Stories by tag: South Africa

Markram and Magdala sink Dutch in final Super League outing

A devastating century by Aiden Markram and a hostile performance by South Africa’s trio of fast bowlers overpowered Scott Edwards’ Netherlands at the Wanderers...

Proteas prove much too strong in Benoni

To say that the Dutch were given a cricket lesson in Benoni on Friday, when they lost to South Africa by eight wickets, would...

Dutch go pick-and-mix to Southern Africa

The 17-man squad for the Netherlands’ final five Super League matches, to be played in Zimbabwe and South Africa between 21 March and 2...

Determined Dutch shock the Proteas

The Netherlands have produced some remarkable performances in World T20 Cups, but none had been more significant that Sunday’s 13-run victory over South Africa...

Is the end nigh for cricket as we knew it?

A spectre is haunting global cricket: the supplanting of the international game by a proliferation of franchise-based competitions which threaten to turn the entire...

Cricket to make its African Games Debut in 2023

In a boon for the sport in the region, cricket is all set to make its debut in the 2023 Africa Games. Due to...

Thailand to tour South Africa and Zimbabwe ahead of Women’s World Cup Qualifier

In a statement of intent ahead of the ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup Qualifier, Thailand will tour South Africa and Zimbabwe in the coming...

Tristan Stubbs to join Excelsior Schiedam

As preparations continue for the scheduled start of the Dutch Topklasse on 1 May, Schiedam club Excelsior ’20 have announced that they will have...

Sybrand Engelbrecht joins Dutch Topklasse club Voorburg

Following the news that former Boland and Free State batsman Lenert van Wyk, now working in the Netherlands, is transferring from Sparta 1888 to...

Roelof van der Merwe: Dutch Cricket, IPL and retirement plans

Affectionately nicknamed “pug” or “bulldog” due to his obstinate, never-say-die attitude, ex-South African international Roelof van der Merwe has been an extremely valuable addition...

EC weekly roundup: Thailand women headline a feast of Asian cricket

There was Asian cricket aplenty this week in the Emerging Cricket world, as the Thailand women continued their T20 World Cup campaign, their men...

Thailand outclassed by South Africa, left to ponder what went wrong in Canberra

T20 World Cup - 5th Match, Group B: South Africa 195/3 (Lee 101, Luus 61*; Padunglerd 1/19) defeated Thailand 82 off 19.1 overs (Kamchomphu...

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