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From Finn Allen to Quinton de Kock: Top overseas players to watch out at the T20 World Cup | Cricket News

From Finn Allen to Quinton de Kock: Top overseas players to watch out at the T20 World Cup | Cricket News

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As the season of T20 league festivities, primarily shouldered by the BBL and SA20, recently concluded, the attention turns to the ICC 2026 Men’s T20 World Cup, co-hosted by India and Sri Lanka. The BBL and SA20 saw quite some dazzling performances from a bunch of international stars. Here is the list of players you must watch out for ahead of the T20 World Cup, which is all set to commence from 7 February. The Kiwi opener made headlines with his standout performance in the BBL 2025-26 season. Finn Allen, playing for the Perth Scorchers, finished as the top run scorer of the tournament, scoring 466 runs and striking at an impressive 184.19. Allen clobbered 38 sixes, the most by any batter throughout the season. Allen’s best performance came against the Melbourne Renegades, wherein he scored a fiery 101 (53), a testament to his aggressive approach of striking from ball one. Allen displayed his hitting prowess in the final too, scoring a brisk 36 (22), playing a vital role in securing the Scorchers’ sixth title …

Anrich Nortje hopeful for South Africa national team call-up for 2026 T20I World Cup

Anrich Nortje hopeful for South Africa national team call-up for 2026 T20I World Cup

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South African pacer Anrich Nortje is hoping to receive a call-up to the national team for the upcoming ICC Men’s T20I World Cup 2026, scheduled to take place in India and Sri Lanka. He described the last two months as the ideal build-up for his complete international comeback. Nortje returned to the action in the SA20 tournament, playing for Sunrisers Eastern Cape, where he picked up a four-wicket haul (4/13) against Paarl Royals, who were bundled out for just 49 runs, the lowest score ever in the SA20 tournament. “Hopefully I get selected but for now it’s just to try and build, take it game by game and day by day,” Nortje was quoted as saying by ESPNcricinfo. “I had a nice little build up starting with the CSA T20 challenge and then got the call up for the India series. I’d call it the ideal build up. From here on it’s just to try and execute and work on one or two things. It’s also so busy, so it’s just to try and keep …

Anrich Nortje hopeful for South Africa national team call-up for 2026 T20I World Cup

Anrich Nortje on not playing for South Africa regularly: ‘They haven’t pressed on my button’ | Cricket News

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South Africa’s Anrich Nortje is one of the quickest bowlers going around in world cricket. Not only is he quick, but he also has the skills to move the ball in both directions at his nasty pace. However, as it always happens with fast bowlers, Nortje has had his fair share of issues with injuries in the last year. In fact, after the 2024 T20 World Cup co-hosted in the West Indies and the USA, he has not been seen in a Proteas jersey. Although he was picked in the squad for the Champions Trophy 2025, he was once again not fit, and for the upcoming World Test Championship, he has not been named in the squad. “I’ve been available for the last year, from before the World Cup to December, and only got selected again in December to play,” Nortje said, speaking to Sports Boom. “There were a few series I wasn’t picked for, mostly to give opportunities to others. So, from my side, I’ve been available to play for the country, but they …

After losing Anrich Nortje, South Africa’s injury concerns keep getting worse

After losing Anrich Nortje, South Africa’s injury concerns keep getting worse

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In 2024, South Africa managed to break their semi-final jinx by making it to the finals of the T20 World Cup and the World Test Championship. And even as another edition of SA20 continues to make headlines, with Champions Trophy around the corner South Africa are facing a massive headache. Fast bowling, which has been Proteas biggest strength over the years is suddenly looking thin with at least nine of their premier pacers down with injuries and doubtful for Champions Trophy. Last week, news emerged that their star pacer Anrich Nortje, who is capable of clocking 150kmph consistently, will miss the Champions Trophy because of a back injury. And now, the latest blow is around Gerald Coetzee, who has been ruled out of the entire SA20 for Joburg Super Kings because of a hamstring injury. Though South Africa are hopeful that he will be fit for the Champions Trophy, it remains race against time for the pace to get fit. “We actually did a count last night,” Albie Morkel, JSK’s assistant coach said after their …

South Africa suffer blow as injury rules out Anrich Nortje from Champions Trophy | Cricket News

South Africa suffer blow as injury rules out Anrich Nortje from Champions Trophy | Cricket News

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South Africa suffered a setback on Wednesday as pacer Anrich Nortje was ruled out of the upcoming Champions Trophy and the ongoing SA20 league due to an injury. “Pretoria Capitals fast bowler Anrich Nortje has been ruled out of the remainder of the Betway SA20 and the ICC Champions Trophy 2025 due a back injury,” Cricket South Africa said in a statement. “The 31-year-old, who was initially named in the Champions Trophy squad, underwent scans on Monday afternoon which revealed the extent of the injury. He is not expected to recover in time for the 50-over tournament, where South Africa will begin their campaign on 21 February against Afghanistan in Karachi, Pakistan. His replacement will be announced in due course,” it added. Wishing our speedster a speedy and full recovery. 💪 We’ll miss your electric pace this season, but we’re all behind you, Anrich! 🩵#RoarSaamMore #BetwaySA20 #PCvSEC pic.twitter.com/VcsRgAspk5 — Pretoria Capitals (@PretoriaCapsSA) January 15, 2025 Nortje was recently acquired by the Kolkata Knight Riders in the Indian Premier League 2025 auctions. It’s still unclear if …

After losing Anrich Nortje, South Africa’s injury concerns keep getting worse

South Africa announce Champions Trophy squad: Anrich Nortje and Lungi Ngidi return after long injury layoff | Cricket News

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South Africa has included fast bowlers Anrich Notje and Lungi Ngidi in their Champions Trophy squad, which will be played in Pakistan and the UAE from February 19 to March 9. Anrich Nortje has not in the 50-over format since September 2023. The pacer had been sidelined with a stress fracture in his back, forcing him to miss the 2023 ODI World Cup 2023 and South Africa’s home summer. Meanwhile, Lungi Ngidi has been out of international cricket since October 2024 due to a groin injury. Temba Bavuma will lead the 15-member squad. South Africa have largely stuck with the core group that powered them to the semi-finals of the 2023 Men’s Cricket World Cup, retaining 10 of the 15 players for the Champions Trophy. South Africa are in group B of the Champions Trophy and begins their campaign against Afghanistan in Karachi on February 21. They then play Australia in Rawalpindi on February 25 and their final group game is against England on March 1. “This squad boasts a wealth of experience, with many …

RR vs DC Playing 11, IPL 2024: Riyan Parag continues in No.4 role for Rajasthan, Anrich Nortje comes back for Delhi, Shai Hope keeps his place | Cricket News

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Rajasthan Royals vs Delhi Capitals Playing 11, IPL 2024: Rishabh Pant will be looking for a much better performance from his side when the Delhi Capitals visit the Sawai Mansingh Stadium to take on a strong Rajasthan Royals unit. In the last match, the DC batting unit failed to fire and ended up losing to Punjab Kings by 4 wickets. As for the Royals, they are coming into Thursday’s match with a load of momentum behind them after defeating the Lucknow Super Giants by 20 runs courtesy of a dazzling batting performance of their skipper Sanju Samson and their bowling attack consisting of Trent Boult, Ravichandran Ashwin and Yuzvendra Chahal. Riyan Parag experiment at Number 4 continues Riyan Parag has been playing for Rajasthan in what seems like an eternity now but haven’t come close to matching his potential for the franchise in the last couple of IPL seasons. Deployed more as a finisher, when sent out to bat, he most often than not had few balls left to make an impact. But this season, …

PBKS vs DC Playing 11, IPL 2024: Rishabh returns, Prithvi Shaw’s big season, can Harshal Patel revive his reputation? | Cricket News

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Punjab Kings vs Delhi Capitals Playing 11, IPL 2024 In a battle of perennial underachievers in the history of the Indian Premier League Punjab Kings will take on Delhi Capitals on Saturday at noon in the newly constructed Maharaja Yadavindra Singh International Cricket Stadium in Mullanpur. home team Punjab would hope a change of ground might bring a change of fortunes. Capitals on the other hand would breathe a sigh of relief as their talisman and charismatic skipper Rishabh Pant is back which will be a huge momentum boost for the side even before the tournament began as they had an abysmal start to the campaign last season losing five in first five. However, the nature of IPL is such that Pant won’t have any wiggle room or time to get adjusted to the pace of the game he needs to hit the ground running both as player and captain or it might be another sorry tale for Delhi. Let us have a look at probable XI’s Rishabh returns Pant’s missing last season has not …