Proteas sunk to a historic low as fine knocks from Saim Ayub, Babar Azam and Mohammed Rizwan, followed by some disciplined bowling led by spinner Sufiyan Muqeem helped Pakistan hand SA over their first-ever 0-3 series whitewash at home despite a third-successive, fighting fifty by Heinrich K
Ayub was one of the frontline stars for Pakistan with two brilliant centuries, including one in the third ODI as the Asian side completed first-ever clean sweep series win in South Africa after a win in the third and final ODI at Johannesburg on Monday.
The result is surely a confidence booster for Pakistan, coming to Proteas after a historic ODI series win in Australia after two decades. This 0-3 defeat is Proteas' first ODI series clean sweep loss at home.
Former Australian seamer Jason Gillespie who was appointed as Pakistan's Test team head coach in April this year, stepped down from his role on Thursday.
The squad has Kagiso Rabada returning to South Africa ODI side for the first time since the 2023 Cricket World Cup, and David Miller and Heinrich Klaasen in the outfit for the first time since December 2023.
Ahead of the second T20I of the three-match series at the SuperSport Park on Friday against Pakistan, South Africa right-arm seamer Anrich Nortje has been ruled of the remaining two matches of T20I series and three-match ODI series after sustaining a toe injury.
Former Proteas cricketer JP Duminy has stepped down from his role as South Africa's white-ball batting coach with immediate effect due to personal reasons.
Markram, who will feature in the second Test from December 5 onwards and has been rested due to the tight schedule between the third Test and the T20Is. Besides Markram, Marco Jansen, Keshav Maharaj, Kagiso Rabada, and Tristan Stubbs will also miss the T20I series as they are also involved i
Having fallen out of contention for the ICC World Test Championship (WTC) Final next year, and currently languishing at the bottom of the points table, the West Indies are determined to finish the year on a high note.
South Africa and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) are favourites to host the upcoming ICC Champions Trophy in 2025 if Pakistan pulls out on the last moment, as per the sources.
Former England off-break spinner Graeme Swann picked his top four teams for the highly anticipated T20 World Cup, which is just more than a week away from kicking off in the USA.