
‘Weakened’ Black Caps to tour SA
Brendon McCullum is not the only high profile player who will miss New Zealand’s tour of South Africa in August.
Brendon McCullum is not the only high profile player who will miss New Zealand’s tour of South Africa in August.
In 15 One-Day Internationals played between them, Bangladesh has only ever beaten South Africa once. Kobus Pretorius looks at the history as South Africa prepare for a three-match ODI series starting on Friday.
The recent ODI law changes regarding fielding restrictions in the last 10 overs will take centre stage when South Africa and Bangladesh start their three-match series on Friday. Kobus Pretorius reports.
South Africa’s superior batting when it came to facing spin bowling was the main difference between them and Bangladesh in the two-match T20I series, says Faf du Plessis. Kobus Pretorius reports.
AB de Villiers has been withdrawn from the ODI series against Bangladesh, which starts on Friday, after he was suspended for one game by the ICC for a slow over-rate in South Africa’s World Cup semi-final against New Zealand in March.
Eddie Leie claimed the best T20I bowling figures for a debutant as South Africa clinched a 2-0 series victory after beating Bangladesh in the second T20 by 31 runs on Tuesday. Kobus Pretorius reports.
Charl Langeveldt says South Africa need to lift their game if they want to beat Bangladesh in the second T20I on Tuesday. Kobus Pretorius reports.
The spinners should again play a big part in the outcome of the second T20I between South Africa and Bangladesh on Tuesday, writes Kobus Pretorius.
Rilee Rossouw says bowling second favoured South Africa as they beat Bangladesh in the first T20 international in Mirpur on Sunday. Kobus Pretorius reports.
In his first 19 T20I career innings Faf du Plessis hit four fifties. In his last four innings he’s hit three – including a century – and his last two have yielded 198 runs.
South Africa’s new-look bowling attack made a good first impression as they propelled the Proteas to a 52-run victory over Bangladesh in the first T20 in Mirpur on Sunday.
The Proteas made light work of their T20 warm-up match against a Bangladesh Cricket Board XI when they kicked off their tour with a thumping eight-wicket victory.
As South Africa get their tour of Bangladesh underway on Sunday, Kobus Pretorius picks five things to look out for during the T20 and ODI series.
South Africa will use their only warm-up match of the Bangladesh tour on Friday to get some confidence going ahead of the T20 series which starts on Sunday, reports Kobus Pretorius.
Faf du Plessis says Bangladesh can no longer be regarded as a so called ‘minnow’ team when it comes to the shorter formats of the game, reports Kobus Pretorius.