On the opening day of the first Test match between South Africa and Australia at the Gabba in Brisbane, the Australian vice-captain Steve Smith hit a couple of boundaries against the Proteas pacer Anrich Nortje but was castled by an absolute jaffa in an apt revenge. It all happened in the 33rd over of Australia’s
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South Africa fast bowler Anrich Nortje recently made his debut in the ongoing Abu Dhabi T10 League. Representing Morrisville Samp Army, Nortje featured in his side’s opening game against Bengal Tigers at Sheikh Zayed Stadium in Abu Dhabi on Thursday. Ahead of the match, Nortje, in an interview with CricketCountry, revealed his favourite cricketer. The
South Africa and Zimbabwe faced each other in their opening match of the ongoing ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2022 on Monday. Zimbabwe posted 79/5 in a nine-overs per-side contest due to rain, and in reply, the Proteas were cruising to victory after smashing 51/0 in just three overs. However, the rain had some other
Ishan Kishan put out an impressive show in the recently concluded second One-Day International (ODI) of the ongoing three-match series against South Africa at JSCA International Stadium Complex in Ranchi on Sunday. Kishan formed a match-winning partnership of 161 runs with Shreyas Iyer for the third wicket, helping the Men in Blue chase down 279
Cricket South Africa (CSA) on Sunday announced their 17-member squad for the upcoming ODI series against India. Temba Bavuma will continue to lead the squad with Keshav Maharaj being the vice-captain. Wicket-keeper batter Quinton de Kock, who recently announced his retirement from Test cricket, has also been picked. Promising young seamer Marco Jansen has received
South Africa have suffered a massive blow ahead of the upcoming three-match Test series against India, starting on December 26. Proteas speedster Anrich Nortje has been ruled out of the Test leg to a hip injury. Notably, the right-arm pacer has not bowled since the Men’s T20 World Cup in November and is still struggling
The second leg of the ongoing Indian Premier League (IPL) didn’t change Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH)’s fortunes as they began their campaign with a loss against Delhi Capitals (DC) at Dubai International Cricket Stadium on Wednesday. SRH batting unit failed miserably against a quality pace attack of DC featuring the deadly South African duo of Kagiso
After finishing Day 1 at 128/4 and leading by 31 runs, South Africa got off to a faltering start as Rassie van der Dussen who played the anchor role, missed his fifty by four runs before edging a Jason Holder delivery to gully. Quinton de Kock played his swashbuckling knock but lacked partners at the
South African pacer Anrich Nortje wreaked havoc at Daren Sammy National Cricket Stadium in St Lucia on Day 1 of the first Test against West Indies. Nortje teamed up with speedster Lungi Ngidi in bundling out the hosts for a mere 97 in their first innings. While Ngidi took a fifer for 19 runs in
The much-anticipated fourteenth season of the Indian Premier League (IPL) is set to begin on Friday (April 9) in Chennai. All the sides have buckled up to go on a roller coaster ride, but before that, some franchises will have to face difficulty as few players will miss their teams’ first game. This is because
Delhi Capitals (DC) enjoyed a fruitful outing in the last year’s edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL) held in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). The side led by Shreyas Iyer reached the final of the competition but lost to Mumbai Indians (MI) by five wickets. Even after losing the final battle, DC earned a