Raging cricket ticket row as England fans to take over Newlands, South Africa Sport Business A raging ticketing row has broken out in South Africa over England’s Test tour this winter, with the tourists’ fans being blamed for bagging thousands of tickets. Tickets were due to go on sale this week for the festive fixture at Newlands Cricket Ground but locals reported that tickets for the first four days of [...]
Exclusive: England ready to halt cricket ODI over emergency alert test Sport Business England’s cricket team are ready to pause their ODI match against South Africa on Sunday to observe the government emergency alert test, Morning Wire can reveal. The UK government will be testing its alert systems, which will cause a loud noise on all 4G and 5G phones and tablets on Sunday at 3pm regardless of [...]
World Test Championship: Prize money doubled for Lord’s final Sport Business Australia or South Africa stand to win a record £2.7m in next month’s World Test Championship final at Lord’s after the International Cricket Council more than doubled prize money. The runners-up in the one-off match in north London on 11-15 June will bank £1.6m, which is more than the £1.2m the winners of the first [...]
South Africa World Test Championship warm-up won’t be in London January 8, 2025 South Africa’s efforts to play a Test match in the UK ahead of their World Test Championship final have hit an obstacle as both of London’s big grounds are unlikely to offer up their wickets, Morning Wire can reveal. South Africa have reached their first ever World Test Championship after a series win over Pakistan, [...]
Shock as Saqib Mahmood goes unsold in SA20 T20 auction October 1, 2024 English cricketer Richard Gleeson fetched the highest price at the SA20 T20 cricket auction yesterday as fellow international Saqib Mahmood went unsold. The 36-year-old Lancashire cricketer – who last played for England in 2022 – sold to Sunrisers Eastern Cape for R2.3m (£99,600) after a bidding war in yesterday’s auction, which helped the six competing [...]
South Africa await England or India in T20 World Cup final June 27, 2024 South Africa reached their first ever T20 Cricket world Cup final this morning by thrashing Afghanistan in the Caribbean. They will take on either England or India, who play this afternoon, in Saturday’s final in Barbados. South Africa’s nine-wicket win over Jonathan Trott’s Afghanistan brings to an end an incredible run at this World Cup, [...]