
Firdose Moonda
Correspondent at ESPN Cricinfo
🏏 @espncricinfo Southern Africa & Women's Correspondent 🎙️ Presenter/Commentator ⚽️ writer & podcaster🧘🏽♀️ teacher 📚 🐛 and history nerd IG: firdosemoonda
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6 days ago |
espn.in | Firdose Moonda
Shukri Conrad expects South Africa's players to put international fixtures ahead of league pursuits as he looks to build his white-ball squads for next year's T20 World Cup and the 2027 home ODI World Cup. Conrad, whose role was expanded from the Test team to all-format coach on Friday, explained that he had already started the process of long-term planning with centrally-contracted players, with a view to ensuring their availability.
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6 days ago |
espn.in | Firdose Moonda
Shukri Conrad, South Africa's Test coach, will take over charge of the white-ball sides in an expansion of his current role that will run until the home ODI World Cup in 2027. Conrad succeeds Rob Walter, who resigned in April, and ends South Africa's dalliance with a split coaching role for now. In a significant change, Conrad will work with a selection convener, who has yet to be named. This marks a departure from the current set-up, in which the head coach was in charge of all selection.
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1 week ago |
espn.in | Firdose Moonda
India 337 for 9 (Rodrigues 123, Deepti 93, Mandhana 51, Klaas 2-51) beat South Africa 314 for 7 (Dercksen 81, Tryon 67, Amanjot 3-59) by 23 runsIndia posted their highest score against South Africa - 337 for 9 - and their fifth-highest total in all ODIs to seal their spot in the Sri Lanka Tri-Series final on Sunday, where they will play the hosts. In response, South Africa batted bravely to score their second-highest total batting second, but were still knocked out of the tournament.
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1 week ago |
espn.co.uk | Firdose Moonda
Big picture: A race for top two finishIt wasn't too long ago that Gujarat Titans (GT) were on a winning spree, Mumbai Indians (MI) were figuring out how to put a 'W' next to their name, especially after being outclassed by GT in Ahmedabad. The tables have somewhat turned now.
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1 week ago |
espn.in | Firdose Moonda
South Africa fast bowler Kagiso Rabada has served a one-month ban, commuted from three months, for drug use during the SA20 earlier this year. A statement issued by the South African Institute for Drug Free Sports (SAIDS) confirmed Rabada had failed a doping test on January 21, after the match between MI Cape Town and Durban Super Giants, and he was notified of the result on April 1 when he was in India for IPL 2025.
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