
Kleinveldt on the rampage
Rory Kleinveldt went out to enjoy himself and hammered a quick 56 off 34 balls to help boost Northamptonshire’s second innings to 429 against Leicestershire in the English County Championship on Tuesday.
Rory Kleinveldt went out to enjoy himself and hammered a quick 56 off 34 balls to help boost Northamptonshire’s second innings to 429 against Leicestershire in the English County Championship on Tuesday.
Many of the Proteas’ top stars were shipped straight off to the IPL after the culmination of the World Cup. While they earn millions playing cricket’s shortest format of the game, the rest were left behind. One of them is Farhaan Behardien, who is enjoying the off-season after an extremely busy period for both club and country.
Cricket South Africa president Chris Nenzani says a final decision on the future of the Champions League will be taken ‘sooner rather than later’.
Andrew Hudson believes South African fast bowler Dale Steyn needs a break from cricket and says it’s too early to write off Imran Tahir’s Test career.
Players’ representative Tony Irish has warned national cricketing bodies that they cannot take their players for granted in a world where finances are becoming increasingly restricted.
It was a quiet day in the field for the South African contingent throughout the English county league on Monday.
The Crusaders pulled off a heroic one-wicket victory over Maties to clinch the 2015 Momentum National Club Championship title for the first time on Monday.
Maties sealed their place in the final of the 28th annual Momentum National Club Championship after beating University of Free State by seven wickets in Pretoria on Sunday.
Ashwell Prince, the subject of growing speculation in regard to a position on the South African selectors panel, reaffirmed that he is still in touch with the game by scoring 106 in Lancashire’s innings of 317-5 against Kent in the county championship on Sunday.
South African batsmen Faf du Plessis was effectively surplus to requirement, as the Chennai Super Kings beat the Kings XI Punjab by 97 runs in Saturday’s one-sided Indian Premier League fixture at the MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chepauk.
Maties remained unbeaten on day four of the Momentum National Club Championship, when they beat Madibaz PE in Pretoria on Saturday. The bowlers restricted the Madibaz to a meagre 84 runs in just 25.2 overs to set up Maties’ eight-wicket victory.
South African fast bowler Dale Steyn’s key breakthroughs went in vain, as the Sunrisers Hyderabad slipped to a 20-run defeat at the hands of the Mumbai Indians – in Saturday’s important Indian Premier League fixture at the Wankhede Stadium.
Janneman Malan scored an outstanding 140 from 113 deliveries to lead North West University Pukke to a 229-run victory against the Burma Lads on a rain-affected day three of the Momentum National Club Championship in Pretoria on Friday.
Andrew Hudson says he has no regrets about his five-year tenure as South Africa’s convenor of selectors, writes Kobus Pretorius.
After a successful season for the Cape Cobras, fast bowler Mthokozisi Shezi wants to push for a place in the South Africa A side.