While South Africa were preparing for Dean Elgar’s final Test, his replacement – as both opening batter and captain – was being called up. Literally. “It was the morning of the first day of the Test in Cape Town that Shuks (Shukri Conrad, Test coach) called me and said, “You are in the team and
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Ali Bacher, the man who oversaw South African cricket’s reintegration after apartheid, has asked CSA to provide “a comprehensive explanation of the decision-making process” that led to the removal of David Teeger as Under-19 captain a week before the age-group World Cup being staged in the country. Bacher, who is related to Teeger through his
Opening batter Edward Moore has been added to South Africa’s Test squad for their two-Test series against New Zealand next month. Moore is the eighth uncapped player named in the traveling group, and takes the total squad size to 15. Moore’s call-up comes after Tony de Zorzi became unavailable when he landed an SA20 deal
The pair have been first off the blocks at the SA20, with Rickelton leading the run charts with scores of 87 and 98 from the first two games and van der Dussen smashing a 50-ball 104 at the weekend. It was van der Dussen’s fourth T20 century but first in ten years and serves as
Chloe Tryon has recovered from a groin injury and returned to South Africa’s white-ball squads for the women’s multi-format tour of Australia. Ayanda Hlubi, who made an impressive T20I debut against Bangladesh, received her maiden call-up to the ODI side. Tryon has been out of action since the WBBL and last played the home series
Essex have confirmed the signing of Dean Elgar as one of their overseas players on a three-year contract. Elgar, who captained his country in 18 Tests, has previously had stints in the county game at Somerset and Surrey. He will head to Chelmsford to play alongside international team-mate Simon Harmer, the spinner who has been
David Teeger has been relieved of the South Africa Under-19 captaincy a week before the World Cup over concerns for his safety following his comments in support of Israeli soldiers in the ongoing conflict with Palestine. Cricket South Africa are bracing for protests at the tournament, which begins on January 19, and said there was
Heinrich Klaasen has announced his retirement from Test cricket with immediate effect. Klaasen will continue to be available for South Africa in white-ball formats. Klaasen played four Tests between 2019 and 2023, the most recent against West Indies last summer. He is the second senior player to retire from the format after Dean Elgar’s Test
Moreeng’s tenure is now in its 12th year and was set to end after last year’s T20 World Cup, where South Africa reached the final for the first time in their history – men’s or women’s. In August last year, ESPNcricinfo reported that senior members of the South African women’s team wrote a letter to
South Africa’s national team will have to “find a way to co-exist” with the SA20 and not fight against its primacy in the calendar, according to Test coach Shukri Conrad. His concession comes after South Africa announced a makeshift squad including an uncapped captain to play two Tests in New Zealand next month, sparking criticism,
India 153 (Kohli 46, Rohit 39, Ngidi 3-30, Rabada 3-38, Burger 3-42) and 80 for 3 (Jaiswal 28, Jansen 1-15) beat South Africa 55 (Verreynne 15, Siraj 6-15) and 176 (Markram 106, Bumrah 6-61) by seven wickets Jasprit Bumrah‘s 6 for 61 paved the way for India’s seven-wicket win on the second day of the
CA will push for series in the World Test Championship (WTC) to be of a minimum of three matches each amid the increasing debate about the health of the format. CA chief executive Nick Hockley admitted the situation with South Africa sending a severely weakened team to New Zealand had been a “wake-up call” and
South Africa were surprised by the pace of the Newlands pitch on the first day of the New Year’s Test but both stand-in captain Dean Elgar and batting consultant Ashwell Prince stopped short of out-and-out criticism of the surface. “It (The pitch) generally plays a little bit slower and as a batter you can adjust
Dean Elgar likened the emotions of a Test series victory to winning a World Cup, while recognising that he has never played in one of the latter. “I only play the game to win,” Elgar said on the eve of his final Test. “I don’t care about stats. I care about wins. I care about
Big picture: Bruised India out to salvage series This South Africa Test tour was billed as the final frontier for India, and it continues to be unbreachable. Despite rain interruptions and South Africa losing their designated captain Temba Bavuma to injury, India lost the Boxing Day Test inside three days to crash to an innings
January is the window that South Africa have earmarked for their flagship T20 tournament, which kicked off to much fanfare in 2023. To ensure its success – which depended on their biggest stars being available for the tournament – CSA forfeited an ODI series against Australia even though there was a chance that might affect
Uncapped opening batter Neil Brand has been named South Africa’s captain for their two-Test tour to New Zealand, which starts on February 4 and clashes with the SA20. South Africa will travel with a makeshift squad, which features only three players that are part of the ongoing series against India: Keegan Petersen, David Bedingham and
South Africa fast bowler Gerald Coetzee has been ruled out of the second Test against India that starts on January 3 in Cape Town because of a pelvic inflammation. South Africa have not named a replacement yet. Coetzee developed the inflammation during the first Test in Centurion, and his discomfort got “progressively worse while bowling”
Temba Bavuma has been ruled out of the Cape Town Test against India, due to the hamstring strain he suffered on the first day of the Boxing Day Test. Dean Elgar, coming off a match-winning ton in Centurion, will serve as the captain, while Zubayr Hamza will be added to the squad. “Temba is not
South Africa 408 (Elgar 185, Jansen 84*, Bedingham 56, Bumrah 4-69) beat India 245 (Rahul 101, Rabada 5-59) and 131 (Kohli 76, Burger 4-33, Jansen 3-36) by an innings and 32 runs A fast-forward Test match came to a fast-forward end as South Africa rolled India over inside three days to secure victory by an
Temba Bavuma suffered a strain to his left hamstring in the first session of the Boxing Day Test against India, putting his participation in the match in doubt. Bavuma left the field in the 20th over and was sent for a scan soon after. A Cricket South Africa statement said he will “undergo daily medical
With the likes of Kagiso Rabada, Jasprit Bumrah, Gerald Coetzee, Mohammed Siraj, Marco Jansen, Lungi Ngidi and Shardul Thakur – especially after his last series here – in the mix, you would expect the series between South Africa and India to be headlined by bowlers. But South Africa’s captain Temba Bavuma has a different idea.
Dean Elgar‘s decision to retire from Test cricket was the result of detailed discussions with red-ball coach Shukri Conrad, who was full of praise for the player who was removed as captain when Conrad took over. While the reasons Elgar has chosen to end his international career after the New Year’s Test against India have
Dean Elgar, South Africa’s former Test captain and stalwart opening batter, will play his last international series against India this summer. Elgar, 36, announced his decision to retire from international cricket after the New Year’s match, which is scheduled to start on January 3 in Cape Town. If in the playing XI for both Tests
Big picture: SA look to avoid another home series defeat You can fight conditions only to a certain extent in cricket. Arshdeep Singh, Mukesh Kumar and Avesh Khan went into the first ODI of the series with just seven wickets between them but bowled South Africa out for 116 in conditions that had swing, seam
Test captain Temba Bavuma and pace spearhead Kagiso Rabada, who were rested from South Africa’s white-ball matches against India to prepare for the two-Test series, will not play in a domestic first-class fixture as previously planned. Bavuma and Rabada were due to turn out for the Lions against the Dolphins in Durban starting on Thursday,
Big picture: India, SA and their T20 World Cup gains And just like that, both teams best chance for T20 World Cup preparation on the international stage will come to an end, two days after it began. What’s been gleaned so far? Only as much as we could from 19.3 overs of India’s batting and
South Africa chose to bowl vs India After Sunday’s series-opener was washed out in Durban without even the toss taking place, things looked up 48 hours later down the coast in Gqeberha. Light drizzle abated in time for the second match after the surface was under cover for most of the day and heavy cloud
India have just six T20Is left to identify their XI before next year’s World Cup in the West Indies and USA, but Suryakumar Yadav, who is their captain for the three-match series in South Africa, isn’t too perturbed by the limited game time. Suryakumar added that IPL 2024, which will precede the T20 World Cup,
Lungi Ngidi has been ruled out of the T20Is against India with a left ankle sprain and is also in doubt for the two-match Test series. Ngidi was due to play in the first two T20Is and then a domestic four-day match starting on December 14 in preparation for the Tests. But he will now
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