The successful campaign to prevent the team representing apartheid South Africa playing 50 years ago led to a Rest of the World team stepping in at the shortest of noticesFrom a purely cricketing perspective the summer of 1970 was probably anticipated …
Australian hits maiden ODI century in six-wicket defeatNew Zealand next after South Africa wrap up series 3-0Hometown hero Marnus Labuschagne’s maiden one-day international century could not spare a lacklustre Australia from a 3-0 series whitewash in S…
South Africa 274-4 beat Australia 271 to win three-match seriesNgidi stars for Proteas with six-wicket haul against touristsLungi Ngidi’s blistering haul and an unbeaten century from Janneman Malan helped South Africa to a dominant six-wicket victory o…
Klaasen scores 123 from 114 balls in series openerSteve Smith made 76 before Australia’s collapseA maiden one-day international century for Heinrich Klaasen helped South Africa to a 74-run win over Australia in the opening match of a at Paarl.Klaasen h…
Australia 193-5; 96 all out | Australia win by 97 runsWarner hits 57 while Steve Smith chips in with 30noDavid Warner and Steve Smith enjoyed a winning return to Cape Town, piloting Australia to a 2-1 victory in the T20 series against South Africa. Ret…
South Africa level series with 12-run win in Port ElizabethWarner stranded on 67 not out to send series to deciderAustralia’s last man standing in a dramatic T20 collapse, David Warner, was left crushed after South Africa flipped the script on his retu…
South Africa level series with 12-run win in Port ElizabethWarner stranded on 67 not out to send series to deciderAustralia’s last man standing in a dramatic T20 collapse, David Warner, was left crushed after South Africa flipped the script on his retu…
Spinner finishes with 5-24 in Cape TownSouth Africa record lowest T20 scoreAshton Agar took a hat-trick as Australia thumped South Africa by 107 runs in the first Twenty20 on Friday, showing absolutely no signs of hesitancy in their first game back in …
Pair clashed in stairwell during bitter 2018 Test seriesHostile crowd expected at Wanderers for first T20David Warner has no intention of clearing the air with Quinton de Kock after their stairwell clash during Australia’s last visit to South Africa, b…
The white-ball tour of South Africa raised intriguing questions for the T20 World Cup, as the Morgan supremacy continuesHomework isn’t supposed to be this much fun. England’s white-ball tour of South Africa had been billed as preparation, refinement, r…
The white-ball tour of South Africa raised intriguing questions for the T20 World Cup, as the Morgan supremacy continuesHomework isn’t supposed to be this much fun. England’s white-ball tour of South Africa had been billed as preparation, refinement, r…
Third T20: South Africa 222-6; England 226-5, 19.1 oversBairstow and Buttler also weigh in with half-centuriesWhat a series, what a game, what a run chase, what a crick in the neck from repeatedly watching the ball sail through the Centurion skies. And…
Live updates from Supersport Park, Centurion, 12.30pm (GMT) startEngland swat aside New Zealand in Women’s T20 World Cup warm-upFeel free to email Tim or tweet @TimdeLisle 12.33pm GMT 1st over: South Africa 11-0 (Bavuma 10, de Kock 1) Moeen starts wit…
• Captain Eoin Morgan says Buttler retains his confidence• Morgan: ‘Jos is one of our greatest white-ball cricketers’Jos Buttler will retain his place as opener for Sunday’s final T20 against South Africa in Johannesburg despite his struggles with the …
• Tourists win by two runs on final ball of South Africa innings• England go to Johannesburg with series at 1-1 with one to playEngland levelled the T20 International series with victory by two runs on a wild night in Durban that ended in another last-…
All the action from the second T20 in DurbanEmail Tim or get in touch via Twitter 3.38pm GMT SA change a winning team, as their golden odie Dale Steyn takes a breather and Bjorn Fortuin steps up. England stick with a losing team, so still no Malan, who…
All the action from the second T20 in DurbanEmail Tim or get in touch via Twitter 3.38pm GMT SA change a winning team, as their golden odie Dale Steyn takes a breather and Bjorn Fortuin steps up. England stick with a losing team, so still no Malan, who…
South Africa 177-8; England 176-9; South Africa win by one runRoy and Morgan hit fifties before tourists collapseAdil Rashid must have wondered exactly what had happened in between.Two hours earlier, as the shadows lengthened over East London, Rashid h…
Over-by-over updates from the first of a three-match seriesEngland turn up heat in final T20 series showdownEmail Adam here or tweet @collinsadam 4.04pm GMT 1st over: South Africa 4-0 (Bavuma 2, de Kock 2) Bavuma is off the mark first ball with a singl…
Eoin Morgan’s men end their tour with three T20 games and a chance to assess their options for the T20 World CupAs the afternoon sun began to dip in East London, England’s pace bowlers could be seen taking aim at a selection of cricket boots placed on …
