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South Africa’s Quinton de Kock has reversed his retirement from one-day international cricket and been picked in both white-ball squads for the tour of Pakistan.The wicketkeeper-batter, 32, quit the international 50-over format after the 2023 World Cup, having scored 6,770 runs across 155 matches, including 21 hundreds. De Kock had not retired from T20 internationals but his last game in that format for South Africa was the 2024 T20 World Cup final defeat to India, at the end of a tournament in which he was the Proteas’ leading run-scorer.”Quinton’s return to the white-ball space is a major boost for us,”…

SOUTH AFRICA TOUR OF PAKISTAN, 2025 De Kock had retired from the ODI format after a prolific 2023 World Cup in India. © Getty Aiden Markram will be at the helm as South Africa kick-start defence of their World Test Championship mace with a two-match series in Pakistan next month. Regular skipper Temba Bavuma misses out as he continues to recover from a grade two left calf strain that he suffered on the recent tour of England. For the limited-overs leg of the tour, South Africa will have the services of Quinton de Kock, who has reversed his ODI retirement.…

Left-arm spinner ends up with career-best figures of 6-26 as Proteas bundled out in 26 overs; Green Shirts win by 6 wickets. Nashra Sandhu-inspired Pakistan made easy work of South Africa with a 6-wicket win in their final one-day international (ODI) in the lead-up to the Women’s World Cup on Monday. The left-arm spinner ended up with career-best figures of 6-26 as the Proteas were skittled out for 115 within 26 overs at the Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore — before the Women in Green chased it down with 19 overs to spare. South Africa rested key players, including the player-of-the-match…

For Pakistan Tests: Aiden Markram (c), David Bedingham, Corbin Bosch, Dewald Brevis, Tony de Zorzi, Zubayr Hamza, Simon Harmer, Marco Jansen, Keshav Maharaj (second Test only), Wiaan Mulder, Senuran Muthusamy, Kagiso Rabada, Ryan Rickelton, Tristan Stubbs, Prenelan Subrayen, Kyle Verreynne For Pakistan ODIs: Matthew Breetzke (c), Corbin Bosch, Dewald Brevis, Nandre Burger, Gerald Coetzee, Quinton de Kock, Tony de Zorzi, Donovan Ferreira, Bjorn Fortuin, George Linde, Kwena Maphaka, Lungi Ngidi, Nqaba Peter, Lhuan-dre Pretorius, Sinethemba Qeshile For Pakistan T20Is: David Miller (c), Corbin Bosch, Dewald Brevis, Nandre Burger, Gerald Coetzee, Quinton de Kock, Donovan Ferreira, Reeza Hendricks, George Linde, Kwena…

CPL 2025 TKR ended a five-year trophy drought in style © Getty Trinbago Knight Riders ended a five-year wait in style, clinching a historic fifth Caribbean Premier League crown at the Providence Stadium in a tense, low-scoring final. They edged past home favourites Guyana Amazon Warriors by three wickets with 12 balls to spare, their triumph built on guile with the ball and nerve with the bat. On another turning surface that demanded craft, Kieron Pollard and Sunil Narine provided the cameos that tilted the chase of 131 their way. Fielding the oldest XI ever seen in a CPL final…

JOIN OUR WHATSAPP CHANNEL Openers Abhishek Sharma and Shubman Gill put up a 105-run stand as India thrashed Pakistan again in the Asia Cup rematch on Sunday. It was a clinical batting display from the left-hander, who was destructive with that bat, hitting six boundaries and five maximums in his 74-run knock coming off just 39 balls. He was well supported by India’s Test captain Gill, who scored 47 off 28, setting up a momentum for the rest of the batters in a record run-chase. It was a comprehensive six-wicket victory over Pakistan in the ACC Men’s T20 Asia Cup…

India men’s captain Suryakumar Yadav claimed matches against Pakistan can no longer be considered a real rivalry after his side extended their recent dominance over the Green Shirts with a six-wicket victory in their Asia Cup Super Four clash on Sunday. India’s second win over Pakistan at the T20 tournament padded their head-to-head record in the format to 11-3 against the Green Team, with one match tied. Pakistan still has a lead in the overall record against India across all three formats with 88 wins against India’s 79 victories. Played against the backdrop of lingering tensions between the two nations…

India captain Suryakumar Yadav said matches against Pakistan can no longer be considered a real rivalry after his side extended their recent dominance over the Green Shirts with a six-wicket victory in their Asia Cup Super Four clash on Sunday. India’s second win over Pakistan at the T20 tournament padded their head-to-head record in the format to 11-3 against Team Green, with one match tied. Played against the backdrop of lingering tensions between the two nations in the wake of their military conflict in May, there were no handshakes between the players once again. “According to me, if two teams…

While assessing Australia’s options, Ponting also cast an eye on England’s likely XI, pointing to their No.3 dilemma and highlighting Ben Stokes’ fitness as a decisive factor. “The difference with the two teams is you can probably pick England’s team right now and you probably can’t pick ours. “There’s only one chink in their armour, and that’s Ollie Pope at No.3. They’ve got young Jacob Bethell who has batted at three for them in the past, that’s one change they could make. “Ben Stokes is the pivotal one for me, if he’s fit and bowling like I saw him bowling…

Hugh Weibgen’s strong bond with Jack Wildermuth has helped him feel comfortable stepping up to the next level Rising Queensland star Hugh Weibgen says the presence of club teammate Jack Wildermuth made him feel right at home in just his second senior game as he peeled off a maiden century for the ages to lift his state over the line in the final over. Allrounder Weibgen, who captained Australia to Under-19 World Cup champions last year, finished unbeaten on 115 from 94 balls on Sunday night to give Queensland a 2-0 start to the season with a two-wicket win over…