Dale Steyn has been handled carefully since picking up another injury against England in December © Gallo Images Dale Steyn will make a return to competitive cricket after almost two months out of action on Saturday in a club game in Cape Town. Steyn will play for Western Province Cricket Club in the first day of a two-day fixture against St Augustines in order to determine his readiness for next…

Norman Arendse (left) will lead a task force to address black player grievances © Getty Images CSA has appointed their lead independent board director and chairman of the transformation committee, Normal Arendse, as convener of a task team to address the grievances voiced by black African cricketers last year, following a meeting with sports minister, Fikile Mbalula, in which it was made clear that the issue needed to be tackled…

The 2015 County Championship had been all about the realities of battling the odds, and Leicestershire elite performance director Andrew McDonald is not one to change the mindset just yet. The Foxes may have finished bottom of Division Two in red-ball cricket, but McDonald was happy to see his side make significant progress across the board. More is expected this season as Leicestershire’s new signings prepare to inject their experience….

Mashrafe Mortaza on Mustafizur Rahman: “He believes in his variations, not what the batsman will do with them.” © AFP Mustafizur Rahman became the toast of Bangladesh last season when he took India down, becoming only the second bowler to take five-wicket hauls in his first two ODIs. His remarkable run in 2015 even led to a place in the ICC’s ODI team of the year. On the day before…

Samit Patel made a comeback to the England Test side in Sharjah © Getty Images Samit Patel has replaced Scott Borthwick in the MCC squad for the Champion County match against Yorkshire, in Abu Dhabi, next month. Borthwick has opted to extend his time playing New Zealand domestic cricket for Wellington where he currently has 211 runs in three Plunket Shield matches. Patel was brought into England’s Test squad for…

Virat Kohli: “Now I play on instinct. I have come to terms with the fact that I can’t hit too many sixes, so I concentrate on hitting boundaries.” © AFP In the lead up to the World T20, India’s success in the shortest format has been built on the success of their top order. They swept Australia 3-0 with Virat Kohli scoring 199 runs in three matches. He was dismissed…

Aditya Tare – “Yes, we’re in the final, but we have a lot to do as a team still, so you can’t really judge us at the moment” © PTI Cricketers often talk about how pressure changes the equation in a knockout clash. Most times, they want to “keep it simple” and “stick to the basics.” It wasn’t any different ahead of the Ranji Trophy final between Mumbai and Saurashtra…

Last month Gulam Bodi was banned for 20 years for attempting to fix matches during the Ram Slam 20-overs competition © Associated Press Fikile Mbalula, South Africa’s sports minister, has offered Cricket South Africa state services to assist in the ongoing match-fixing investigation if needed. The ministry also impressed on CSA the importance of concluding the matter thoroughly because of the criminality involved. “The minister explained the need for Cricket…