News round-up
Sri Lanka’s sports minister has urged Kumar Sangakkara to reconsider plans to retire from Test cricket by asking him to play on for another year.
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.
Chris Morris joins Titans
Proteas all-rounder Chris Morris has left the Highveld Lions to team up with the Titans.
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.
AB breaks new ground
AB de Villiers has become only the 11th player to break the 900-point mark in the ICC’s ODI player rankings released on Monday.
Lorgat ‘forced Philander selection with SMS’
Cricket South Africa CEO Haroon Lorgat allegedly told Proteas coach Russell Domingo, via an SMS, to drop a white player, just hours before South Africa were due to face New Zealand in the World Cup semi-final.
Australia name Ashes squad
Adam Voges and Fawad Ahmed were the two new additions to Australia’s Test squad for the winter tour of West Indies and the Ashes thereafter.
McKenzie calls it a day
While the Highveld Lions celebrate their Sunfoil Series success, they also bid farewell to one of their most loyal servants, as Neil McKenzie calls time on his first-class career.
Johan Botha gets IPL gig
South African spinner Johan Botha has been drafted into the Kolkata Knight Riders’ squad for the coming Indian Premier League.
CWC 2015: 5 talking points
The World Cup is over and Australia are the champions. Kobus Pretorius picks five things we learned from the 2015 tournament.
Final Sunfoil Series stats
Here is a look at who starred during the 2014/15 Sunfoil Series season, which has ended.
‘There was no order regarding Philander’
Cricket South Africa officials have been lining up to deny there was any interference in the selection of the Proteas team ahead of the World Cup semi-final against New Zealand.
CWC news round-up
ICC chairman N Srinivasan has said cricket’s governing body was committed to spending $300 million on Associate countries, reports ESPNCricinfo.
News round-up
New Zealand spinner Daniel Vettori confirmed his retirement from international cricket on Tuesday, after the side returned home from the Cricket World Cup. The Black Caps reached the final of the showpiece before losing to champions Australia by seven wickets, but 36-year-old Vettori performed admirably throughout the tournament, taking 15 wickets at an average of 20.46 with an economy rate… Read more →
