Graeme Smith, Enoch Nkwe, Mark Boucher and Linda Zondi at the unveiling of South Africa’s new coaching structure © AFP Mark Boucher began his tenure as South Africa’s national coach with his usual bullishness as he issued a warning to their next opposition, England, ahead of the first of four Tests starting in under a

12:57 PM GMT The stars are aligning for West Indies’ T20 World Cup defence. Phil Simmons, who had coached them to the title more than three years ago, is back at the helm. Kieron Pollard has taken over the limited-overs captaincy, Lendl Simmons is back in form, and Dwayne Bravo has come out of retirement,

8:00 AM GMT New Zealand 5 for 109 (Taylor 66*, Starc 4-31) trail Australia 416 (Labuschagne 143, Head 56, Wagner 4-92, Southee 4-93) by 307 runs A nearby grass fire wafted the unmistakable odour of smoke across Perth Stadium early on another enervating day in the west. By the close the only fire was that

8:00 AM GMT Tshwane Spartans 166 for 4 (van Biljon 48*, Wiese 31*, Nabe 2-24) beat Nelson Mandela Bay Giants 144 for 8 (Morris 42, Dunk 35, Wiese 3-30, Morkel 2-22) by 22 runs The Tshwane Spartans will play the Paarl Rocks in the Mzansi Super League (MSL) final, after beating the Nelson Mandela Bay

12:08 PM GMT Mark Boucher, the former South Africa wicketkeeper and current Titans coach, will be unveiled as South Africa’s interim coach by acting director of cricket Graeme Smith on Saturday. ESPNcricinfo has learnt that interim team director Enoch Nkwe will stay on and work with Boucher; a source said the pair is “keen to

3:46 PM GMT Marnus Labuschagne is forever blowing bubbles and, over the last few weeks, scoring Test hundreds. With a skip down the pitch at Mitchell Santner he deposited the ball over long-on, for just the second six of his career, to reach his third century in three innings following his scores of 185 in

4:36 PM GMT ESPNcricinfo staff Aneurin Donald is set to miss the whole of the 2020 season after tearing his anterior cruciate ligament (ACL). Donald, the 22-year-old batsman, joined Hampshire from Glamorgan towards the end of the 2018 domestic season, and impressed in his first full season at the club, hitting a 144-ball 173 against

1:41 PM GMT Pressure is mounting on CSA’s board, specifically president Chris Nenzani and vice-president Beresford Williams, after financial services company Momentum, which sponsors CSA, issued an ultimatum over its tenure. In a statement released on Thursday afternoon, Momentum asked for the CSA board or Nenzani and Williams to step down as one of six

2:56 AM GMT India haven’t gone hard at the opposition while batting first in T20Is of late, but they hung up caution and unleashed a no-holds-barred assault on West Indies in the series decider in Mumbai on Wednesday. More than three years after West Indies had overpowered India in the T20 World Cup semi-final at