New Delhi, April 17 (IANS) In Pretoria, a city where rugby is a religion, young Gideon Peters was once on the fast track to becoming another hero of the sport. But cut to now, and Peters finds himself in the nets of the Delhi Capitals, the side where he’s training with them in IPL 2026.Peters’ journey from tackling forwards in rugby to unleashing 140 km/h thunderbolts with the cricket ball was orchestrated by his mentor, Cobus Pienaar. Pienaar, the Director of Cricket at Waterkloof High School…
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Pretoria, March 19 (IANS) England Women’s cricket team captain Nat Sciver-Brunt has left the intra-squad training series and returned home due to family reasons. Sciver-Brunt is expected to miss the remainder of the tour, which was seen as a key practice for the upcoming ICC Women’s T20 World Cup 2026 in England from June 12 to July 5.”Nat Sciver-Brunt has returned home from South Africa for family reasons. It is expected she’ll play no further part in the tour,” the England Cricket Board said…
London, March 6 (IANS) England Women’s cricket team have relocated their pre-season training camp from the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to Pretoria in South Africa due to escalating tensions in the Middle East following recent military developments in the Gulf region.The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) had originally planned for the squad to travel to the UAE earlier this week. However, the trip was cancelled after the security situation in the region deteriorated following US-Israeli air st…