Nortje rises to occasion but let down by mates
What must have Anrich Nortje been thinking when he walked out to the middle of the Wanderers at 6:06pm carrying his bat in the fading Johannesburg light? DANIEL GALLAN has more.
What must have Anrich Nortje been thinking when he walked out to the middle of the Wanderers at 6:06pm carrying his bat in the fading Johannesburg light? DANIEL GALLAN has more.
Another dominant display with the bat from Bryce Parsons, with good support from Luke Beaufort, was the catalyst as South Africa U19 qualified for the ICC U19 Cricket World Cup Super League quarter-finals in Bloemfontein on Saturday.
The Proteas slumped to 88-6 – amid a 312-run first-innings deficit – at the close of play on day two of the fourth and final Test against England at the Wanderers in Johannesburg on Saturday.
England all-rounder Ben Stokes has been fined, but not suspended, for swearing at a spectator during the ongoing fourth and final Test against the Proteas at the Wanderers.
The Proteas moved to 11-0 without loss at tea on day two of the fourth and final Test against England at the Wanderers in Johannesburg.
AB de Villiers rolled back the years in typical AB fashion on Saturday, producing a scintillating batting display to help the Brisbane Heat to a comfortable 71-run victory over the Melbourne Stars at the MCG.
England slipped to 300-7 at lunch on day two of the fourth and final Test against the Proteas at the Wanderers in Johannesburg on Saturday.
A brilliant opening stand of 163 runs from Lizelle Lee and Laura Wolvaardt led the Proteas Women to an emphatic victory over New Zealand Women in the first ODI clash at Eden Park outer field on Saturday.
Debutant fast bowler Beuran Hendricks has asked the Wanderers crowd to respect the visitors after an incident with Ben Stokes boiled over on Friday.
England became the first nation to score 500,000 Test runs and captain Joe Root will go down in history as the player to have registered the landmark.
England batsman Joe Denly continues to enjoy the benefits of poor fielding as he moves top of the list of ‘most dropped’ player in recent times.
England all-rounder Ben Stokes has apologised for swearing at a spectator during day one of this week’s fourth and final Test against the Proteas at the Wanderers in Johannesburg.
Sport offers South Africans a much-needed opportunity to escape the realities of their day-to-day grind, but cricket hasn’t presented too many feelgood moments in 2019 and 2020.
So that’s what fight looks like. The word has been used so liberally by the South Africans throughout this series that it seemed they had forgotten what it meant, writes DANIEL GALLAN.
JON CARDINELLI charts the worrying decline of South Africa’s top six, following the retirement of Jacques Kallis and Graeme Smith six years ago.