Van Wyk, Wiese crush Windies
Morne van Wyk’s excellent innings of 114, and David Wiese’s five-wicket haul set up the Proteas for a 69-run win in Durban on Wednesday night.
Morne van Wyk’s excellent innings of 114, and David Wiese’s five-wicket haul set up the Proteas for a 69-run win in Durban on Wednesday night.
David Wiese achieved South Africa’s second best figures in Twenty20 Internationals, against the West Indies in Durban on Wednesday.
Morne van Wyk’s 114 not out against the West Indies in Durban on Wednesday weighed in as the eighth-highest score in the relatively brief history of Twenty20 International cricket. His mammoth knock keeps illustrious company, including Richard Levi and Faf du Plessis.
The Cape Town-born Jonathan Trott duly completed the fourth double century of his career and shared yet another century partnership – his fourth successive one of the innings – to set up England for the better of the final day of the first unofficial four-day Test against South Africa A at Boland Park on Wednesday.
A quick look at what lies ahead in the latest Sunfoil Series matches starting Thursday.
Ahead of the next round of Sunfoil Series matches, starting on Thursday, we look at the latest competition stats.
Kevin Pietersen has repeated his desire to get back into the England set-up… especially as the younger players ‘need me’.
The South African-born Jonathan Trott led from the front with his 37th first-class century, as the England Lions eased their way to a first-innings lead – on the third day of the first unofficial Test match against South Africa A at Boland Park on Tuesday.
Although South Africa retained their No1 spot in the ICC Test rankings following their series win over West Indies, AB de Villiers has slipped to No2 on the Test batting rankings, behind Sri Lankan Kumar Sangakkara.
Proteas captain Faf du Plessis has been rested for the final T20 International series against the West Indies in Durban on Wednesday.
Here are all the T20 stats of South Africa versus West Indies after the third T20 International at Kingsmead on Wednesday. The tourists won the three-match series 2-1.
Theunis de Bruyn completed a superb maiden double century to put South Africa A in a powerful position on day two of the first unofficial four-day Test match against the England Lions at Boland Park on Monday. As soon as he reached the career landmark, which coincided with taking the total past 500, Rory Kleinveldt declared the innings closed at 504… Read more →
Michael Clarke has until Australia’s second World Cup match against Bangladesh on February 21 to demonstrate his readiness.
Proteas captain Faf du Plesssis admitted that they have no answers to counter big-hitting Chris Gayle.
The Cobras collapsed within 30 overs while the Dolphins at least went down fighting in the latest Sunfoil series matches