Engeland ná hul oorwinning Sondag teen Nieu-Seeland. A new one-day international Super League to determine qualification for the 2023 50-over World Cup will be launched this week, the International Cricket Council (ICC) announced on Monday.World champions England will play Ireland in Southampton on Thursday in the inaugural match of the 13-nation league, with the top…
AB de Villiers says there were more important matters than cricket at play during Saturday's Solidarity Cup at Centurion. De Villiers, who hit 61 off 24 balls, captained the Eagles to victory in the unique three-team match as South Africa hosted its first live televised sport since the start of the coronavirus lockdown back in March. De…
SA all-rounder Dwaine Pretorius provided the most tornado-like batting showing at the 3TC cricket festival.Centurion favourites Aiden Markram and AB de Villiers also grasped the opportunity for significant runs.Glenton Stuurman, from reasonably unfashionable Oudtshoorn, looked nerveless and guile-laden as a seamer. The usually popular but necessarily deserted famous grass banks at SuperSport Park were a…
Aya Myoli is the latest cricketer to detail his racial treatment within cricket's environment.The fast bowler said Frylinck punched him on a team bus from Cape Town, but faced scant disciplinary action from the Dolphins.Myoli dropped the charges after Frylinck apologised to him privately.Lions fast bowler Aya Myoli has lifted the lid on the 2016…
Last week, the reaction to Lungi Ngidi's support of Black Lives Matters (BLM) caused a divide in cricket in South Africa.The South African Cricketers' Association (SACA) believes cricket in the country needs to re-evaluate its role in systemic racism in the sport.SACA has put its support behind the BLM movement.South African cricket is need of…
Kataza the baboon. Facebook / Baboon Matters The City of Cape Town has asked the public not to feed a baboon that has relocated to Tokai. The baboon, known as Kataza or SK11, is slowly being integrated into the Tokai troop. Video footage, however, shows humans feeding Kataza. The City of Cape Town has requested that Kataza…
As SA Rugby moves to determine which franchises will go to Europe in future, Rassie Erasmus has noted several potential benefits for the local game should that route be followed.The national director of rugby believes the high world rankings of Wales, Ireland and Scotland mean PRO Rugby is competitive and that fans will eventually identify…
(John Finney Photography/Moment/Getty Images) An abnormally bad season of weather may have had a significant impact on the death toll from both World War I and the 1918 Spanish flu pandemic, according to new research, with many more lives being lost due to torrential rain and plummeting temperatures. Through a detailed analysis of an ice…