Root thanks SA for rivalry, hospitality
Captain Joe Root appreciates England’s ability to succeed despite illness and injury en route to a 3-1 Test series victory over the Proteas on Monday.
Captain Joe Root appreciates England’s ability to succeed despite illness and injury en route to a 3-1 Test series victory over the Proteas on Monday.
All-rounder Ben Stokes was named Player of the Series, after England completed a 3-1 win over the Proteas at the Wanderers on Monday.
Fast bowler Mark Wood relished the Player of the Match award, as England sealed a 3-1 series victory over the Proteas at the Wanderers on Monday.
The Proteas fell to a 191-run defeat late on day four of the fourth and final Test against England at the Wanderers.
The Proteas’ second innings moved to 188-4 at tea on day four of the fourth and final Test against England at the Wanderers in Johannesburg on Monday.
The Proteas moved to 90-2 at lunch on day four of the fourth and final Test against England at the Wanderers in Johannesburg on Monday.
The outspoken Kevin Pietersen has encouraged Cricket South Africa interim director of cricket Graeme Smith to pursue an arrangement with the England and Wales Cricket Board that would allow cricketers bound to Kolpak contracts to play for the Proteas.
Vernon Philander left the field in almost complete anonymity. At least to those of us sitting in the yawning Unity Stand at the Corlette Drive end of the Wanderers on Sunday afternoon, writes DANIEL GALLAN.
The Proteas face the mammoth task of trying to chase down 466 at the Wanderers, with the medical team now trying to get Vernon Philander fit enough to play his part.
AB de Villiers’ stint in the Big Bash League ended after his Brisbane Heat team were beaten by seven wickets by the Melbourne Renegades at Marvel Stadium to crash out of the competition.
The Proteas Women produced a powerful performance from their bowlers to cruise to a decisive 2-0 series win in the One-Day International (ODI) series against New Zealand Women at Eden Park outer field, winning the second game by eight wickets, backing up their nine-wicket win in the first ODI.
The Proteas will have to chase 466 runs to win the final Test against England at the Wanderers in Johannesburg.
It seems the Proteas are going to have to chase another big score in their second innings if they want to win the fourth and final Test against England at the Wanderers.
The Proteas look set to follow on at the Wanderers after England’s bowlers worked well in tandem to dismiss the hosts for just 183 at lunch on day three.
Ben Stokes became the second Englishman caught ‘using an audible obscenity’ during the fourth Test at the Wanderers and the second member of the squad to offer a qualified apology.