Central Gauteng Lions chief executive officer Greg Fredericks is ‘very happy with the preparation’ of the pitch for this week’s third and final Test between South Africa and Pakistan at the Wanderers in Johannesburg. (more…)
Pieter Malan is on standby to become the 100th Protea since readmission if he is selected to replace the potentially injured Aiden Markram in the final Test against Pakistan. (more…)
Dean Elgar will captain the Proteas in the final Test against Pakistan at the Wanderers, while Pieter Malan will be on standby as Aiden’s Markram replacement. (more…)
Aiden Markram’s brilliant 78 against Pakistan at Newlands has pushed the Proteas opener back into the top 10 of the ICC batsmen rankings.
Ottis Gibson has described Mickey Arthur’s comments about South African pitches not being good enough for Test cricket as ‘strange’, writes KHALID MOHIDIN from Newlands. (more…)
The Proteas require a stand-in skipper for this week’s third and final Test against Pakistan at the Wanderers in Johannesburg, after full-time captain Faf du Plessis was suspended due to a slow over rate in the second match at Newlands in Cape Town. JONHENRY WILSON looks at the options – some more plausible than others. (more…)
Captain Virat Kohli has likened India’s historic Test series victory over Australia to triumph at the 2011 World Cup. (more…)
Rain washed out play on day five of the fourth and final Test between Australia and India at the Sydney Cricket Ground as India took the series 2-1 for their first series triumph in Australia in 72 years of trying, writes SIMON LEWIS.
The Proteas have been dealt a bitter blow with the news that skipper Faf du Plessis has been suspended from the third Test after a ‘second minor over-rate offence’. (more…)
Proteas skipper Faf du Plessis has highlighted the influence of the T20 format on the drastic reduction of playing days in Test cricket, writes KHALID MOHIDIN at Newlands.
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