Cricket

Wednesday, 8 February: The Pretoria Capitals became the first team in history to advance to the inaugural Betway SA20 Final with Rilee Rossouw and Eathan Bosch playing starring roles in a tense 29-run victory in the first semi-final against the Paarl Royals at the Wanderers.  Rossouw held the Capitals’ innings together with 56 off 41 balls as the table-toppers posted a competitive 153/8 after being inserted by the Royals.   It was a surface that was not conducive to … [Read more...] about Pretoria Capitals march into Betway SA20 Final

Whist a large part of the country was watching the other game of cricket (baseball?) in the county – SONA – our very own Sunrisers Eastern Cape T20 Cricket team was dishing out a spanking to the Joburg Super Kings in their own backyard.And all it took was an Aiden Markram century to deal the 14 run death blow. The Sunrisers will now meet the Pretoria Capitals in the final on 11 February at the Wanderers from 16h30. Go On - Share the Gqeberha Love! Views Since 15 July 2022: 64 Gqeberha's … [Read more...] about Celebration Time For Sunrisers

Online tickets for the opening ICC Women’s T20 World Cup match between South Africa and Sri Lanka at Newlands Cricket Ground on Friday, 10 February have been sold out. Only a limited number of tickets are available through Western Province Cricket Club, who will be open for public sales on their online portal throughout the day.The match is the start of 15 days of action-packed cricket across the three venues of Newlands, Boland Park and St George’s Park, where the world’s best cricketers will … [Read more...] about Online tickets for opening ICC Women’s T20 World Cup match sold out

Wednesday, 8 February: The four teams to compete for the opportunity to lift the inaugural Betway SA20 trophy have been confirmed. Pretoria Capitals will take on Paarl Royals in the first semi-final at the Wanderers on 8 February with Joburg Super Kings facing Sunrisers Eastern Cape in the second semi-final at Centurion on 9 February.The league matches have delivered action-packed and nail-biting cricket in front of capacity crowds across the six venues in the country, bringing it down to … [Read more...] about Betway SA20 semi-finals match-day guide

The Women’s T20 ICC World Cup starts on 10 February 2023.Played at venues in Cape Town, Paarl and Gqeberha we will get to see some of the top women players in the world in action. Gqeberha’s St Georges Park will play host to five of the pool games: Friday 10 February 19h00 – South Africa vs Sri Lanka – Newlands Saturday 11 February 15h00 – West Indies vs England Australia vs New Zealand – Boland Park Sunday 12 February 15h00 – India vs Pakistan and Bangladesh vs Sri Lanka – Newlands Monday 13 … [Read more...] about Take Your Partner to St Georges Park for Valentines Day

The International Cricket Council (ICC) and UNICEF have joined hands to promote gender equity, tolerance and inclusion through cricket, as South Africa prepares to host the Women’s T20 World Cup, from 10 to 26 February.Fixtures here: Take Your Partner to St Georges Park for Valentines Day The latest phase of the partnership – which was launched in October 2022 -mobilizes the power of cricket to drive positive social change and to encourage girls and women to play and be empowered by cricket. … [Read more...] about Call for gender equity on eve of Women’s T20 World Cup

reland pulled off a shock win over reigning champions Australia in a topsy-turvy day of ICC Women’s T20 World Cup matches.England emerged with two warm-up wins from two by beating New Zealand, and the West Indies clung on to defeat Sri Lanka in Cape Town. India proved too strong for Bangladesh as they recorded a 52-run victory, while hosts South Africa powered to a six-wicket win over Pakistan. Ireland pull off surprise Orla Prendergast put on a fine all-round display as Ireland chased down 169 … [Read more...] about reland stun Australia as ICC Women’s T20 World Cup warm-ups conclude

South Africa left-arm spinner Nonkululeko Mlaba has overtaken India’s Deepti Sharma to grab second position among bowlers in the MRF Tyres ICC Women’s T20I Player Rankings after a fine performance against India in the final of the South Africa Tri-series which also featured the West Indies.Mlaba grabbed two for 16 in the final in East London to finish with six wickets in the Tri-Series which came at just 8.66 runs apiece and she conceded just 3.25 runs per over to move to a career-best 753 … [Read more...] about SA Bowler Rises to Second

Six specialised awards to be presented after the Final on 11 February  Monday, 6 February: The Betway SA20 League has introduced the following awards to reward the excellent performances from the players in the inaugural season. There have been some striking standout performances in the opening weeks, with more expected as the League enters into the exciting business end. Faf du Plessis (369) of the Joburg Super Kings and Heinrich Klaasen (363) of Durban’s Super Giants top the run … [Read more...] about Betway SA20 special player awards announced

Friday, 3 February: SA20 has warned cricket fans to beware of online websites claiming to have SA20 match tickets for sale. Organisers have noted a marked increase in offers of tickets for sale via secondary, mainly online, markets.The only official outlets for tickets to Betway SA20 matches this year is Ticketpro. Online “re-sellers” – masquerading under a host of brand names – do not have any official access to tickets. “Tickets are promised, often highly inflated prices are … [Read more...] about Betway SA20 warns against unofficial match ticket websites

“It’s amazing to be here in South Africa ready to test ourselves in another global tournament. We have come close on a few occasions since 2017 and it would be really special to go one step further this time around,” says England captain Heather Knight in an interview with the ICC.It’s a gorgeous country to be in and it’s been nice to spend some time here acclimatising and playing some warm-up games versus New Zealand. Equally we were able to go and support our England Women U19 team, who made … [Read more...] about We want to win this trophy once again

“We have never been as confident as we are going into this tournament. Our ambitions are nothing less than winning the tournament—that is our ultimate goal. Our confidence stems from recent results, the skills and competencies of our players, and the experience we have with the team,” said Sri Lanka captain Chamari Athapaththu speaking to the ICC.We just competed well in the Asia Cup and were able to make the final against India. We beat several teams, including Bangladesh in the initial stage … [Read more...] about In South Africa, we expect pace and bounce

JOHANNESBURG: Cricket South Africa (CSA) and The South African Breweries (SAB) are pleased to announce their continued partnership which will power the Proteas men and women’s teams and international cricket matches taking place within the borders of South Africa.The Castle Lager brand in the SAB portfolio of beers has been a partner of Cricket South Africa for the past 23 years. Castle Lager which has been the ‘Official Beer of the Proteas’ has always been the winner because it enables sports … [Read more...] about CSA And Castle Lager Announce Official Supplier Partnership

Thursday, 2 February: MI Cape Town’s Odean Smith follows in the long line of blockbuster West Indian T20 all-rounders and the Jamaican has had a similar dynamic impact on the first round of the Betway SA20.Smith hails from Kingston, the same town as T20 legend Andre “Dr Dre” Russell, and plays the game with a similar exuberance and style. The 26-year-old has run in hard for MI Cape Town and picked up seven wickets already in just five games and is an integral part of the Newlands-based … [Read more...] about Odean Smith: The standard of the SA20 has been amazing

“With it being a home World Cup, we’re very excited. We’re going to have all our family and friends at every game, so that’s also very exciting,” says Sune Luus.The aim for every team in the World Cup is obviously to win that trophy. In the past we’ve come so close every time; we’ve made the semi-finals and then having to go through that loss. So hopefully this year is our year, where we can actually get through the semi-finals, get into that final and hopefully keep the trophy in South Africa. … [Read more...] about Sune Luus: We hope to keep the trophy at home