Women's World Cup 'unlikely to be Covid-free', says Heather Knight
England captain Heather Knight says the Women's World Cup is unlikely to be «Covid-free».
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Hockey Pro League: Indian men seek consistency, women look to maintain winning momentum against Spain
hockey team when they take on a lower-ranked Spain, while its women counterparts would look to carry on the momentum against same opposition during their respective FIH Pro League campaigns this weekend. Tokyo Olympic bronze medallist Indian men started their FIH Pro League campaign on a rousing note, beating France 5-0 before being shocked 2-5 by the Frenchmen in the return leg. Against South Africa, India registered identical 10-2 wins in the two matches. Both the ties were played in Potchefstroom, South Africa. But the result against world no.12 France in the second match of the two-leg tie was far from expectations from India, ranked fifth in the world. The Indians were caught off guard and napping by the ever-improving Frenchmen in all aspects of the game in the second match, much to the surprise of the eight-time Olympic champions.
Emotional Erwee celebrates maiden ton after mental health battle
Two years after nearly quitting cricket while battling mental health issues, late-blooming opener Sarel Erwee savoured a brilliant maiden century on Friday to drag South Africa back into the test series against New Zealand.
Cricket-Emotional Erwee celebrates maiden ton after mental health battle
(Reuters) - Two years after nearly quitting cricket while battling mental health issues, late-blooming opener Sarel Erwee savoured a brilliant maiden century on Friday to drag South Africa back into the test series against New Zealand.
Our hearts cant take another close semi-final, says Proteas Women's captain Suné Luus
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Emotional Sarel Erwee celebrates maiden ton after mental health battle
cricket while battling mental health issues, late-blooming opener Sarel Erwee savoured a brilliant maiden century on Friday to drag South Africa back into the Test series against New Zealand. The 32-year-old lefthander's sparkling 108 on day one of the second Test at Hagley Oval helped the Proteas to a position of strength at 238 for three at stumps after captain Dean Elgar won the toss and sent his team in to bat. It was a stunning turnaround for both team and player, with Erwee managing only 10 runs on debut last week as South Africa crashed to their second-worst defeat in Tests in the first meeting at Christchurch.
Emotional Proteas centurion Sarel Erwee says he was a phone call away from quitting cricket
Johannesburg - Sarel Erwee admitted on Friday that he’d nearly given up playing cricket having grown tired of the day-to-day slog of the semi-professional and franchise setup from where dreams of playing for South Africa seemed very distant.
How new Proteas star Sarel Erwee nearly quit cricket: 'I was a phone call away'
Proteas opener Sarel Erwee may have made a maiden Test ton on the first day of the second Test against New Zealand in Christchurch on Friday, but he spoke afterwards about just how difficult that journey to the top had been.