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Rwanda’s Geovanis Uwase has been suspended from bowling in international cricket with immediate effect after the Event Panel of the ICC Under19 Women’s T20 World Cup confirmed that she uses an illegal bowling action.The Event Panel comprises members of the ICC Panel of Human Movement Specialists. Uwase was reported by the match officials during Rwanda’s match against Pakistan on 15 January, with footage captured during their match against Zimbabwe on 17 January and shared with the Event Panel … [Read more...] about Uwase Suspended From Bowling In International Cricket

Pretoria Capitals Anrich Nortje and Jimmy Neesham ran through the Joburg Super Kings to exact revenge in the Highveld derby on Wednesday evening at Centurion. The Capitals lost a nail-biter to the Super Kings the previous night at the Wanderers, but were able to bounce back just 24 hours later on their home ground. Nortje, who is arguably the fastest bowler in the world at the moment, ramped up the speed gun to collect 3/12, while Neesham finished with 3/7 to rout the Super Kings for 122 in just … [Read more...] about Pretoria Capitals Steamroll Super Kings To Move Top Of Betway #SA20 Log

Leus du Plooy and Aaron Phangiso were the stars of the show as Joburg Super Kings bounced back with a six-run victory against the Pretoria Capitals in their Betway SA20 clash at Wanderers Stadium on Tuesday night. It was the first time the Betway SA20 caravan had rolled into Johannesburg and the locals certainly came out in their thousands to support their new team, the Joburg Super Kings.  Whistles were handed out to the yellow-clad crowd before the game which led to the Bullring buzzing … [Read more...] about Joburg Super Kings Edge Out Pretoria Capitals In A Thriller At The Bullring

Paarl Royals spinner Bjorn Fortuin ripped through Durban’s Super Giants‘ top order to set the home side on their way to claiming a 10-run victory at Boland Park on Tuesday.Fortuin returned figures of 3/14, claiming the wickets of Kyle Mayers (12 off 11), Quinton de Kock (0 off 2 balls), and Dwaine Pretorius (0 off 1 ball) to leave the visitors struggling on 29/3 after 4.3 overs. Wickets continued to fall just as it seemed the Super Giants were getting themselves back into the game, which stifled … [Read more...] about Fortuin spins Paarl Royals to victory over Durban’s Super Giants

EAST LONDON – Cricket South Africa’s (CSA) National Pathway Selection Panel has today confirmed the 17-player squad that will represent the Momentum Proteas in their upcoming T20 International Tri-Series against India and the West Indies, taking place at the Buffalo Park Stadium in East London between 19 January – 02 February.The Proteas Women will be utilizing this inbound series to finalize their preparations before playing hosts to the exciting ICC Women’s T20 World Cup 2023 which kicks off … [Read more...] about CSA Name Momentum Proteas Squad To Face India And West Indies In T20I Tri-Series

On Monday 16 January 2023, the Sunrisers Eastern Cape (2 matches into the tournament) played their third match in the SA20 series against log leaders MI Cape Town (3 matches into the tournament).Sunrisers were still languishing on 0 points and last place (6th) in the tournament. With half an hour to go to the start of the match it began to look like the crowd would not reach the same numbers as for the opening game against Pretoria Capitals last week. What a historic match for the … [Read more...] about Sunrisers Eastern Cape vs MI Cape Town – SA20

Will Jacks struck a brilliant 92 to help the Pretoria Capitals do the double over the Sunrisers Eastern Cape at Centurion on Saturday.After a failure in the previous game, the England international showed his class with a blistering innings off just 46 balls that saw the Capitals cruise home by 37 runs. The Capitals didn’t waste any time on their home turf despite losing their Player of the Match from the previous game Phil Salt early for one to Sisanda Magala. Rilee Rossouw looked ominous with … [Read more...] about Jacks lights up Centurion as Pretoria Capitals go marching on

The Pretoria Capitals laid down an early marker in the Betway SA20 with a commanding all-round opening performance against the Sunrisers Eastern Cape at St George’s Park in Gqeberha. It was another evening of high-quality entertainment with the St George’s Park band keeping a capacity crowd dancing in the stands despite two lightning and rain interruptions. The Capitals dominated with both and ball with the visitors posting 193/6 before restricting the Sunrisers to 170/5 for a 23-run … [Read more...] about Pretoria Capitals Dance To The St George’s Park Tunes

The Paarl Royals showcased the advantage of home conditions to get their Betway SA20 campaign back on track with a bonus point seven-wicket victory over the Joburg Super Kings at Boland Park. After losing their opening match to MI Cape Town at Newlands earlier this week, the Royals treated their home crowd to a bowling exhibition in the searing Winelands heat. Left-arm spinner Bjorn Fortuin was exceptional with the new ball in the Powerplay as his 3/16 helped dismiss the Super Kings for just 81. … [Read more...] about Royals Romp Home In Bonus Point Win Over Joburg Super Kings

The Paarl Royals showcased the advantage of home conditions to get their Betway SA20 campaign back on track with a bonus point seven-wicket victory over the Joburg Super Kings at Boland Park. After losing their opening match to MI Cape Town at Newlands earlier this week, the Royals treated their home crowd to a bowling exhibition in the searing Winelands heat. SA20 Standings StandingTeamGamesWonLostTiedN/RBPNet Run RatePoints 1Pretoria Capitals2200001.59 2Paarl Royals2110001.0345 3MI … [Read more...] about Competition: Unlucky for some

Durban’s Super Giants grabbed their first victory of the Betway SA20 after securing a 5-wicket victory over MI Cape Town at Newlands on Friday.The visitors, chasing a target of 153, seemed to be cruising at 118/2 after 12.3 overs before Olly Stone (4/28) took three wickets in seven balls to throw the cat among the pigeons. But the Super Giants had enough big hitters in the back-end of the innings to bounce back from their opening round defeat. After captain Quinton de Kock had won the toss and … [Read more...] about Super Giants overpower MI Cape Town in rollercoaster

Special offer to celebrate 30 days until the world’s best cricketers are on show Top South African artists and DJ’s lined-up to thrill match-day crowds   Wednesday 11 January: With only 30 days to go until the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup, fans have an opportunity to watch the best cricketers in the world in action for only 30 South African Rand. Thirty-thousand tickets will be available for R30 across the three host venues, to mark the countdown to the historic cricketing showpiece … [Read more...] about 30,000 tickets for R30 with only 30 days to go until the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup

The sleeping giant of South African cricket Kingsmead awoke from its slumber in all its glory on the second night of the Betway SA20. The KwaZulu-Natal patrons came out in full support of the Durban Super Giants and were treated to a feast of high-quality entertainment.  Kingsmead has not witnessed such fanfare for many years with the fireworks adding to the spectacle produced out in the middle. The Joburg Super Kings may have won a high-scoring contest by 16 runs, but it was the people of … [Read more...] about Joburg Super Kings Spoil Super Giants’ Kingsmead Party

Thursday, 12 January: The sleeping giant of South African cricket, Kingsmead, awoke from its slumber in all its glory on the second night of the Betway SA20.The KwaZulu-Natal patrons came out in full support of Durban’s Super Giants and were treated to a feast of high-quality entertainment. Kingsmead has not witnessed such fanfare for many years with the fireworks adding to the spectacle produced out in the middle. Joburg Super Kings may have won a high-scoring contest by 16 runs, but it … [Read more...] about Joburg Super Kings spoil Durban’s Super Giants’ Kingsmead party

The Sunrisers Eastern Cape and Pretoria Capitals SA20 teams could be forgiven for thinking that they had travelled far back in time as a capacity crowd greeted them at St Georges Park, Gqeberha on Thursday 12 January for the first match for the home team in the series.Pretoria Capitals XI: Phil Salt (wk), Will Jacks, Rilee Rossouw, Theunis de Bruyn, Shane Dadswell, James Neesham, Senuran Muthuswamy, Wayne Parnell (c), Eathan Bosch, Adil Rashid, Anrich Nortje Sunrisers Eastern Cape XI: Sarel … [Read more...] about Sunrisers Eastern Cape v Pretoria Capitals