South Africa confirmed themselves as the No. 1 team on the ICC rankings when they beat the West Indies by eight wickets with two sessions to spare in the final Sunfoil Test match at Newlands on Tuesday.
Dean Elgar and Faf du Plessis continued their batting love affair with St. George’s Park as they both ground out patient innings that put the Castle Lager Proteas well in control after day one of the second Sunfoil Test match.
Proteas batsman, Dean Elgar, says patience was the best practice for the batsmen on the opening day of the second Sunfoil Test against the West Indies at St George’s Park on Friday.
South Africa batsman, Dean Elgar says he is looking forward to the “new challenge” of opening the batting on South African soil in the upcoming Sunfoil Test Series against the West Indies.
Half centuries from Dean Elgar and Pite van Biljon kept the Knights’ RAM SLAM T20 play-off hopes alive as they secured a seven-wicket victory over The Titans at SuperSport Park on Sunday.
With Rory Kleinveldt released from national duty, both the Cape Cobras and the Knights go into Thursday’s Sunfoil Series fixture at Sahara Park Newlands full of confidence in the ability of their bowling attacks.
The Knights needed little more than an hour on day three to wrap up their first Sunfoil Series victory of the season as they beat the Highveld Lions by 10 wickets at the Diamond Oval on Saturday.
Johan van der Wath and Quinton Friend took three wickets apiece as the Knights became the first team to tame the Highveld Lions batting line-up in the Sunfoil Series this season. However, two early strikes by Hardus Viljoen kept the home side in check at the Diamond Oval.
A swift century from Dean Elgar and an unbeaten fifty from Lefa Mosena gave the Chevrolet Knights a hard-earned share of the day one honours against the Chevrolet Warriors at Buffalo Park on Thursday.
