Nortje eyes Test return for Proteas
Anrich Nortje hopes to make his Test cricket comeback in the 2025-26 season.
Anrich Nortje hopes to make his Test cricket comeback in the 2025-26 season.
India captain Rohit Sharma has announced his retirement from Test cricket ahead of the team’s tour of England starting next month.
Springbok coach Rassie Erasmus may be an ace up the Proteas’ sleeve as they gear up for the World Test Championship final at Lord’s in June.
Ben Stokes was given the all-clear to captain England in their one-off Test against Zimbabwe later this month as he was named in a 13-man squad announced Friday.
Bangladesh won the second and final Test against Zimbabwe by an innings and 106 runs on Wednesday.
Bangladesh opener Shadman Islam smashed a century in the second Test against Zimbabwe.
Bangladesh’s left-arm spinner Taijul Islam registered his 16th five-wicket haul as Zimbabwe slumped to 227-9 at the end of the first day of the second Test in Chattogram.
Zimbabwe stunned Bangladesh by three wickets in the first match of the two-Test series in Sylhet on Wednesday.
India paceman Jasprit Bumrah has been named as the Leading Men’s Cricketer in the World in the 2025 edition of the Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack.
Najmul Hossain Shanto’s batting heroics pushed Bangladesh’s second-innings lead to 112 on the third day of the first Test against Zimbabwe.
Spinner Mehidy Hasan Miraz claimed five wickets as Bangladesh restricted Zimbabwe to 273 for a modest 82-run lead on the second day of the first Test.
Zimbabwe finished the first day of the first Test in a commanding position at 67-0 after an inspired bowling performance dismissed Bangladesh for 191.
Pace sensation Nahid Rana will be in the spotlight when Bangladesh take on Zimbabwe in the first game of a two-match series between the evenly matched Test rivals from Sunday.
Director of national teams Enoch Nkwe says CSA will revisit its strategy of having different coaches for the Proteas’ white-ball and Test teams.
The Proteas will play series in all three formats in India in November and December.