Cape Town [South Africa], Feb. 8 (ANI): South Africa's Faf du Plessis, who played his career-best knock of 185 during his side's 40-run victory in the New Land's ODI against Sri Lanka, has credited his promotion to the Test captaincy for his imperious recent form with the bat.
Cape Town [South Africa], Feb. 8 (ANI): Faf du Plessis's batting heroics, followed by some gritty bowling from Imran Tahir and Wayne Parnell under pressure, helped South Africa defeat Sri Lanka by 40 runs in a closely fought encounter of the five-match ODI series here at New Lands, Cape
Johannesburg [South Africa], Feb.2 (ANI):Top-order batsman Faf du Plessis has said that it will be a great honour for him to play 100th one-day international (ODI) for South Africa when his side take on Sri Lanka at the Wanderers on Saturday.
Durban [South Africa], Feb.1 (ANI): Top-order batsman Faf du Plessis and David Miller struck scorching centuries as South Africa set a 308-run target for Sri Lanka in the second ODI of the five-match series at Kingsmead here on Wednesday.
Johannesburg [South Africa], Dec. 22 (ANI): Cricket South Africa (CSA) has accepted the decision of International Cricket Council's (ICC) independent judicial commissioner Michael Beloff to dismiss Faf du Plessis's appeal against the verdict of ball-tampering case.
Johannesburg [South Africa], Dec. 22 (ANI): South Africa skipper Faf du Plessis's appeal against the International Cricket Council's (ICC) verdict of ball-tampering case has been dismissed by judicial commissioner Michael Beloff.
Johannesburg [South Africa], Dec. 20 (ANI): The appeal hearing of South African skipper Faf du Plessis against the International Cricket Council's (ICC) verdict of ball-tampering case has concluded in Dubai without a verdict being released.
Johannesburg [South Africa], Dec. 16 (ANI): Describing Sri Lanka as a quality side, South Africa skipper Faf du Plessis has said they will not underestimate their Asian opponents when the two sides face in the upcoming three-match Test series.
Johannesburg [South Africa], Dec.15 (ANI): South Africa national selection convenor Linda Zondi has revealed that his side have an emergency stop-gap plan if skipper Faf Du Plessis will be handed a one-match ban in connection with `mintgate` row.
Johannesburg [South Africa], Dec.15 (ANI): South Africa skipper Faf du Plessis has firmly said he has no intention to back out of his appeal against the guilty verdict of ball-tampering case even though he risks a match ban if found guilty by the judicial commissioner.
Johannesburg [South Africa], Dec.9 (ANI): South Africa pace spearhead Dale Steyn has backed AB de Villiers, who is currently recovering from an elbow injury‚ to remain as permanent Test captain despite stunning success under stand-in skipper Faf du Plessis.
Dubai [UAE], Dec.6 (ANI): The International Cricket Council (ICC) has confirmed that Faf du Plessis' appeal against his guilty verdict of ball-tampering will be heard in Dubai on December 19.