Cricket maverick standing up over kneeling down
Quinton de Kock has long been a maverick. A precocious talent, it was obvious early in his career that he did not fit easily into any cricketing stereotypes.
Quinton de Kock has long been a maverick. A precocious talent, it was obvious early in his career that he did not fit easily into any cricketing stereotypes.
Ruben Trumpelmann struck three times in the first over as Namibia restricted Scotland to 109-8 in the T20 World Cup on Wednesday.
England raced to a second successive victory at the T20 World Cup with an eight-wicket drubbing of Bangladesh on Wednesday.
An overwhelming majority of SACricketmag.com readers believe Quinton de Kock made the right call not to play against the West Indies on Tuesday.
New Zealand skipper Kane Williamson says Pakistan were “outstanding” in their five-wicket win against his team at the T20 World Cup in Sharjah.
Proteas captain Temba Bavuma says the team will find out more about Quinton de Kock’s decision to pull out of their T20 World Cup match against the West Indies over the next couple of days.
Aiden Markram and Rassie van der Dussen powered South Africa to an eight-wicket win over the West Indies in the T20 World Cup.
No Proteas player should be forced to take a knee before a match, writes SIMON BORCHARDT.
Follow the Proteas’ T20 World Cup match against the West Indies in Dubai from 12pm (SA time) on Tuesday.
Proteas skipper Temba Bavuma won the toss and elected to field against the West Indies without wicketkeeper-batsman Quinton de Kock.
Proteas players will be required to adopt a consistent and united stance against racism by ‘taking the knee’ before the start of their remaining T20 World Cup matches.
Having both endured first-up defeats at the T20 World Cup, South Africa and the West Indies meet in Dubai on Tuesday, staring down the prospects of falling too far behind in the semi-final race.
Spinners Mujeeb Ur Rahman and Rashid Khan took nine wickets between them as Afghanistan thrashed Scotland by 130 runs.
Kagiso Rabada insists “no one is blaming anyone” after the Proteas’ poor batting performance against Australia.
Standing at an imposing 1.98m, Shaheen Shah Afridi is the latest high-end product of Pakistan’s fast bowling factory – left-arm division.