South Africa are expected to stick with AB de Villiers at the top of the order for the two Twenty20 internationals against England. De Villiers, having opened the batting with Hashim Amla in their last sprint-format series versus India four months ago, is set to retain the role as the Proteas look to finalise their plans ahead of the ICC World Twenty20. But De Villiers could have a new opening…
Sarah Taylor was pleased to return to form as England women secured a 15-run victory in the first of three T20 Internationals against South Africa. Taylor produced a string of paddles, sweeps and ramps in her unbeaten 51-ball 74, which guided England to 147 for seven form their 20 overs. That proved far too many for the hosts, despite a 96-run opening stand between Dane van Niekerk and Trisha Chetty,…
Eoin Morgan made 64 runs in five innings during the ODIs with South Africa © Getty Images Eoin Morgan has said that he is not worried about his dip in form during the ODI series with South Africa and suggested that England are close to settling on their best XI ahead of the World T20. Morgan, England’s limited-overs captain, made just 64 runs from five innings during the ODIs, which…
England 147 for 7 (Taylor 74*) beat South Africa 132 for 6 (van Niekerk 52, Shrubsole 3-25) by 15 runsScorecard Sarah Taylor made an unbeaten 74 to set up victory (file photo) Stephen Pond / © Getty Images England’s bowlers fought back to secure a 15-run win in the first T20 with South Africa, after Sarah Taylor‘s blistering, unbeaten 74 had masked a top-order failure with the bat. Chasing 148…
BCCI Ombudsman, Justice AP Shah, used the conflict of interest allegation against Harbhajan Singh to set a guideline for similar cases in the board © AP Photo/Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi The BCCI ombudsman, Justice AP Shah, has asked the board to take an “unequivocal undertaking” from spinner Harbhajan Singh that he will no longer be in the management of the sports apparel company, Bhajji Sports, and will not be associated with the…
The BCCI ombudsman has ruled that Sourav Ganguly’s links to the Atletico de Kolkata franchise do not put him in a situation of conflict of interest © AFP Justice AP Shah, the BCCI ombudsman, has ruled that no case of conflict of interest could be found against former India captain Sourav Ganguly under the board’s rules on the subject. Freelance journalist Niraj Gunde had filed a case with Shah alleging…
Faf du Plessis has stressed results are not the most important thing for South Africa in their World T20 build-up © Gallo Images Victories are not the only barometer South Africa will use to measure their readiness for next month’s World T20. Instead, their five home internationals – two against England and three against Australia – will act as dress rehearsals for their matches in India, even though conditions and…
Match facts Friday, February 19Start time 6pm local (1600 GMT) Eoin Morgan found some form in England’s warm-up game in Paarl © Getty Images Big Picture As the days of the southern summer get shorter, so do the matches on England’s tour of South Africa. Cricket’s shortest format is also its most frivolous but there is a serious undertaking in these final two T20s, which serve as a prelude to…
The BCCI SGM will consider recommendations like ‘One state, one vote’ and the age cap on administrators recommended by the Lodha panel © AFP The BCCI’s special general meeting in Mumbai on Friday will discuss the views of its member associations on the Lodha committee’s recommendations, after the Supreme Court gave the board a deadline of March 3 to inform if the recommendations will be implemented. According to a source,…
Play 12:51 Archive: Mervyn Westfield talks about his experiences in 2014 Mervyn Westfield, the former Essex bowler who was jailed for his part in spot-fixing in 2012, will be allowed to played county 2nd XI and Minor Counties cricket this season after being given special dispensation by the ECB. Westfield originally received a five-year ban from cricket after pleading guilty to corruption at the Old Bailey. He was allowed to…