Van der Merwe, Rossington guide Sunrisers Eastern Cape to SA20 title

The Sunrisers Eastern Cape were crowned the champions of the inaugural edition of SA20 as Aiden Markram’s side beat the Pretoria Capitals in Sunday’s final at the Wanderers in Johannesburg. Roelof van der Merwe’s dazzling 4 for 31 restricted the Capitals to 135 in the first innings before Adam Rossington’s blazing 57 off 35 balls […]

Majestic Markram powers Sunrisers into SA20 Final

Aiden Markram lifted the Sunrisers Eastern Cape into the main event of SA20 with a victory over Faf du Plessis and the Joburg Super Kings in the second semi-final in Centurion on Thursday. The SEC skipper slammed a magnificent century to power his side to a mammoth total of 213 for 5. Reeza Hendricks’ eye-catching […]

Shamsi, Hendricks guide South Africa to T20 series victory over England

England’s disappointing white-ball summer under the leadership of Jos Buttler continued at the Ageas Bowl on Sunday as the hosts suffered a chastening 90-run defeat against South Africa to lose the three-match T20I series 2-1. Half-centuries from Reeza Hendricks and Aiden Markram lifted the Proteas to 191 for 5 in the decider at Southampton before […]

Tripathi, Markram give SRH third win on the bounce

After a poor start to IPL 2022, Sunrisers Hyderabad have begun to gather some momentum as Kane Williamson’s side won their third game on the bounce against the Kolkata Knight Riders at the Brabourne Stadium. Led by two outstanding half-centuries from Rahul Tripathi and Aiden Markram, SRH cruised home in the run-chase with 13 balls […]

IPL Mega Auction 2022 – Top 5 Bargain Buys

Plenty of the biggest Indian and overseas stars went under the hammer at the 2022 IPL auction, with over INR 550 crores spent on 204 players across the two days in Bangalore. While there were plenty of cricketers who the franchisees broke the bank for at the auction, the ten IPL teams also pulled off some […]

Nortje, Markram shine as South Africa hand West Indies second defeat

South Africa registered their first win of the T20 World Cup with a dominant performance against the West Indies despite the absence of their star batter Quinton de Kock. The left-hander pulled out of the match due to personal reasons following a directive from CSA that required the team to collectively take a knee before […]

Cricket news round-up – December 29: Peter Siddle retires from international cricket

Peter Siddle announced retirement from international cricket. Aiden Markram and Trent Boult sustained injuries at Centurion and MCG respectively.

Cricket news round-up – October 18: Markram ruled out of Ranchi Test, first female staff of IPL recruited

Aiden Markram has been ruled out of third Test against India. Bangladesh T20I squad for India tour has been announced. Sri Lanka squad for T20I series in Australia has been announced. Navnita Gautam has been hired as Sports Massage Therapist of RCB.

Cricket news round-up – 30 June: Pakistan inch past Afghanistan; Australia beat New Zealand

Pakistan beat Afghanistan three wickets at Headingley; Australia continued their winning run by beating New Zealand; Nuwaan Pradeep is ruled out of Sri Lanka’s World Cup squad; and Aiden Markram and Temba Bavuma will lead South Africa ‘A’ teams on their tour of India.

Royal London One-Day Cup Semi-final 1, Hampshire vs Lancashire: Preview, likely XIs, predictions

Lancashire and Hampshire, five-time champions both, will clash for the semi-final at the Rose Bowl.