With the Men's Cricket World Cup just a fortnight away, South Africa are facing major injury woes with two key pacers in a race against time to get fit before the major tournament.
South African captain Temba Bavuma has been ruled out of the fourth one-day international of the five-match series against Australia which will be played at Centurion on Friday
Anrich Nortje suffered from lower back spasms during the Proteas' 123-run loss to Australia in the second match of the ongoing ODI series and left the field after bowling five overs. He returned to bat for South Africa later but will require further medical assessment.
Cricket South Africa has named their 15-member playing squad for the marquee event, on Tuesday, 5 September, which will be led by their regular ODI skipper Temba Bavuma.
Skipper Temba Bavuma, David Miller, Aiden Markram, Anrich Nortje, Keshav Maharaj were among the players who were seen rocking the jersey in a video posted by Cricket South Africa (CSA).
Makhaya Ntini speaks his mind and doesn’t believe in being politically correct. Every cricketer former or current have shared their views on how to tackle with a batter of Virat Kohli's caliber and former South Africa pacer has shared a unique way to deal with him on the field.
Nortje and Ismail had won the top honours back in 2021 as well. In all, this is the third time that Ismail has clinched the top award in women's cricket in South Africa.
Gaikwad played a brilliant knock of 79 off 50 balls followed by Conway's blistering 87 off 52 balls. DC bowlers were disappointed with their performance as they bagged only three wickets. Khaleel Ahmed, Chetan Sakariya and Anrich Nortje took one wicket each.