Rutaraj Gaikwad and Faf du Plessis hit quickfire runs on Thursday to see Chennai Super Kings to a six-wicket victory over Sunrisers Hyderabad and become the first side into the Indian Premier League playoffs.
Cricket South Africa (CSA) have announced Castore as its official apparel partner for the next three years.
South Western Districts bowler Herschell America turned plenty of heads as he topped the wicket-takers chart during the T20 Knock Out tournament in Kimberley.
Kagiso Rabada, Anrich Nortje and Tabraiz Shamsi are the foil to a misfiring batting lineup. They will be the foundation upon which any strong World Cup challenge is built, writes Ryan Vrede.
South Western Districts and Western Province have progressed to the quarter-finals of the T20 Knock Out tournament.
The Lions claimed their second win of the T20 Knock Out after beating South Western Districts by four wickets at the Kimberley Oval on Sunday.
Yaseen Valli carried his bat as South Western Districts beat Western Province by three wickets with two balls to spare in a nail-biting T20 Knock Out match in Kimberley on Saturday.
Zubayr Hamza scored his maiden T20 century as Western Province beat the Lions by two runs in a crackerjack opening fixture of the CSA Provincial T20 Knock Out at the Kimberley Oval on Friday.
England, Australia, India and, most recently, New Zealand have reiterated that they are the game’s controlling quartet. The International Cricket Council is powerless to curb their behaviour, the most recent examples of which robbed Pakistan of life-giving tours, writes RYAN VREDE. (more…)
Sunrisers Hyderabad bowler Thangarasu Natarajan has become the first Indian Premier League player to test positive for coronavirus but the team’s match on Wednesday will go ahead, organisers said.
Natarajan and six close contacts, including all-rounder Vijay Shankar, have been isolated from the team to take on Delhi Capitals in Dubai.
Hyderabad named the contacts, who returned negative tests on Wednesday morning, and said Natarajan is “asymptomatic”.
Hyderabad, led by New Zealand’s Kane Williamson, are placed bottom of the eight-team table and need to win all remaining games to keep their playoff hopes alive.
The tournament resumed this past Sunday after it was halted in May because of a devastating surge in pandemic deaths in India, prompting foreign players to rush home.
Many have not come back including England’s Ben Stokes, who had been with Rajasthan Royals, and Australian Pat Cummins of Kolkata Knight Riders.
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