Opportunity knocks for Faf’s Rocks
Captain Faf du Plessis wants the Paarl Rocks to capitalise on momentum after Sunday’s victory over the Cape Town Blitz.
Captain Faf du Plessis wants the Paarl Rocks to capitalise on momentum after Sunday’s victory over the Cape Town Blitz.
Captain Albie Morkel’s participation in the Durban Heat’s Mzansi Super League fixture against the Paarl Rocks at Kingsmead on Wednesday remains in the balance.
Batsman Theunis de Bruyn is predictably confident the Tshwane Spartans can get on track, despite a rocky start to their Mzansi Super League campaign.
The Australian Women’s team defeated the England Women after a great team tournament to take the Women’s World T20 title in the West Indies for the fourth.
The opening four fixtures of the Mzansi Super League attracted a live television audience in excess of 3.4-million viewers.
The second-placed Nelson Mandela Bay Giants host the first-placed Cape Town Blitz in the Mzansi Super League at St George’s Park in Port Elizabeth on Tuesday.
Nelson Mandela Bay Giants batsman Marco Marais is enjoying the challenge of the step up from provincial competition to the Mzansi Super League.
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.