Matthew Maynard

Faf du Plessis, who rescued South Africa from certain defeat in Australia in the second Test in Adelaide, was advised to cut down on risky shots by his coach at provincial side Titans before the brilliant debut hundred.

England's former assistant coach Matthew Maynard, now replaced by Andy Flower, is considering an offer from the BCCI to work at the National Cricket Academy in Bangalore.

Sunfoil Dolphins coach Lance Klusener has challenged his players to maintain their performance levels when they face up to the Nashua Titans on Friday.

The Sunfoil Series resumes on Thursday with the table-topping Nashua Mobile Cape Cobras taking on the defending champions, the Nashua Titans, at Sahara Park in Cape Town.

The former England assistant coach Matthew Maynard is actually going to be working with the independent World Cricket Academy, which sets up base every season at the Cricket Club of India in Mumbai.

The Sofia Gardens stadium in Cardiff, home to county side Glamorgan, has a massive portrait of Ravi Shastri in one of its corridors, indicating the former all-rounder's connection when he played for Glamorgan from 1987 to 1991 .

Ponting believes Cardiff, which has never hosted a Test, has been deliberately chosen ahead of traditional grounds because England want maximum advantage out of the dry pitch.

A moment of madness or half-an-hour of complacency could deny the Nashua Titans a place in the knock-out stages of the Momentum One-Day Cup, especially if their bowling attack allows the belligerent Richard Levi to get into his stride on Wednesday.

Things are hotting up in the Momentum One-Day Cup, and an intriguing situation prevails as the teams complete the first round of fixtures this weekend.

Martin Van Jaarsveld is still fighting some inner demons after a devastating semifinal loss in a last-ball thriller against the Sydney Sixers in the Champions League T20 in South Africa.