Rizwan, Babar steer Pakistan to ODI series win over South Africa
Cape Town, Dec 19, 2024 (AFP) -
Cape Town, Dec 19, 2024 (AFP) -
CAPE TOWN: South Africa’s two-test series success over Sri Lanka on Monday catapulted them to first place in the World Test Championship and put them firmly on course for next year’s final in what would have been unthinkable less than a year ago.
PARIS: Toulon held on despite a late red card to win 24-14 at the Stormers in their opening Pool 4 match in the rugby Champions Cup.
JOHANNESBURG: Sanju Samson and Tilak Varma hit centuries as India went on a six-hitting spree in the fourth and final Twenty20 international against South Africa at the Wanderers Stadium on Friday.
CHITTAGONG, Bangladesh: Keshav Maharaj’s five-wicket haul sealed South Africa’s biggest ever Test win, thrashing Bangladesh by an innings and 273 runs inside three days and giving the tourists a 2-0 series sweep Thursday.
SHARJAH, United Arab Emirates: The West Indies were sweating on the fitness of “crucial” Stafanie Taylor after the all-rounder suffered a knee injury at the Women’s T20 World Cup on Thursday.
ABU DHABI: Ross Adair scored a century and his younger brother Mark took four wickets as Ireland beat South Africa by 10 runs on Sunday in the second of their Twenty20 internationals to tie the two-match series.
SHARJAH, United Arab Emirates: Afghanistan registered another emphatic victory over South Africa on Friday, beating them by 177 runs in the second one-day international to take an unbeatable 2-0 lead in the three-match series in Sharjah.