South Africa role ‘fell away’ because of affirmative action policy Kallis: ‘It’s tough but we understand where it comes from’Jacques Kallis, the legendary all-rounder who is working as England’s batting consultant for the Test series in Sri Lanka, has …
Johannesburg: Sri Lanka 157 & 211; South Africa 302 & 67-0Tourists suffer 10-wicket loss before England seriesSouth Africa completed a sweep of their two match series against Sri Lanka as they strolled to a 10-wicket win on the third day of the…
Sri Lanka 157 & 150-4 (Karunaratne 91 no); South Africa 302Vishwa Fernando’s first Test five-wicket haul fires comebackDimuth Karunaratne, the Sri Lanka captain, and the seamer Vishwa Fernando led a fightback against South Africa on the second day …
Second Test, day one: Sri Lanka 157; South Africa 148-1Nortje claims career-best six-wicket haulThe South Africa seamer Anrich Nortje claimed a career-best six-wicket haul and the opener Dean Elgar backed it up with an unbeaten 92 runs as the home team…
Sri Lanka 396 and 65-2; South Africa 621Former captain out for career-best 199 at CenturionFaf du Plessis fell agonisingly short of a memorable double hundred but a career-best 199 put South Africa in commamnd after day three of the first Test against …
CSA’s Zak Yacoob claims tourists had negative attitudeIndia announce day-night Test in busy England scheduleCricket South Africa (CSA) has returned to the thorny issue of the abandonment of their three-match series with England this week by declaring t…
Concerns stem back to Proteas’ team barbecue at start of tourCovid-19 positive tests heightened anxiety in touring squadEngland’s concerns about the failed biosecure bubble in South Africa stem back to the start of the tour when they saw the home playe…
An increasingly nervous England decided against taking any further risks on a tour that has highlighted the problems international sport still faces during the pandemicCape Town was overcast for much of the day on Monday but around 3pm, just as word ca…
Two of five positive tests are members of England’s tour partyThey may be left behind to self-isolate if test results confirmed England’s tour of South Africa has been called off without the one-day series being played following the recent outbreak of …
England team and staff self-isolating and tour in jeopardyTwo staff members at team hotel also test positive for Covid-19England’s tour of South Africa lurched back into crisis mode on Sunday after two unnamed members of Eoin Morgan’s touring party rec…
Over-by-over updates from the first ODI at PaarlEmail Tim here or tweet @TimdeLisle 7.45am GMT Today’s game has been abandoned, according to the host broadcaster, quoted by Ian Ward on Sky Sports and confirmed by Ali Martin on Twitter. Ward and his col…
Over-by-over updates from the first ODI at PaarlEmail Tim here or tweet @TimdeLisle 7.45am GMT Today’s game has been abandoned, according to the host broadcaster, quoted by Ian Ward on Sky Sports and confirmed by Ali Martin on Twitter. Ward and his col…
Over-by-over updates from the first ODI at PaarlEmail Tim here or tweet @TimdeLisle 7.45am GMT Today’s game has been abandoned, according to the host broadcaster, quoted by Ian Ward on Sky Sports and confirmed by Ali Martin on Twitter. Ward and his col…
Series to start on Sunday after South Africa’s negative testsFurther positives would have likely led to tour’s abrupt end England’s one-day series against South Africa will go ahead after the home side’s latest round of coronavirus tests came back nega…
South Africa announce positive Covid-19 test for playerFirst one-day international match switched to SundayThe first one-day international between South Africa and England at Newlands was called off just an hour before the start of play on Friday after…
The ODI series against South Africa is next in line but England’s Test captain is already looking ahead to the big prize in AustraliaJoe Root returns to England duty on Friday in the first one?day international against South Africa but he is honest eno…
England one-day captain to continue with clipboard prompts‘There’s nothing untoward about it. It’s maximising information’England will continue using coded signals from the balcony during the one-day series in South Africa that begins on Friday, with E…
Cape Town: South Africa 191-3; England 192-1England seal 3-0 series win with nine-wicket victoryIt was a bonfire of bowling figures in Cape Town on Tuesday as, a year out from the World Cup, Dawid Malan’s unbeaten 99 from 47 balls took England to the t…
Live updates from Cape Town, play starts at 4pm GMTMalan steers England past South Africa to clinch seriesAnd feel free to email Tim or tweet him @TimdeLisle 12.35pm GMT Afternoon everyone and welcome to the final episode in an entertaining mini-series…
England, 150-6, beat South Africa, 146-6, by four wickets England lead three-match series 2-0 after Malan’s 55 off 40Dawid Malan returned to his former home ground to guide England to a series-clinching Twenty20 victory over South Africa.Malan was born…
