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.

South Africa vs England 2nd Test, Day 5 preview: Intriguing finish on the cards

Stumps, Day 4: England 269 (Ollie Pope 61*; Kagiso Rabada 3/68) and 391/8 Dec (Dom Sibley 133*, Ben Stokes 72, Joe Root 61; Anrich Nortje 3/61) lead South Africa 223 (Dean Elgar 88, Rassie van der Dussen 68; James Anderson 5/40) and 126/2 (Pieter Malan 63*, James Anderson 1/18) by 312 runs.

2nd Test, India vs South Africa Day 4 preview: South Africa have clawed back, but the climb is too uphill

Stumps, Day 3: India 601/5 decl. (Kohli 254*, Agarwal 108; Kagiso Rabada 3/93) lead South Africa 275 (Maharaj 72, du Plessis 64; Ashwin 4/69, Umesh 3/37) by 336 runs.

IPL 2019, Orange and Purple Caps, updated after Final (MI vs CSK): Tahir wins Purple Cap

Tahir took 2/23 to finish with 26 wickets, one more than Kagiso Rabada's tally.

IPL 2019, Orange and Purple Caps, updated after KKR vs DC: Dhawan gets into top 5, Russell cements No. 3

Excerpt: Kagiso Rabada gets 13 wickets to further cement top bowlers’ spot.

Klaasen 174 helps South Africa draw level

Powered by a thunderous century from Heinrich Klaasen, South Africa produced a monstrous batting display in the fourth ODI in Centurion to beat Australia by 164 runs. The wicket-keeper smashed 174 off 83 deliveries to propel the Proteas to 416/5 – South Africa’s second-highest score against Australia in ODIs. Mitchell Marsh’s side managed just 252 […]

Super-sub Labuschagne scripts thrilling victory for Australia

Australia scripted a thrilling victory in the first ODI against South Africa in Bloemfontein thanks to a match-saving half-century from Marnus Labuschagne in the run chase. Coming in as a concussion substitute for Cameron Green, Labuschagne rescued Australia from 113/7 chasing 223, putting on a century stand with Ashton Agar to trump Temba Bavuma’s superlative […]

Punjab Kings IPL 2023 Preview

The Punjab Kings’ quest for a maiden IPL title continues in season 16, and after another disappointing sixth-place finish in 2022, the Mohali-based franchise have shuffled the pack once again in the off-season. The Kings released captain Mayank Agarwal following an underwhelming campaign with the bat in 2022, with Shikhar Dhawan taking over as captain […]

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 […]

JSK stutter with the bat again as MI Cape Town clinch second win

The Joburg Super Kings batting unit continued to disappoint as MI Cape Town secured a commanding seven-wicket at home on Saturday night in SA20. The visitors were dismissed for a total of under 120 for the second game in a row as Kagiso Rabada, Rashid Khan and company ran riot with the ball to restrict […]