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The Citizen
2 hours ago
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- The Citizen
Top 10 stories of the day: Eastern Cape floods death toll rises
News today includes that the official number of deceased in the Eastern Cape floods has risen to 86, says Minister of Police Senzo Mchunu. The number of people rescued is 38. Search and rescue teams are still on the ground recovering more bodies. Meanwhile, the World Test Championship-winning Proteas squad haven't only become the best Test team on the planet and written their names in the history books, they've also bagged a pot of gold, after beating Australia in the final at Lord's on Saturday. Furthermore, Minister of Trade, Industry and Competition, Parks Tau, said this week that he agrees with Capitec CEO Gerrie Fourie that unemployment statistics should include work in the informal sector. However, not everybody agrees. Picture: Gallo images The official number of deceased in the Eastern Cape floods has risen to 86, says Minister of Police Senzo Mchunu. The number of people rescued is 38. Search and rescue teams are still on the ground recovering more bodies. Mchunu and the national police commissioner, General Fannie Masemola, are in Mthatha today to assess police response and relief efforts to the floods. CONTINUE READING: Eastern Cape floods death toll rises South Africa's captain Temba Bavuma holds the ICC World Test Championship Mace as he celebrates with his team-mates after victory against Australia. Picture: Glyn Kirk / AFP The World Test Championship-winning Proteas squad haven't only become the best Test team on the planet and written their names in the history books, they've also bagged a pot of gold, after beating Australia in the final at Lord's on Saturday. The ICC announced before the final at Lord's that the winners of the match would take home a purse of $3.6 million. In Rand terms that is a little less than R65 million. It is more than double ($1.6 million) what New Zealand (2021) and Australia (2023) earned after winning the previous two Test finals. CONTINUE READING: How much money the Proteas will bank after beating Aussies in Test final Picture: iStock Minister of Trade, Industry and Competition, Parks Tau, said this week that he agrees with Capitec CEO Gerrie Fourie that unemployment statistics should include work in the informal sector. However, not everybody agrees. Fourie said this week that Statistics SA should rethink how it measures unemployment, arguing that when the vast informal sector is considered, the unemployment rate of 32.9% could be closer to 10%. CONTINUE READING: Minister agrees unemployment statistics should include work in informal sector A man removes water from a shack after heavy rains fell in Motherwell on June 10, 2025 in Gqeberha, South Africa. Picture: Gallo Images/Die Burger/Lulama Zenzile Police Minister Senzo Mchunu has issued a warning shot to looters in the Eastern Cape amid reports that criminals were stealing from the homes of those who had died, been evacuated, or were left stranded in floods. Devastating weather in the province this week left at least 86 people dead and more than 10 000 reportedly displaced. The government has declared a state of disaster in the province and called for a national day of mourning to honour those who lost their lives. CONTINUE READING: Eastern Cape floods: Police vow to 'wake morals' of looters 21-year-old remains behind bars for the murder of his 19-year-old student Picture: iStock 21-year-old Siphosovuyo Yabo remains in custody after appearing briefly before the Colesberg magistrate court in the Northern Cape. Yabo is accused of murdering 19-year-old Bunono Alulutho Buba on 5 June 2025. Northern Cape spokesperson Sergio Kock said Yabo's case, scheduled for 9 June 2025, was postponed to Thursday for further investigation. CONTINUE READING: 21-year-old remains behind bars for the murder of his 19-year-old student Major road in Cape Town, South Africa, to be closed on Sunday 'I am finally home' – Liam Jacobs ditches DA for Patriotic Alliance South Africa well on its way to get off FATF grey list READ HERE: Top 10 stories of the day: Are SA 'refugees struggling' in US? | Ramaphosa visits EC flood victims | Youth Day weekend safety
The Citizen
6 hours ago
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- The Citizen
How much money the Proteas will bank after beating Aussies in Test final
The playing squad and coaching team will be smiling all the way to the bank. South Africa's captain Temba Bavuma holds the ICC World Test Championship Mace as he celebrates with his team-mates after victory against Australia. Picture: Glyn Kirk / AFP The World Test Championship-winning Proteas squad haven't only become the best Test team on the planet and written their names in the history books, they've also bagged a pot of gold, after beating Australia in the final at Lord's on Saturday. Temba Bavuma and his Proteas squad beat the Australian side of Pat Cummins by five wickets in the Test final, following a thrilling four days of cricket in London. While Bavuma and Co's names will go down in history as the first senior Proteas team to win a major ICC trophy of significance, and since the victory in the Champions Trophy in 1998, they will also bank large cheques from the International Cricket Council in the coming days. Winners' purse The ICC announced before the final at Lord's that the winners of the match would take home a purse of $3.6 million. In Rand terms that is a little less than R65 million. It is more than double ($1.6 million) what New Zealand (2021) and Australia (2023) earned after winning the previous two Test finals. Australia, as runners-up will bank $2.1 million, which is R38 million. This is also significantly more than what the previous runners-up took home, namely $800,000. The playing squads and coaching staffs are expected to split the winnings between them. Aiden Markram of the Proteas was named man of the match for his excellent score of 136 in the second innings, which helped South Africa reach their target of 282. He was ably supported in the run chase by Bavuma, who hit an excellent 66. Fast bowler Kagiso Rabada also starred for the Proteas, taking nine wickets in the match. Prize money: First/winners: South Africa $3.6 million Second/runners up: Australia $2.16 million Third: India $1.44 million Fourth: New Zealand $1.2 million Fifth: England $960,000 Sixth: Sri Lanka $840,000 Seventh: Bangladesh $720,000 Eighth: West Indies $600,000 Ninth: Pakistan $480,000
Indian Express
a day ago
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- Indian Express
Pat Cummins' dominance with the new and old ball make him ever-lethal at every stage in Tests
'Cool. No worries.' The words well attest to the utmost calmness that Patrick Cummins brings with the red ball to the Australian attack. They also formed the 2023 World Test Championship-winning captain's genial response after England great Jimmy Anderson snubbed him for South Africa's Kagiso Rabada for the better bowler between the two on the eve of a second successive WTC final. Amidst precipitous batting from both parties at Lord's stood Cummins, orchestrating Thursday's devastation. His innings-closing dismissal of Rabada handed Australia a decisive 74-run first-innings lead, his 300th Test scalp and a special six-wicket haul (6/28), bowling first-change in a legendarily stacked bowling unit. In only eight years after a five-and-a-half-year absence due to injuries, Cummins has rewritten the record books, as bowler and leader, and established new benchmarks for the concept of the most complete Test fast bowlers of the time. Of course, there are contenders to the title (read Jasprit Bumrah or Rabada), but Cummins' leadership nous and sustained bowling presence throughout an innings offer him an edge, with his senses attuned to the most heightened challenges. If one were to nitpick shortcomings, Cummins has left negligible space to explore during his rapid ascent since 2017. Perhaps the middling average in Asia leaves scope for improvement. But for his five-star redemption, the general feeling would be of retrospection. Where could Cummins have been by now, if not for his 1946-day absence between two Test appearances for Australia? By being only the fifth-quickest ever to reach 300 Test wickets – the fastest Australian while at it – Cummins has somewhat answered what the cricket world potentially missed between 2012-16. His 45.75 bowling strike rate (13,725 deliveries) for 300 strikes is only bettered by four out-and-out pace guns in Test history; in Rabada, Waqar Younis, Dale Steyn and Allan Donald. But like the refreshingly modern output of batting with several gears, Cummins' qualities to adapt through different phases with the constantly changing shape and behaviour of the red ball put him in a special bracket. The latest Lord's haul was characteristic of the quality. After snapping up No. 3 Wiaan Mulder during his first spell as first change behind Mitchell Starc and Josh Hazlewood in the 15th over, Cummins returned his second scalp in the 40th, nipping his counterpart Temba Bavuma in a match-defining moment. Returning post-lunch with a relatively older ball, Cummins razed the Proteas lower-order down with a hellish spell that eventually read 4.1-1-2-4, concocting his lengths and variations to unplayable levels. It is this secondary art with the typically seam-softening old ball, the Dukes or Kookaburra, no matter, that makes Cummins a distinct outlier, capable of producing the best of both worlds. For a quick that can still hit the high 140-kphs, Cummins is a rare first change (No. 3) success that has already propelled him to third in the all-time charts. Only Ian Botham and Morne Morkel have churned out more wickets at No. 3 than Cummins' 107. The 32-year-old's 24.50 average and a wicket every 50 balls place him ahead of both Botham and Morkel. 73 of these strikes have been born in the WTC era, which serves as a brilliant microcosm that exemplifies Cummins' dominance with the new and old ball. Topping all pacers thus far in the WTC with 201 scalps, 160 have occurred within the first 80 overs of the innings. Sifting adeptly between the dual roles, Cummins tops all pacers across both phases. Bowling 621 overs across three WTC cycles with the new ball (0-25), Cummins has racked up 70 wickets, averaging 23.73. His efficiency progresses with the innings, breaking down batting orders with a 47.1 strike rate and 90 scalps with the semi-old and old balls between overs 26 and 80 of an innings. While there are a few contenders to match his new-ball efficacies, where he remains the highest wicket-taking pacer in the WTC, the old-ball competition dwindles to a select list where the wily Australian still dominates the wickets column. For a minimum of 50 WTC wickets with the old ball, only Bumrah, Rabada, and Hazlewood join Cummins in the sub-50 strike rate and sub-25 average club among pacers. The chilling efficiency unsettles most batting orders, for there are no easy overs when Cummins loads up at any hour of the day. As Captain Cummo closes in on another ICC silverware, watch out for another episode of that distinct duality, some new ball spice, and old-ball sorcery. Lalith Kalidas is a Senior Sub-Editor with the sports team of The Indian Express. Working with the online sports desk, Lalith specializes in the happenings on the cricket field, with a particular interest in India's domestic cricket circle. He also carries an affinity towards data-driven stories and often weaves them into cricketing contexts through his analysis. Lalith also writes the weekly stats-based cricket column - 'Stats Corner'. A former cricketer who has played in state-level tournaments in Kerala, he has over three years of experience as a sports journalist. Lalith also covered the 2023 ODI World Cup held in India. ... Read More
News18
15-05-2025
- Sport
- News18
Tim Southee Joins England's Coaching Staff As Ahead Of India Test Series
The former New Zealand pacer, Tim Southee joins England's coaching setup on a short-term role as a specialist skills consultant ahead of the upcoming home series against India. The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) have announced the addition of the former New Zealand fast-bowler, Tim Southee, as their latest addition to the men's team's coaching staff as a specialist skills consultant on a short-term basis across all formats. The 36-year-old had recently retired from Test cricket in December 2024 after finishing as New Zealand's leading wicket-taker across all three formats with 776 wickets to his name. He will now be working with the English bowling unit till the end of the upcoming five-match Test series against India at home. He will then be taking part in The Hundred where he will be playing for the Birmingham Phoenix franchise which is set to begin four days after the final Test against India at the Oval. 'With his vast experience of playing in a wide range of conditions around the world and across all formats, he brings valuable insight and knowledge to the players," said the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) in a statement on Thursday. The ECB also highlighted that Southee will join the squad ahead of England's first fixture of the international summer which is a four-day Test against Zimbabwe set to be played at Trent Bridge on May 22. His appointment also implies that he will be reunited with his former international teammate and former New Zealand skipper, Brendon McCullum who is also England's Head Coach across all three formats. In the longest format, Southee has amassed 391 wickets in 107 Tests, becoming the second highest wicket-taker for the Blackcaps only behind the great Sir Richard Hadlee with 431 wickets to his name. He also has 221 wickets in 161 ODIs and 164 scalps in 126 T20 internationals as well. It should also be noted that Southee was a part of New Zealand's World Test Championship-winning squad when they beat India in the final back in 2021. Once England is through with the four-day game against Zimbabwe, the side will then shift their focus to India as the new WTC cycle kicks off for the 2025-2027 cycle. The series starts on June 20 in Headingley, before further games happen in Edgbaston (July 2-6), Lord's (July 10-14), Old Trafford (July 23-27) and The Oval (July 31 to August 4). Watch CNN-News18 here. Stay updated with all the latest news on IPL 2025, including the schedule, Points Table, IPL Orange Cap, and IPL Purple Cap. Get latest Cricket news, live score and match results on News18. Download the News18 App to stay updated! First Published: May 15, 2025, 15:47 IST
