Pakistan turned the screws on New Zealand on the first day of the first Test in Abu Dhabi, bowling the visitors out for 153 before ending the day 94 runs behind with eight first-innings wickets in hand.
Captain Faf du Plessis has all but confirmed trio Chris Morris, Tabraiz Shamsi and batsman Farhaan Behardien’s participation in Saturday’s one-off T20I against Australia in Carrara.
Captain Joe Root carried England to 324-9 – and a lead of 273 – on day three of the second Test against Sri Lanka at the Pallekele International Cricket Stadium in Kandy on Friday.
One of Durban’s favourite cricketing sons Hashim Amla is fit and raring to go following a long injury lay-off when the Durban Heat kick off their Mzansi Super League campaign against the Cape Town Blitz at Kingsmead on Sunday.
The Proteas got some good practice ahead of their T20I against Australia on Saturday with a 41-run win over a Cricket Australia XI at Allan Border Field.
AB de Villiers’ Tshwane Spartans are coming to town … and they’re going to stamp out the Cape Town Blitz’s fire as they rain sixes into the crowd on Friday night, writes SIMON LEWIS.
Jacques Kallis gets the nod from one Aussie after another as the best cricketer ever to walk the earth.
The Mzansi Super League has announced Global Citizen as a partner for the first edition of the tournament.
With a busy week ahead of the Proteas and the Proteas Women, SuperSport’s Inside Edge team have plenty to talk about.
New Zealand snapped a seven-match losing streak – their longest-ever in T20Is – with their first win in the ICC Women’s World T20 2018.
Zimbabwe’s Brendan Taylor has joined a unique club of players to have scored a century in each innings of a Test match on two occasions, following his scores of 110 and 106 not out against Bangladesh in Dhaka, writes SIMON LEWIS.
South Africa’s hopes in the Women’s World T20 hang on their batters coming to the party, and that requires the Proteas Women to click into the right mind frame.
December’s planned Emirates T20x League has been cancelled because of the failure to sell all five of the franchises within the stipulated time.
In the first-ever meeting between the two teams in T20Is, India registered a 52-run win over bottom-ranked Ireland, becoming the second team to book a place in the semifinals of the ICC Women’s World T20 2018.
‘We just need to be positive, get a bad day out the way. The sun’s going to shine tomorrow anyway. Well, let’s hope so, in St Lucia.’ – Proteas Women skipper Dane van Niekerk
