IPL has reached the midseason point and the biggest surprise is Mumbai Indians are the first team to be eliminated from the playoff race as they have lost their first eight matches. The other team in danger of being eliminated is Chennai Super Kings who have won 2 out 8 matches they have played.  The two most dominant teams of the IPL 9 trophies between the two are the two teams fighting for the wooden spoon in the 15th edition of the IPL is the biggest surprise as not many fans would have anticipated this to be how things would unfold.  The two teams that were pointed out as the two weakest teams and would be the bottom 2 are the current top 2 teams in the IPL 2022 and look well on their way to securing a playoff spot. The Gujarat titans and Sunrisers Hyderabad coming out of the auction had the weakest teams on paper, they have managed to change that perspective with excellent performance so on the field so far.  Currently, the Sunrisers Hyderabad are on a 5 match winning streak and G

This week CSA announced the point system for the Promotion and relegation for the new domestic system which compromises two divisions. The points are awarded according to performance in each competition. The Promotion and Relegation system will go over a 2-year cycle. The division 1 points system is as follows this competed across 3 tournaments. Winner tournament 15 points  Runner up gets       10 points  3rd position           7 points  4th position           5 points  5th position           3 points  6th position          2 points  7th position         1 point  Last position       0 points  Division 1 Standings after this season   So after this season in Division 1, the team in danger of getting Relegated is the ITEC Knights who after starting the season on a winning note by winning the provincial T20 tournament that consisted of all 15 teams from both divisions. Note the provisional T20 tournament does not count towards promotion/relegation points.  The other teams that could come i

 Proteas have won the 2nd and final test against Bangladesh by 332 runs. The Proteas spin twins were once again the chief destroyers of the Bangaladesh batting order as they combined to take 15 of the 20 wickets to fall in this match. They took a combined 29 wickets in the series which is unheard of on SA soil that 2 spinners would dominate the series for the home team. Maharaj and Harmer provide two world-class spinners for SA to utilise and they proved to be too good for the Bangladesh batters to deal with throughout the series. Both a proven match-winners in their own ways and in conditions that proved to be spin-friendly in this series they lead the way with the ball in hand and bowled the Proteas to victory. Maharaj and Harmer were also very handy with the bat in hand as they contributed some useful runs in the series.  They are no mugs with the bat in hand and can be classified as bowling all-rounders which just benefits SA cricket going forward. This Successful series victory ag

Proteas have won the 1st test against Bangladesh in Durban at the Kingsmead Stadium by 220 runs after the spin twins of Maharaj and Harmer ran through the Bangladesh batting order in the 2nd innings. Maharaj ended with 7-32 in 10 overs and Harmer ended with 3-21 in 9 0vers.  Bangladesh won the toss and chose to bowl first on the first morning. The Bangladesh bowlers could not back their captain's decision as SA got off to a good start with their openers putting up a 100 run partnership for the first wicket. Bangladesh then fought back with 4 wickets in quick time but the SA lower middle order together with Bavuma manage to put together some partnerships which help SA post a 1st innings total of 367.  In reply, Bangladesh batsman Struggled to tackle the twin spin due Maharaj and Harmer with only Joy, Litton Das and Mehidy Hasan really managing to tackle the SA spinners. as they showed resistance and batted around Joy who scored a well deserved 137 and posted 298 giving SA a lead of

  The 3rd and final ODI between Pakistan and Australia the series decider will take place tomorrow and both teams will be looking to complete a series victory. Pakistan will be the favourites going into this encounter after their historic victory in the 2nd ODI. Australia will want to improve their bowling performance and also put in another strong batting performance.  Pakistan will want their batsman to continue from where they left off and their bowlers will want to put in an improved performance from the previous 2 games and hope they can restrict their opposition to a decent total or defend the score their team puts on the board.  Australia will also want their bowlers to improve their performance and contribute to their batter's good form. They will want their bowlers to support their batsmen in gaining a series victory.  Australia will be depending on their batsmen to win this series as their bowling is weak and the only reliable bowler they have is Zampa wheres Pakistan hav