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SOLID PREPARATIONS: Mlungisi Warriors playing against Chris Hani cricket team in preparations for premier game scheduled to be played in East London. Picture: UVIWE JARA

Makathini’s bowling skill set breaks CH team’s batting momentum

Chris Hani Cricket Team played a T20 Game against Mlungisi Warriors first Team at Nkwanca High School ground on Saturday. The encounter was in preparation for premier games set to be hosted in East London by the Department of Sport,…

NEWLY APPOINTED: Lonwabo Dinge will serve as one of the non-independent board of directors for Border Cricket Picture: SUPPLIED

Transforming local cricket his goal

One of the newly-appointed non-independent board of directors of Border Cricket, Lonwabo Dinge, will introduce new ideas to lead transformation in the world of cricket. Dinge, who recently assumed the seat, will be part of a collective of…

Sports, arts and culture minister Nathi Mthethwa, speaking at the National Convention on Nation Building, Social Cohesion and Safe Communities.Image: Nathi Mthethwa via Twitter.

Meeting could decide future make-up of Cricket SA

Cricket South Africa’s board and its member’s council will be engaged in a meeting on Saturday that for all intents and purposes could decide the organisation’s future after Sports Minister Nathi Mthethwa’s ultimatum to them on Thursday.…

GREAT CATCH: Spartans Sports Club player Lutho Hadi, with the equipment donated for the newly-formed Spartans Sports Club teams                                       Picture: SUPPLIED

Spartans’ popularity sees it branching out

Spartans Cricket Club has relinquished its Border promotional league status to newly formed Spartans Sports Club, which will be a promotional team for four Komani internal cricket league clubs. The Spartans Sports Club “franchise” will,…

Quinton de Kock, also wicketkeeper and a leading runscorer, will captain the Proteas in Test cricket this season.Image: Lee Warren/Gallo Images

Cricketer of the year Quinton de Kock opens up about stepping down as captain of the Test team

SA men’s cricketer of the year Quinton de Kock has revealed why he was stood down as captain of the Test team and said the pressure that comes with the captaincy role in the longer format of the game was just too much for him to handle.…

Sports, arts and culture minister Nathi Mthethwa, speaking at the National Convention on Nation Building, Social Cohesion and Safe Communities.Image: Nathi Mthethwa via Twitter.

Sports ministry puts the brakes on CSA’s 3TeamCricket tournament

Sports Minister Nathi Mthethwa has put the brakes on Cricket South Africa’s planned 3TeamCricket tournament that’s set to take place on June 27. Speaking at Friday’s Parliamentary Sports Portfolio committee meeting that included CSA’s…

Proteas paceman Kagiso Rabada will lead KG’s Kingfishers in the inaugural Solidarity Cup match launched on WednesdayImage: STU FORSTER/GETTY IMAGES

AB, Quinny and KG go head-to-head in Solidarity Cup

SA cricket fans can look forward to the return of their favourite game — but with a sting in the tail — when the brand new Solidarity Cup is contested at SuperSport Park in Centurion on June 27. The event was unveiled at a virtual media…

Cricket South Africa acting chief executive Jacques Faul was roped in in December a few days after the suspension of Thabang Moroe. Image: BackpagePix

CSA won’t force players to return to training when non-contact sport returns this week

Cricket South Africa (CSA) chief executive Dr Jacques Faul has said that no player will be forced to return to training when non-contact professional sport returns under level three this week. Minister of Sport Nathi Mthethwa confirmed on…

MAKING A MARK: Spartans Cricket Club won the Komani T20 internal cricket league in March. The team is also competing in the Border second league and was holding top spot before suspension due to the Covid-19 outbreak     Picture: SUPPLIED

Spartans wanting to bring Border cricket to Mlungisi

In March, Baviwe Dlabantu hit two sixes in three balls in the eighth over of the Komani internal cricket league final. Two overs later, his team, Spartans, won the match and made its mark on the local cricket circuit. Skipper Lutho Hadi…

THE CHAMPIONS: Spartans Cricket Club were crowned the champions of the Komani T20 cricket league on Sunday when they beat Warriors Cricket Club in a thrilling final at Nkwanca Picture: NTSIKELELO QOYO

Spartans win the Komani T20 cricket league

On Sunday Warriors Cricket Club faced Spartans to ascertain who would be crowned kings of the Komani T20 cricket league for the 2019-20 season. Warriors, who were the defending champions, won the toss and their captain, Ngamsithi Mdoda,…

DON’T SLIP: Komani Royals faced Super Eagles from Mdantsane in a Border promotional league game at the TW Higgs fields on Sunday Picture: NTSIKELELO QOYO

Royals seek redemption at Alice

Tomorrow Komani Royals travel to Alice in hopes to secure a top-four finish before the border promotional league season ends this March. They will be looking to bounce back when they face the number two log placed side, Alice Cricket…

Sideline moments from The T10 Blast at Queen’s

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Beswick Cobras triumph at first Queen’s T10 Blast

Cricket fans were treated to big sixes on Sunday at the Parry Davies fields when Queen’s College hosted the first-ever T10 blast. The 10 over game featured the Connaught Warriors, College Titans, Beswick Cobras, Whitson Knights, Kudu…

Queen’s drop out of the Coca Cola T20 challenge

After a hard-fought season, the Queen’s College T20 campaign came down to dropped catches “at crucial moments”. They were at Grey High School in Port Elizabeth recently for the Coca Cola T20 challenge, where Border and Eastern Province…

Queen’s launches a T10 cricket compo

Queen’s College is introducing a new era in schools cricket, launching the first 10 overs series in Komani and the province. The T10 Blast, launched last week, will have junior schoolboys sharing the locker room with their first team…