Marizanne Kapp’s maiden Test century helped the Proteas recover from 45-4 to post a competitive total on the first day of the one-off women’s Test against England in Taunton.
The Proteas Women drew their three-day warm-up match with England A at the Arundel Cricket Club in West Sussex.
The Proteas Women will attend a two-week national training camp at the CSA High-Performance Centre in Pretoria from Thursday.
England hung on for a gripping draw with just one wicket left in the fourth Ashes Test in Sydney on Sunday to deny Australia a 4-0 series lead.
Australia crushed England by nine wickets to win the first Ashes Test in style just after lunch on day four at the Gabba on Saturday.
Joe Root and Dawid Malan batted through the final session to give England hope in the opening Ashes Test against Australia at the Gabba on Friday.
Travis Head blasted a rapid-fire century to crush England hopes on the second day of the opening Ashes Test at the Gabba.
England were bowled out for 147 on the first day of the first Ashes Test in Brisbane, with Pat Cummins taking 5-38 on his captaincy debut.
Former West Indies fast bowler Michael Holding says England’s decision to cancel its short tours to Pakistan amounted to “Western arrogance”.
England, Australia, India and, most recently, New Zealand have reiterated that they are the game’s controlling quartet. The International Cricket Council is powerless to curb their behaviour, the most recent examples of which robbed Pakistan of life-giving tours, writes RYAN VREDE. (more…)