Black players allege ‘racial divide’ in South African cricket

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“South Africa bowler Lungi Ngidi expressed support for the Black Lives Matter movement last week. ©AFP”  Johannesburg (AFP) – Racial divisions in South African cricket were laid bare on Tuesday when 30 black former international players issued a statement alleging racism remained a factor in the game. The letter commended current fast bowler Lungi Ngidi, who last week expressed support for Black Lives Matter, and called for Cricket South Africa (CSA) to come out strongly in favour of the movement. Signatories included fast bowler Makhaya Ntini, who played in 101 Test…

De Kock named South African cricketer of year

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“De Kock (L) has been named South African cricketer of the year for the second time. ©AFP” /> Johannesburg (AFP) – Limited-overs captain Quinton de Kock was on Saturday named South Africa’s men’s cricketer of the year for the second time. The left-handed De Kock, 27, was comfortably South Africa’s best batsman in a year in which the national team won only one out of seven series across all formats. Wicketkeeper-batsman De Kock was South Africa’s leading run-scorer in five out of seven series and was the team’s top scorer in…