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Int'l Cricket Council
03-06-2025
- General
- Int'l Cricket Council
Verreynne charged up as Proteas eye WTC Final glory
'I just remember being in that dressing-room and feeling just how calm everyone was. Yes, there was tension. Yes, there was pressure. But there was just this great feeling that 'we can do this', and I could see it around the room,' he recalled. The belief within the team translated into results over time as the Proteas only grew stronger over the course of the WTC cycle, winning seven Tests on the trot to seal their spot in the main event. Verreynne, in particular, came into his own with timely performances - often in tough situations. His match-shaping century in Mirpur, gritty knocks down the order, and an unbeaten 105 in Gqeberha are all examples of his selfless approach and situational awareness, and Verreynne is not driven, in his own words, by headlines, but by character. 'My job at six or seven is not always about scoring big runs. Sometimes it's a quick 40 to set a target, or a fighting 30, batting with the bowlers. It is always very nice to contribute to the team and make an impact on the game.' 'To me, character is about a few things. Never giving up. Getting it done. Showing fight.' Verreynne and the Proteas gear up for an interesting fight in testing conditions as they look to grab hold of their first ICC event title in over two decades against an Australian side that is known to step up when the conditions are the toughest.
The Independent
11-04-2025
- Sport
- The Independent
Kyle Verreynne hits 111 as Nottinghamshire recover from bad start against Essex
Kyle Verreynne's unbeaten 111 helped Nottinghamshire battle back against Essex's fast start on day one at Trent Bridge in Division One of the County Championship. Essex ripped through the hosts' top order and left them 78 for five before lunch as Jamie Porter and Sam Cook each claimed two wickets. Jack Haynes, Lyndon James and Fergus O'Neill helped to steady the ship alongside South Africa international Verreynne. Verreynne recorded his 15th first-class century and hit 14 fours in his second three-figure score for Notts, who ended the day 328 for eight. Durham opener Ben McKinney stayed calm as batters fell around him as his unbeaten 143 took the hosts to 343 for seven against Warwickshire. Durham lost three wickets for five runs in two overs to fall from 229 for four to 234 for seven. Colin Ackermann started the mini collapse before Will Rhodes went for a third-ball duck and Ben Raine was bowled by Vishwa Fernando. But McKinney held his nerve to reach his second County Championship three-figure score while England's Matthew Potts posted an unbeaten 53 before the close of play. Dom Sibley notched his seventh century for Surrey as he remained unbeaten on 100 in a total of 253 all out against Hampshire. Hampshire reached stumps on 55 for one in reply. Daniel Hughes, Tom Clark and John Simpson all fell narrowly short of half-centuries as Sussex were bowled out for 294 by Somerset, who then struggled in their reply. Archie Vaughan, Sean Dickson, Tom Abell, Tom Banton and Josh Davey were all dismissed as Somerset ended the day 62 for five. Dawid Malan fell two runs short of his 31st first-class century but helped Yorkshire post 425 for eight against Worcestershire. The 37-year-old edged Jacob Duffy's new ball delivery into the hands of Ethan Brookes when on 98 while Adam Lyth and George Hill posted half centuries at Headingley. England opener Zak Crawley's tough start to the season continued as he lasted just four balls as Kent fell to 79 for six at one stage in reply to Middlesex's 222 in Division Two. But Harry Finch and Grant Stewart steadied things down and they were both closing in on half centuries at stumps with Kent 172 for six. Crawley was pinned lbw by Toby Roland-Jones for a duck to follow up his low-key scores from week one. Ollie Price (101) and Cameron Bancroft (163) put on a stand of 230 as Gloucestershire finished day one on 368 for three against Glamorgan. Saif Zaib struck a century while James Sales fell eight runs short of one as Northamptonshire put 355 for five on the board against Lancashire. And Sol Budinger, Ian Holland, Peter Handscomb and Logan van Beek all passed 50 as Leicestershire ended day one against Derbyshire on 423 for nine.
BBC News
11-04-2025
- Sport
- BBC News
Verreynne ton helps Notts recover against Essex
Rothesay County Championship Division One, Trent Bridge (day one)Nottinghamshire 328-8: Verreynne 111*; Snater 3-88Essex: Yet to batNotts (2 pts), Essex (2 pts)Match scorecard Nottinghamshire began their County Championship meeting with Essex as early leaders of Division One following last week's opening round of the campaign. They immediately faced deep trouble, however, after being asked to bat at Trent Kyle Verreynne, who flew in from South Africa only three days before, would finish with a superbly cussed, unbeaten 111 and Lyndon James made 45, as the home side fought back in the afternoon sun from 78-5 to batting either side of tea from the Australian Fergus O'Neill, with 42 from 60 balls, plus staunch support from Farhan Ahmed then helped them to a final his five career innings for Nottinghamshire, Verreynne has now made 359 runs for only once out but was dropped on 33 off Sam Cook who, watched by England cricket director, Rob Key, bowled beautifully throughout and deserved better than 2-37 from 21 nine overs apiece by lunch, Jamie Porter had posted 2-12 and new-ball partner Cook 2-17 during a morning of Essex dominance. Their decision to insert on a pitch with no more than a little early grass was presumably based on the hope that, if there was any assistance to be found, it would be on the first notion was vindicated when for the first 50 minutes Notts played more with the age of the bat than the middle. Commanding rigorous control, Porter and Cook conceded only nine runs from the first ten overs, Porter having both Slater lbw for one and Haseeb Hameed caught behind for a 21-ball Clarke, from nowhere, suddenly then launched Porter for a straight six before, whipping across the line, he was lbw to Cook next over for overseas third seamer would have been invaluable for the visitors but Shardul Thakur, Essex's pre-season signing, had made a late switch in March to the India Premier League and it took the return of Cook to halt a 47-run recovery when Freddie McCann, in two minds pulling at a bouncer, returned a catch for Jack Haynes felt for a widish ball and edged Shane Snater behind next over for 23, Notts tottered at 78-5 before surviving four more maidens to the of fluency arrived on resumption. Against the change bowlers the sixth-wicket pair were particularly harsh on 20-year old Noah Thain in just his sixth full Championship was to conceded 73 in all from 13 overs in the day, including 16 extras from no-balls. When Cook had relieved him to bowl a third spell, Verreynne's flashing drive at his third ball flew hard to second slip where Simon Harmer was unable to hold on 33, Verreynne had earlier, on seven soon after lunch, seen a leading edge off Porter just fall between two offside fielders. Unfazed, the small, gritty 'keeper reached his determined fifty from 116 balls 15 minutes from tea shortly after James had falled to the Zimbawean Snater when a violent bottom-edged cut cannoned into his stumps.O'Neill also survived a chance on 31 to second slip, off Thain, straight after tea as 76 were added in 14 overs either side of the interval before, in four balls, he stayed fatally back to be lbw to Matt Critchley and Brett Hutton came and went, pushing forward and edging Snater resilience through 18 overs from 17-year old Farhan Ahmed on a now placid pitch let Verreynne get from 70 to a hundred in 196 balls at which point he was immediately put down at first slip off Snater when 103. The unbeaten 79-run stand will resume with Ahmed on Reporters Network supported by Rothesay
