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Kyle Simmonds Crowned Overall Division 1 SACA MVP

The 2025/26 domestic cricket season concludes with Western Province all-rounder Kyle Simmonds named Division 1 Overall SACA MVP. Simmonds earned…

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Liam Alder Named Overall SACA MVP for Domestic Division 2

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TWELVE YEARS OF RESEARCH-BASED PLAYER SERVICE

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PROTEAS WOMEN CLINCH EMPHATIC WIN OVER INDIA

Half-century and four wickets from Momentum Proteas captain, Dané van Niekerk and a 65-ball 92 by Lizelle Lee lay the foundation for a resounding, 115-run victory for the over India, breaking India’s unbeaten streak when the sides met for the 18th match in the ICC Women’s World Cup in Leicester on Sunday. It was a strong statement by the South Africans, whose victory today was their first against India in a World Cup.

The day started with Lee, hitting 10 fours and seven 6’s on her road to laying the groundwork towards her side’s 273/9 after they were asked to bat first. She did well to continue the team’s momentum after the initial loss off her partner, Laura Wolvaardt for one run, eight balls into the match. Trisha Chetty (24) provided support for Lee, sticking around for 45 balls as their partnership reached 91 runs for the second wicket.

Van Niekerk entered the match when her side were on a shaky 162/5 and proceeded to hit seven fours and a six to reach her 57 runs in 66 deliveries and steer the innings in a more stable position. Other notable batting contributions came from Chloe Tryon, who made another good cameo, scoring a rapid-fire 24 from 18 and Mignon du Preez, whose 22 off 29 balls helped bring calm to the innings after the loss of Lee.

India’s Shikha Pandey was the pick of the bowlers, taking three wickets for 40, while Harmanpreet Kaur (2/18) and Ekta Bisht (2/68) returned two scalps each.

Their batting reply was stifled by yet another top class bowling display by the South African skipper, who returned figures of 4/22 in her 10 overs. Two of those were the wickets of her counterpart Mithali Raj and Kaur, who both fell for ducks in the same over.

Deepti Sharma provided the last stand for India, top scoring with 60 from 111 deliveries (five fours) as everyone else except Jhulan Goswami (43), opener Punam Raut (22), and Bisht (13) returned single figures.

Van Niekerk is proud of the manner in which her side bounced back from their 68-run loss to England on Wednesday.

“I’m incredibly proud of the team, that’s the response that any captain wants to see after a loss like that,” she said. “It was a very tough loss, a lot of bowlers went and had a bit of downtime where they reflected on their personal performances and came back with plans on how they were gonna do better.

“It’s a very tough tournament, it’s hard on the body and it’s a long tournament as well. We’re not used to playing tournaments this long so I’m glad they took that time. I’m glad that they hurt (after the England match), because today they came back firing.”

South Africa are now one step closer to a semi-final qualification. They rise to fourth place on the tournament log, while India remain steadfast in second place behind defending champions, Australia.

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MOMENTUM PROTEAS WIN OPENING MATCH

The Momentum Proteas got their 2017 ICC Women’s World Cup campaign off to a winning start when they beat Pakistan by three wickets at Grace Road in Leicester on Sunday. This win marks the side’s highest-ever World Cup run chase after they were set a 207-run target by Sana Mir’s charges.

With Pakistan put in to bat first, Bibi Nahida represented a crucial presence at the crease as fellow opener Ayesha Zafar (nine) and then Javeria Wadood were all bowled by Marizanne Kapp and Moseline Daniels respectively for 43/2.

With just 20 runs managed inside the second 10 overs, it was looking like hard work for Pakistan.

But Bibi – who was dropped by Ayabonga Khaka on 26 – brought up her half-century off 75 balls to steady the ship. Her effort eventually ended when she was run out by Ismail but Pakistan boosted its total later on despite losing Sana Mir and Marina Iqbal off Ismail’s bowling in the final over.

The South Africa openers set about their business well early on with Lee bringing up 1 500 runs in ODI cricket with a six over mid-on before reaching her 10th ODI fifty in dramatic fashion as Sadia dropped a catch at long-on to concede four.

But when Lee and Wolvaardt – who brought up her fourth ODI fifty off 81 balls – were dismissed in the 26th and 31st overs respectively, panic seemed to spread through the South Africa team.

Trisha Chetty (11) was caught at midwicket by Javeria before the latter ran out Kapp (one), Chloe Tryon (three) was bowled by Sadia and captain Dane van Niekerk (two) was another run-out victim, this time by Nain, with four wickets lost for 19 runs.

Mignon du Preez then holed out to Asmavia Iqbal at deep midwicket but Ismail held her nerve.

Losing six wickets in 49 runs was not ideal, but Ismail made her biggest contribution in the game yet, smashing three boundaries in the second-last over to secure victory for her side.

Ismail said: “It’s really important to start tournaments like this on a positive note because it gives you momentum going into the next matches. The confidence boost from today’s game is going to take us a long way in this tournament, just that belief that we can pull off a win even when it looks as though we are down and out showed us that we are capable of more.

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WOLVAARDT HISTORIC INNINGS

Laura Wolvaardt became the youngest centurion, male or female, for South Africa in international cricket. The 17-year old opener struck a match-winning 105 against Ireland Women to wrap up a 67-run victory in Malahide.

Wolvaardt’s innings began with consecutive fours against Lewis in the fourth over. She had nine boundaries by the time she raised her fifty – off only 51 balls. Her 13th hit to the fence took her to 99 in the 37th over and a couple the next time she got on strike gave her a maiden ODI century. She was 233 days younger than the previous South African record-holder, Johmari Logtenberg of the 2007 women’s team, and a full two years younger than Graeme Pollock when men’s international cricket is taken into account. In women’s cricket, only India’s Mithali Raj has made a hundred at a younger age.

Wolvaardt’s innings was part of an opening partnership that added 192 runs. From the other end, experienced wicketkeeper-batsman Trisha Chetty contributed with 95. With a total of 260 to defend, legspinner Sune Luus picked up her second five-for in three matches to leave the Irish women with very little chance. She took two of the first four wickets to fall leaving the score at 75 for 4. Isobel Joyce and Kim Garth struck half-centuries each, but their efforts barely mattered in a match South Africa dominated. Ireland were bowled out for 193, with six single-digit scores.

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PROTEAS WOMEN THRILLING WIN

The Momentum Proteas took a 1-0 lead in the two-match women’s Twenty20 (T20) series when they beat Ireland by four wickets in a last-ball thriller in Dublin on Monday.

After starting out well and restricting the hosts to 79 for four in 12 overs (Sune Luus 2-24, Moseline Daniels 1-18, Ayabonga Khaka 1-27), the visitors were unable to break the 61-run, fifth-wicket stand between Isobele Joyce (31) and Kim Garth (30) that saw Ireland reach 140 for four at the end of their innings.

With the bat, South Africa recovered well after the early loss of Trisha Chetty (7) thanks to a 45-run, second-wicket partnership between Mignon du Preez and Laura Wolwaardt (24).

The former captain hit an outstanding 55 runs from 41 deliveries to pave the visitors’ way forward, but wickets falling in clumps at crucial intervals gave the home side hope.

South Africa needed 22 runs from the last two overs with Lara Goodall and interim captain Dinesha Devnarain at the crease. Between them, they scored 13 runs in the 19th, leaving nine required for the final over.

The pressure mounted when Goodall was run out for eight off seven balls, leaving the visitors needing four from the last two deliveries. Devnarain (17) kept a cool head and hit the winning runs, securing a thrilling win for her side in the end.

The second and final match of the T20 series takes place on Wednesday, 3 August.

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DISAPPOINING FINISH FOR MOMENTUM PROTEAS

The Momentum Proteas bowed out of the World Twenty20 on a disappointing note after a poor batting collapse lead to a 10-run defeat against Sri Lanka in Bangalore on Monday.

In a televised match at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium, the South Africans did a good job to restrict theSri Lankans to 114/7. Marizanne Kapp and Sune Luus grabbed two wickets apiece, despite Chamari Atapattu’s inspiring captains knock of  52 (49 balls, 5 fours, 1 six).

Medium-pacer Kapp picked up 2/17 in her four overs, while spinner Luus, the second-highest wicket-taker in the tournament, managed 2/20 in three overs as the Proteas women restricted their opponents excellently.

The second highest scorer after the Sri Lankan skipper was Prasadani Weerakkody with 15. However, the South African women let themselves down badly. They failed to cash in on their prolific start handed to them by openers Dane van Niekerk (24 off 31 balls) and Trisha Chetty (26 off 25).

Instead they found themselves coming up short on 104/7 after poor batting saw them lose 3 wickets for 2 runs and then 7 for 52 in total. Van Niekerk and Chetty put on 50 together in nine overs, before the former was run-out by the Atapattu and Weerakkody combination.

Captain Mignon du Preez was out for a four-ball duck, when she was trapped leg before wicket by her opposite number Atapattu, while Chetty fell the same way to Eshani Kaushalya – the first three wickets falling within the space of seven balls. Unfortunately that knocked the stuffing out of the South Africans, with the next best scorer being Kapp with 14.

It was disappointingly the third loss in four games for the Momentum Proteas as they ended the competition placed fourth in Group A. Du Preez admitted the batting let South Africas down.

“We had a good start but we lost it in the middle order,” she said. “We have been struggling with our batting in the whole tournament. This is something we need to work on and come back stronger.

“We have a strong batting line-up, we knew we could chase down the runs. But that did not happen.”

 

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BROADENED HORIZONS

In the midst of her busiest international season to date, Proteas Women’s player Trisha Chetty is still finding time for off-the-field objectives – without her form suffering.

Proteas Women’s Team batter and wicketkeeper Trisha Chetty is riding the crest of a wave at the moment. Not only is she part of the national squad currently in India for the ICC Women’s World T20, but her recent form suggests she will be key to the objectives of the team both there and in the future. On top of that, Chetty has also made time for dual career opportunities, by studying online.

“I signed up for the Introduction to Exercise Science course offered by the ,” says Chetty. “It wasn’t a long course – the maximum time you have to complete it is six months, but you can finish it in less.”
Identifying a course suited to her interests and schedule proved easy, with Chetty’s SACA Personal Development Manager Kirsten van Heerden there to guide her through the process of making an informed choice applying for a bursary and supporting her through the duration of the course.

“When I decided to take my studies further, Kirsten was more than helpful to me – from registration straight to the final exam. Sport is what I love and I have an interest in coaching, so it didn’t take us long to identify a suitable course.”

Chetty found, as most professional cricketers have, that the online route fitted perfectly into her schedule.

“Every aspect of the course is online, from assessments to the actual final exam. Online was more convenient for me because we travel and are away from home a lot of the time.”

She does, however, admit to a bit of final exam angst, as the allocated time to finish the course came and went rather quickly. Yet she really enjoyed being able to study whenever and wherever she was. The opportunity to have your studies funded has been a positive spin-off, with the women’s game taking big steps in recent years – including contracted players being registered as SACA members. The majority of the national Women’s squad are now fully contracted players, which apart from the financial benefits has also lead to full SACA Player Plus access – which Chetty is thankful for.

“Thanks to Momentum we have 14 contracted women players. This financial help enables us to focus more on improving our game. The SACA Player Plus Programme helps us plan better for our future after cricket, so now we can relax and focus on our game.” As a result, Chetty hasn’t only called on Van Heerden, who is based in her hometown of Durban, for dual career objectives. Van Heerden, a former Olympic swimmer, is also a qualified sports and performance psychologist so has proved a good sounding board to the 27-year-old whose dual role in the national team necessitates being focused at all times.

“I feel pressure lifted off my shoulders knowing I have something to fall back on after cricket. As a result, it’s helping me concentrate more on my game and I’m able to play freely.”

Chetty did just that in the series leading into the tournament in India, showing some of her best form since making her debut in the green and gold in 2007. She scored a fluent 66 in the successful run chase against England in the second ODI before a plucky 46 in the First T20I in Paarl – which was lost despite her efforts.

Though the West Indies Women ultimately won the ODI series that followed, Chetty put together scores of 47, 51, and 55 in the three matches – the last being a match-winning knock. All the while, she has remained her usual tidy self behind the stumps.

With her course done and dusted, Chetty is left to focus completely on her game at the moment, but she intends to broaden her horizons even more once the World T20 is over.

“I definitely want to do more courses through the Player Plus programme when I get back from the World Cup in India.”

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MOMENTUM PROTEAS BEAT WI 2-1

South Africa staged a sensational comeback in defence of a below-par total to claim a first T20 series win over West Indies and sound a warning ahead of the World T20. South Africa’s victory came less than three weeks after they beat England for the first time in a T20 and illustrated the progress the team has made since September 2014, when they were beaten 4-0 by England.

West Indies, who have not lost a series in the same period of time, will be disappointed with their failure to complete a straightforward chase, especially as they were well on course. They had reached 81 for 3 in the 15th over and even though their captain Stafanie Taylor had been bowled around her legs by Dane van Niekerk, they had their other stalwart Deandra Dottin on hand.

Dottin seemed to be striking the ball better than any of her team-mates but when she attempted a loft over long-on, she mistimed to spark a collapse. South Africa took four more wickets in the next 18 balls and then squeezed at the end to pull off a remarkable win.

On a slow pitch, run-scoring was tricky for both sides but South Africa would have felt they were at least 20 runs short at the halfway stage, especially because they had so many wickets in hand. They recovered from an early blow when Shamilia Connell had Trisha Chetty caught at slip and rebuilt cautiously through van Niekerk was joined and Mignon du Preez.

The pair found the boundary just five times but rotated strike well to score at more than a run-a-ball and put on 48 for the second wicket. When van Niekerk was bowled as she tried to slog sweep Taylor over midwicket, and with the run-rate stagnating, du Preez took it on herself to try and force the pace. She managed only to gift a catch to short midwicket.

Marizanne Kapp and Lizelle Lee also found it heavy going but with South Africa yet to reach 100 and only two overs left, they took some risks. Lee was the only batsman to clear the boundary and her efforts at the end gave South Africa something to defend but when West Indies knocked off the first 14 runs inside two overs, they would not have expected to be successful.

Moseline Daniels had Kycia Knight trapped lbw to provide some early hope but that only brought Taylor to the crease. She tried to end matters quickly with her aggressive approach and when she was bowled, Dottin took over. It was only when Dottin was caught that South Africa fought back.

Kyshona Knight departed soon after Dottin, sharp fielding resulted in the run-outs of Shermaine Campbell and Shaquana Quintyne and Shabnim Ismail took a good catch off her own bowling to give South Africa belief. Daniels and Ismail bowled tightly at the end and South Africa’s fielders were on high alert to deny West Indies.

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CHETTY & VAN NIEKERK SET UP PROTEAS WOMEN WIN

Trisha Chetty and Dane van Niekerk both stroked half-centuries, paving the way for South Africa Women’s 35-run win against West Indies Women in East London. Victory was not of much significance, though, as West Indies had already sealed the three-match series having won the first two ODIs.

South Africa, opting to bat, compiled a score of 235 for 6, built on the back of two big partnerships. First, Chetty (55) and Mignon du Preez (43) added 72 for the second wicket, before Marizanne Kapp (39) and van Niekerk provided the innings late impetus by stringing together a 64-run fifth-wicket stand. Van Niekerk slammed 55 off 48 balls before being run out.

West Indies, in reply, lost their opener Hayley Matthews early in the chase, but Shaquana Quintyne and Kyshona Knight led a recovery with a 57-run partnership for the second wicket. However, just when they seemed steady, the visitors lost wickets in a cluster to soon fall to 118 for 5. Merissa Aguilleira and Shemaine Campbelle offered the team some hope by adding 52 for the sixth wicket, but Aguilleira’s wicket in the 43rd over left the lower order with too much to do, as West Indies could only muster 200 for 8 from their 50 overs.

Masabata Klaas and Sune Luus snared two wickets apiece, while Kapp, Ayabonga Khaka and van Niekerk chipped in with one each.

“It was definitely a much better performance today,” du Preez said after the game. “We’re still not at 100%, maybe 80 or 90% there in terms of the way that we executed our skills. Something that we’ve been talking about is the fact that the top order needs to score more runs and I think everyone that went in (to bat), chipped in somehow and Trisha (Chetty) and Dané’s (van Niekerk) half-centuries really set up a nice total for our bowlers to defend.”

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PROTEAS WOMEN ICC WOMEN’S WORLD T20 SQUAD ANNOUNCED

Cricket South Africa on Thursday, announced the Momentum Proteas squad that will take part in the ICC Women’s World Twenty20 from 08 March to 03 April 2016 in India.

South Africa will face tough competition in Group A, which includes Australia, New Zealand, Sri Lanka and Ireland but coach, Hilton Moreeng is confident of his team’s chances to qualify out of the group stage.

“From a selection point of view and from the preparation we have done in the last two years, we think we have selected the best squad for the conditions that we will be faced with,” he said. “It’s a well-balanced squad with lots of experience and a bit of youth. We’ve given ourselves the best chance to play well and compete, as well as to qualify for the knock out phase.”

Moreeng is fortunate to have a squad that is used to playing in sub-continent conditions. He believes that the ICC Women’s Championship series that the side has been playing in mostly sub-continent conditions has helped them in their preparation for India.

“The fact that our first three series in the Women’s Championship were in the sub-continent has helped us a lot in terms of getting players used to those kinds of conditions and pitches,” he continued. “Eighty percent of the squad going to the World T20 has been exposed to sub-continent conditions, especially India, so there won’t be too many players who will be experiencing the conditions for the first time.”

In the previous World T20 (2014), South Africa knocked New Zealand out of the quarter-finals to qualify for the semi-finals for the first time ever. Moreeng believes that he has a side that can pull off another similar upset.

“Players learn all the time and what better way to learn than from the ones who have done so before. We’ve played some of the top teams in the world of late. We have just finished a series against England and are busy with one against West Indies now. The exposure to top-notch players is invaluable for what we are trying to prepare for. The confidence in the team is much higher now, we all know that on the day in a T20 match anything can happen, one over can swing the game either way so the execution of our skills on the day will be key.”

 

Momentum Proteas World T20 squad:

Mignon du Preez (captain, Northerns), Trisha Chetty (Gauteng), Odine Kirsten (Northerns), Moseline Daniels (Boland), Marizanne Kapp (Eastern Province), Dane van Niekerk (Eastern Province), Dinesha Devnarain (KZN Coastal), Chloe Tryon (KZN Coastal), Sune Luus (Northerns), Shabnim Ismail (Gauteng), Masabatha Klaas (Free State), Ayabonga Khaka (Border), Matshipi Marcia Letsoalo (Northerns), Lizelle Lee (North West), Yolani Fourie (Gauteng).

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ENGLAND WOMEN CLINCH T20 SERIES

Sarah Taylor once again played a starring role in her side’s four-wicket victory over the Momentum Proteas to clinch the three-match women’s T20 series 2-1 at the Bidvest Wanderers on Sunday.

Taylor scored 60 from 40 deliveries to steer her side to victory after South Africa set a 132-run target for them to chase in the second televised match of the series.

The hosts did well to post 131 for four at the end of their innings after they lost the wickets of Trisha Chetty (0), Dané van Niekerk (5) and Marizanne Kapp (0) in just 1.5 overs after they were put in to bat.

Captain Mignon du Preez and Lizelle Lee brought life back to the innings, sharing a 89-run, fourth-wicket partnership to move their side from six for three to 95 for four at 16.1 overs when du Preez was run out for 39 after she passed 1 000 T20 runs.

The milestones continued as Lee hit a career best, 69 not out from 61 balls and was joined by Chloe Tryon, who played a helpful cameo of 16 off 13 balls to get their side to a more respectable score.

South Africa tried to stem England’s run scoring, but they did not have enough runs on the scoreboard to defend.

Shabnim Ismail was the leading wicket taker with 3-27, but England were scoring at 8.58 runs per over, with Heather Knight and Tammy Beaumont adding helpful contributions of 25 and 21 not out respectively to get their side over the line in the end.

The hosts do not have time to wallow in their disappointment as, their tour against the West Indies begins on Wednesday, 24 February.

They will play a three-match one-day international (ODI) and three-match T20 series before they depart for the ICC Women’s World T20 in India.

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