Faf du Plessis announces retirement from Test Cricket

Former South African captain Faf du Plessis has decided to call time on his Test Career and announced his retirement from the longest format of the game on Wednesday. The 36-year-old played 69 Tests for the Proteas scoring 4163 runs with 10 hundreds and 21 half-centuries. He announced his retirement via a statement on his […]

Cricket news round-up – February 18: Faf du Plessis resigns as Test and T20I captain of South Africa

Faf du Plessis resigned from the captaincy of South Africa cricket team across all formats. Kagiso Rabada made comeback to the T20I squad against Australia. Kings XI Punjab bought St Lucia Zouks.

Royal Challengers Bangalore topple Rajasthan Royals after Maxwell, Faf heroics

The Royal Challengers Bangalore picked up a crucial victory at home against the Rajasthan Royals on Sunday, edging out Sanju Samson’s side by just seven runs in a topsy-turvy encounter at the Chinnaswamy. Half-centuries from Faf du Plessis and Glenn Maxwell lifted RCB to 189 for 9 in their 20 overs before the hosts held […]

Kohli, du Plessis lift RCB to statement victory over MI

RCB enjoyed a perfect homecoming at the Chinnaswamy stadium on Sunday night as they delivered a statement performance to beat the Mumbai Indians by eight wickets in Bangalore. Glorious half-centuries from RCB openers Virat Kohli (82* off 49) and Faf du Plessis (73 off 43) cancelled out Tilak Varma’s sublime unbeaten 84 to help the […]

Du Plooy, bowlers star as JSK sink MI Cape Town

The Joburg Super Kings capped off the group stages of the inaugural edition of SA20 on a high with a 76-run win over MI Cape Town at the Wanderers Stadium in Johannesburg. Leus du Plooy laced a majestic 81* to help the hosts post a first innings score of 189 before Gerald Coetzee and Kyle […]

All-round Ferreira lifts Super Kings to victory against Durban

Donavan Ferreira produced a scintillating display with bat and ball to give the Joburg Super Kings a 16-run victory against the Durban Super Giants in their opening SA20 encounter at Kingsmead. The all-rounder smashed a fiery 40-ball 82* that rescued the Super Kings from 27 for four and took them to a commanding total of […]

Dube, Uthappa steer CSK to first win of the season

The Chennai Super Kings got off the mark in style in IPL 2022 as the defending champions registered their first win of the season against the Royal Challengers Bangalore at the DY Patil Stadium in Mumbai. Robin Uthappa and Shivam Dube powered CSK to the highest total of the tournament so far – 216 – […]

Chennai Super Kings seal fourth IPL title after du Plessis, Thakur heroics

Normal service has resumed for the Chennai Super Kings as MS Dhoni’s men cruised to their fourth IPL title in Dubai with a comfortable 27-run win over the Kolkata Knight Riders. After a poor outing in the 2020 season in the UAE, the ‘dad’s army’ have bounced back in style in 2021 and capped off […]

Cricket news round-up – December 18: ‘People want AB to play’ – du Plessis reveals de Villiers could do U-turn on international retirement

AB de Villiers considers international return, Charl Langeveldt set to join South Africa revolution, and Qatar T10 under fixing cloud.

MSL 2019-20 statistical round-up after league stage: Dunk has most runs, Tahir most wickets

Dunk has most runs (380), followed by Malan (358), while Tahir (16) and Steyn (15) have most wickets.