Easterns captain: Helluva effort
Easterns captain Grant Thomson has hailed the all-round efforts of his team, saying the players made him very proud after they won the inaugural CSA Provincial T20 Cup title on Tuesday.
Markram: I’m trying to nitpick positives
Opening batsman Aiden Markram has shrewdly managed expectations ahead of the Proteas’ Test series against India next month.
Watch: Hansie makes Sachin his bunny
The late Hansie Cronje would have celebrated his 50th birthday on Wednesday, 25 September 2019.
Proteas lose longstanding fitness trainer
Proteas fitness trainer Greg King has announced that he will be emigrating due to family responsibility reasons.
Maketa: Markram showed his class
South Africa A coach Malibongwe Maketa has reflected on their tour to India that concluded on Friday, calling the trip good foresight by those who planned it, even though results did not go in their favour.
Proteas won’t face Bumrah in Tests
Indian fast bowler Jasprit Bumrah has been sidelined from October’s Test series against South Africa due to a back injury.
Easterns claim Provincial T20 Cup title
A career-best 87 off 53 balls by Wesley Marshall and strong display in the field paved the way for Easterns to win a thrilling CSA Provincial T20 Cup final when they edged out KwaZulu-Natal Inland by five runs in Benoni on Tuesday.
‘Bavuma earmarked as future captain’
Former Proteas all-rounder Brian MacMillan suggests batsman Temba Bavuma is being groomed to be Test, ODI and T20I captain.
Uncapped quintet in England T20I squad
The uncapped Tom Banton, Pat Brown, Lewis Gregory, Saqib Mahmood and Matt Parkinson have been named in England’s squad for the November T20I series against New Zealand.
England bench Bairstow for NZ Tests
England have dropped wicketkeeper-batsman Jonny Bairstow for November 2019’s Test series against New Zealand.
KZNI, Easterns through to T20 Cup final
Easterns will meet KwaZulu-Natal Inland in the final of the CSA Provincial T20 Cup after both comfortably won their semi-final matchups played at Willowmoore Park in Benoni on Monday.
Kohli sanctioned for rogue shoulder
India captain Virat Kohli has received one demerit point and an official warning for ‘inappropriate’ shoulder contact with Proteas seamer Beuran Hendricks during Sunday’s third and final T20I at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru.
Bavuma: I don’t have Chris Gayle powers
Batsman Temba Bavuma relished a successful introduction to T20I cricket, after the Proteas beat India by nine wickets in Sunday’s series decider in Bengaluru.
‘One of those days’ for Hendricks
Left-arm seamer Beuran Hendricks’ return to T20I cricket was marked by a Player of the Match performance in the Proteas’ series-deciding victory over India at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru.
De Kock proud of Beuran and Bjorn
Seamer Beuran Hendricks and spinner Bjorn Fortuin were at the fore of captain Quinton de Kock’s praise, after the Proteas completed a nine-wicket win – and 1-1 series draw – over India in Sunday’s third and final T20I in Bengaluru.
