By Mark Gleeson JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – Centurion Joe Root saluted the contribution of Ben Stokes after England ended the second day of the third test on 238 for five on Friday, 75 runs behind South’s Africa’s first-innings total. The visitors slumped to 91 for four but were rescued by Root (106 not out) and Stokes […]
By Mark Gleeson JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – Joe Root scored an unbeaten 106 and shared a swashbuckling partnership with Ben Stokes as England put the brakes on a hostile South African attack to reach 238 for five at the close of the second day of the third test on Friday. Bad light and rain brought a […]
JOHANNESBURG, (Reuters) – Joe Root and Ben Stokes shared a rapid unbeaten partnership of 71 to put the brakes on a hostile South African attack and lift England to 162 for four at tea on the second day of the third test on Friday. Replying to South Africa’s first-innings total of 313, Root scored the […]
CAPE TOWN (Reuters) – Former South Africa international Gulam Bodi has been charged with attempting to fix matches in the country’s domestic Twenty20 competition, the country’s cricket authorities said on Thursday. Bodi, who played two one-day internationals and one Twenty20 match for the national side in 2007, has been charged with “contriving to fix, or […]
South Africa spinner Dane Piedt was released from the test squad, a sign that the hosts will field four fast bowlers in the third test against England.
By Mark Gleeson JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – England expect results in both the remaining cricket tests against South Africa, with captain Alastair Cook saying he was excited at the prospect of wrapping up the series when the third test starts at the Wanderers on Thursday. England won the first test in Durban by 241 runs but […]
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – AB de Villiers said he is still motivated to perform in all forms of international cricket and hopes the responsibility of being appointed South Africa test captain will improve his performances. The 31-year-old, one of the most explosive batsmen in the game, has taken over from Hashim Amla who resigned the leadership […]
2015 is finally over and it was one hell of a year in the cricketing worlds. It was a year the 400 became the new 300 and 300 became the new 200. ODI double centuries became an overnight trend. This year we witnessed the most high scoring World Cup ever with scores of 400 being surpassed […]
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – Fast bowler Dale Steyn has been ruled out of this week’s third test against England in a major blow to South Africa’s bid to get back into the four-match series. The shoulder injury which restricted his bowling in the first test and forced him out the second has not healed in time […]
CAPE TOWN,(Reuters) – JP Duminy gave the South Africa selectors a timely reminder of his quality by smashing a career-best unbeaten 260 in a four-day provincial match for the Cape Cobras in Paarl on Friday. Duminy, dropped for the drawn second test against England in Cape Town this week, has been retained in the Proteas […]
