First time since their readmission to international cricket, South Africa's men's team has made it to the final of the ICC World Cup (ODI and T20 both). They had made it to the knockouts of the T20 World Cup for the first time since 2014 and just brushed aside Afghanistan in the semifinal.
South African pacer Anrich Nortje continued his record-breaking spree in the ongoing ICC Men's T20 World Cup as he surpassed legendary Dale Steyn to become the leading wicket-taker for his country in tournament history. Nortje took the key wicket of Harry Brook against England on Friday.
South Africa pacer Anrich Nortje registered best figures for his country at the T20 World Cup picking up four wickets for just seven runs against Sri Lanka. Sri Lanka being shot out for just 75 runs has brought the surface in New York under the scanner but Nortje doesn't have any issues.
South Africa began their T20 World Cup 2024 campaign in style with a massive win against Sri Lanka in New York on Monday, June 3. Sri Lanka opted to bat after winning the toss and were shot out for 77, their lowest score in T20Is. South Africa too took 16.2 overs to chase it down, but got the win.
Sri Lanka registered their lowest ever score in T20Is as South African bowlers were all over them like a rash in the Group D encounter of T20 World Cup 2024 at the Nassau County Stadium in New York on Monday, June 9. Led by Anrich Nortje, the Proteas bowling attack skittled out Sri Lanka for 77.
Cricket South Africa has announced a 15-strong squad for the T20 World Cup 2024 in the Caribbean and the USA. Aiden Markram will continue to lead the side with pacer Anrich Nortje returning to the national team after 9 months. Two uncapped stars have been picked while Lungi Ngidi has missed out.
Delhi Capitals (DC) went down to Punjab Kings by four wickets in their opening fixture of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2024 season while playing at Maharaja Yadavindra Singh International Cricket Stadium in Mullanpur, Chandigarh.
South Africa pacer Anrich Nortje's time on the sidelines is set to get longer as he stays away from competitive cricket due to an undisclosed injury. Pretoria Capitals on Tuesday, January 9 confirmed that Noirtje will not take part in the second edition of the SA20 in a huge blow to the side.
South Africa and India are currently facing each other in the three-match T20I series and will then face in three ODIs as well. The two teams are scheduled to lock horns in the two-match Test series starting from December 26 which is also the part of World Test Championship.
Anrich Nortje and Sisanda Magala have been ruled out of the upcoming ODI World Cup due to injuries.
South Africa will miss the services of skipper Temba Bavuma in the fourth ODI in Centurion as he has been ruled out of the same due to an injury.
Nortje was out of action for six months after the T20 World Cup last year. He had bowled exceptionally well in the 2020-2021 IPL season before being sidelined due to a stress fracture.
Asked about the availability of the Australian duo of David Warner and Mitchell Marsh, who is nursing a hip injury, Ponting said: "David Warner has arrived in Mumbai. He left early yesterday morning I believe, so he should be there when we get back to Mumbai tonight.
Cricket South Africa (CSA) posted a squad update on twitter on Tuesday, saying, "Anrich Nortje has been ruled out of the 3-match #BetwayTestSeries due to a persistent injury.
Nortje, who picked 22 wickets in 16 matches in his first-ever IPL season in 2020, played an instrumental role in helping DC reach its maiden IPL final.
South Africa’s bowlers backed up a solid batting performance to put the Proteas in a command of the 2nd Test against the West Indies at the end of the 2nd day Saturday.
Nortje, now with Delhi Capitals in Indian Premier League, was 16 then and was called upon to bowl at the Chennai Super Kings (CSK) nets. Dhoni was leading CSK.
Nortje had to spend an extended period of time in quarantine due to a false positive result for COVID-19. However, the fast bowler re-joined the camp on Friday after testing negative thrice.
South African pacer Anrich Nortje on Friday joined the Delhi Capitals squad after he tested negative for COVID-19 thrice.
The South African pacer tested positive for COVID-19 while in quarantine.
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