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Pakistan and South Africa both signed off their ICC Under 19 Men’s Cricket World Cup campaigns on a positive note with victories on Thursday. Two-time champions Pakistan eased past Sri Lanka in the fifth placed playoff after the two sides chances of lifting the trophy ended at the quarter-final stage last week. Meanwhile elsewhere in Antigua, South Africa finish in ...

The ICC has confirmed that the Event Technical Committee of the ICC U19 Men’s Cricket World Cup 2022 has approved Ronan Herrmann as a replacement for Joshua Stephenson in the South Africa squad. Stephenson has sustained a left hamstring strain and will be unable to take any further part in the event. The replacement of a player requires the approval ...

Sri Lanka sealed their qualification for the Super League stage with a dramatic victory over West Indies while South Africa defeated Ireland to also book their place in the quarter-finals. Dunith Wellalage and Matheesha Pathirana both took three wickets apiece as Sri Lanka restricted the hosts to 250 before Sadisha Rajapaksa (76), Anjala Bandara (40) and Ranuda Somarathna’s unbeaten 28 ...

It’s 34 years since the hosts of the ICC Under 19 Men’s Cricket World Cup went on to lift the trophy – but West Indies captain Ackeem Auguste believes his side has what it takes.  The Caribbean has welcomed 15 teams from across the world and the home side West Indies kick off the 14th edition of the tournament in Guyana on ...

The first match of the three-match series between England and South Africa has been moved to Sunday 6 December England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) and Cricket South Africa (CSA) today have announced the postponement of the 1st One Day International of the three-match series to Sunday 6 December 2020. This decision results from a player from the Proteas team ...

Lahore:South Africa’s Faf du Plessis will make his HBL Pakistan Super League debut as he was one of the 21 foreign stars to confirm his participation in the remaining four matches of Pakistan’s marquee event, which will be played in Karachi on 14, 15 and 17 November. Du Plessis has played 255 international matches for South Africa, including 47 T20Is ...

Cricket South Africa director Graeme Smith has predicted the postponement of the T20 World Cup. If postponed, it will be till February-March next year. He said that we are constantly formulating strategies for the future tour. It should be noted that the ICC T20 World Cup is scheduled in Australia in October-November, while the main meeting of the ICC regarding ...

Cricket South Africa has suspended all cricket, professional and amateur, for the next 60 days after the country’s president Cyril Ramaphosa declared a state of disaster of Sunday. Widespread measures across the country, which include a travel ban on people from high-risk areas, and a prohibition of gatherings of over 100 people, have now halted sporting events, with the Premier ...

Australian Women’s tour to South Africa, scheduled to consist of three ODIs and as many T20Is, and due to start on March 22 will not take place as scheduled as part of the preventative measures against COVID-19 (novel coronavirus). This is the first major international series which will not take place as scheduled because of the virus. Australia won the ...

South Africa 177 for 8 (Bavuma 43) beat England 176 for 9 (Roy 70, Morgan 52, Ngidi 3-30) by 1 run A dramatic late collapse saw England throw away a winning position to lose the first T20I of the three-match series in South Africa by one run. Needing seven off seven balls after Eoin Morgan’s late acceleration looked like it ...