Simons sees importance of home ground advantage
Nelson Mandela Bay Giants head coach Eric Simons is understandably eager to remain unbeaten at St George’s Park in Port Elizabeth, come Tuesday’s Mzansi Super League clash against the Cape Town Blitz.
Nelson Mandela Bay Giants head coach Eric Simons is understandably eager to remain unbeaten at St George’s Park in Port Elizabeth, come Tuesday’s Mzansi Super League clash against the Cape Town Blitz.
Jeevan Mendis speaks to the media after the Tshwane Spartans lost their first home match of the Mzansi Super League by seven runs to the Nelson Mandela Bay Giants after a lightning storm stopped their run chase.
Player of the Match Bjorn Fortuin speaks to the media after the Paarl Rocks won their first match of the Mzansi Super League season, a 5-wicket triumph over Cape rivals the Cape Town Blitz.
Bjorn Fortuin’s 4-15 and Faf du Plessis’ half-century helped the Paarl Rocks clinch a five-wicket win against the Cape Town Blitz, writes KHALID MOHIDIN from Boland Park.
The Tshwane Spartans suffered their third defeat out of four matches as a lightning storm brought their run chase to a cruel early end to lose by seven runs to the Nelson Mandela Bay Giants.
India scored a defiant six-wicket win over Australia at Sydney with two balls to spare to share the T20I series at one match apiece.
The ICC have launched a promo video for the T20 World Cup – with Australia hosting the men’s and women’s T20 World Cups in 2020.
An ICC selection panel picked three women from Australia and India, two from England, and one each from Pakistan, New Zealand and the West Indies in selecting the World T20 Team of the Tournament.
The Aussie Women’s team claimed a record fourth ICC Women’s World T20 title by trouncing a strong England Women’s side in the final of the ICC Women’s World T20 title at the Sir Vivian Richards Stadium in Antigua on Saturday.
Boland Park hosts the Mzansi Super League’s Western Cape derby on Sunday, where the six-team standings bottom-feeders will be up against the log leaders.
The team second from the bottom in the Mzansi Super League standings take on the side second from the top at SuperSport Park in Centurion.
Wicketkeeper-batsman Quinton de Kock clinched the Man of the Match award as the Cape Town Blitz beat the Jozi Stars by 62 runs in Saturday’s key Mzansi Super League fixture at the Wanderers.
AB de Villiers’ Tshwane Spartans are hoping for home ground advantage to get their Mzansi Super League season into top gear.
Watch our exclusive behind-the-scenes footage from our upcoming Uncovered documentary with Aiden Markram of the Proteas and the Paarl Rocks.
Captain Albie Morkel’s participation in the remainder of the Durban Heat’s Mzansi Super League campaign is in doubt.