, Beuran Hendricks and Rory Kleinveldt have all been included in the SA Invitation squad to play the three-day tour match against the West Indies in Benoni from Wednesday of next week.
Craig Joubert will be one of the standing umpires when the Proteas take on the Springboks, while Rilee Rossouw has been withdrawn from the squad for the clash on Friday.
The pride of South African sport will clash at the Wanderers on Friday night when the Springboks take on Hashim Amla’s Proteas.
The match in Kimberley was abandoned due to the weather, while the Cape Cobras beat the Warriors in Paarl.