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Werner Boucher @wernerboucher.bsky.social · 16/10/2026

I do wonder what South Africa's place is when it comes to women's Tests. Looking at recent women's 'A' tours featuring red-ball matches, Australia, England and India are helping each other develop, while SA is having to find their own way.

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Werner Boucher @wernerboucher.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Watched the first match last night. The only scoreboard at BC Place is the Jumbotron, which results in the amusing sight of players having to cast their eyes up to the heavens.

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Werner Boucher @wernerboucher.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Proteas training camp that will run from 27 to 30 September in Pretoria. Kapp and Tryon not included as they'll be at the Canada Super60. It goes beyond my mind how Julia Hoal, the top run-scorer in the previous Pro50, does not make the 28 player squad.

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Werner Boucher @wernerboucher.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Reckon there's enough room in the schedule to make this a yearly series, with hosting being rotated each year

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Werner Boucher @wernerboucher.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

2026/27 Pro Series contracted squads and transfers: Badgers:

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Werner Boucher @wernerboucher.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Ricky Ponting in an interview with the Athletic this week:

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Werner Boucher @wernerboucher.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Dank fok. Western Province has readopted the Cobras name for its senior teams. Took them far too long, but I can now refer to the Cape Town-based team in 6 characters instead of 16.

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Werner Boucher @wernerboucher.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

One averages over 22 runs, the other has only scored 22 runs. Guess which of them has been called up to replace the injured Sinalo Jafta for the Zimbabwe t20i series.

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Werner Boucher @wernerboucher.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Division 2, 50 Over (Fixtures for the 50 over week at the end of the season were not published):

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Werner Boucher @wernerboucher.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

CSA had their domestic season launch yesterday. Here's the fixtures for the 2026/26 season. Pro 50:

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Werner Boucher @wernerboucher.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Made a daily quiz. 6 questions, 5 of them generated from the database, one I wrote myself to keep things interesting.

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Werner Boucher @wernerboucher.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

All 1800+ match summary pages now also include a weather summary, including the preceding 3 days to account for wet outfields. The hourly weather covers possible hours for most matches, while Pro Series era Div 1 matches map hourly weather to YouTube stream start and end times.

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Werner Boucher @wernerboucher.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Made a few updates to womenscricketdb.github.io A player comparison tool is added. Along with overall career, it also allows comparison at a per season level. Different seasons can also be compared to see which player had the better respective season.

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Werner Boucher @wernerboucher.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Proteas squad for the 5 match T20i series against Zimbabwe. Matches will be played from 11 to 19 September at Bulawayo.

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Werner Boucher @wernerboucher.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

The Titans have appointed Geoffrey Toyana as the new head coach of the women's team. Toyana replaces Pierre de Bruyn, who was appointed head coach of the Netherlands Women back in May.

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Werner Boucher @wernerboucher.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

Squads for the Canada Super60: Tournament is set to be played September 29 to October 4.

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Werner Boucher @wernerboucher.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

The Lions have signed an MOU with the Tanzania Cricket Association. This is the second partnership between a SA provincial union and an associate nation, following the Titans and Japan Cricket Association.

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Werner Boucher @wernerboucher.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

Looking at the schedule announced by Cricket Namibia yesterday: The 1st ODI on 9 September will give the Proteas Men an opportunity to end a 993 day streak without an ODI win on African soil.

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Werner Boucher @wernerboucher.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

A comprehensive win for the SA emerging team in the first T20 against Bangladesh emerging. The experiment with Mianè Smit opening the bowling was successful as she took a wicket a few balls in. 146 run partnership between Alex Candler and Faye Tunnicliffe.

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Werner Boucher @wernerboucher.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

India's tour of SA in December will now have a T20i series. The initial 5 match series was moved to May as prep for the world cup. All matches will be played at night, so no broadcast overlap with the men's Boxing Day test played at the same time.

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Werner Boucher @wernerboucher.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

SA Emerging win by 38 runs. Two wickets each for Oluhle Siyo, Eliz-Mari Marx and Caitlin Wyngaard.

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Werner Boucher @wernerboucher.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

Lunchtime at the Pietermaritzburg Oval, in the 3rd 50 over match. After winning the toss and electing to bat first, the SA Emerging side has scored 228. Not a bad total considering they were 30-5 at one point. Faye Tunnicliffe turning the tide with her century, 116 off 95.

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Werner Boucher @wernerboucher.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

Halfway mark in the 2nd 50 over match between SA Emerging Women and Bangladesh Emerging Women. SA bowled out for 256, Alex Candler the only player to pass 50, with her 85(107).

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Werner Boucher @wernerboucher.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

The SA Women's Under-19 team has won the 5th t20 by 17 runs on DLS method, after rain interrupted the chase. They win the series 3-2.

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Werner Boucher @wernerboucher.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

Pakistan Under-19 won the 4th t20 match by 6 wickets. The SA Under-19 could not get any meaningful partnerships under way, resulting in the below par total. Series stands at 2-2, with the final match scheduled for Friday.

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Werner Boucher @wernerboucher.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

Came across this very 'Fairbreak' looking squad: Seven different countries represented.

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Werner Boucher @wernerboucher.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

SA Emerging squad for the Bangladesh inbound tour have been announced. As somewhat expected Yasmeen Khan has been added to the squad. Players I would have liked to see: Relebohile Mkhize, Fay Cowling and Izel Cilliers, but still a strong squad.

SA Emerging Squad: Alex Candler, Leah Jones, Yasmeen Khan, Simone Lourens, Eliz-Mari Marx, Karabo Meso, Seshnie Naidu, Nthabiseng Nini, Luyanda Nzuza, Diara Ramlakan, Nondumiso Shangase, Oluhle Siyo, Miané Smit, Faye Tunnicliffe and Caitlin Wyngaard

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Werner Boucher @wernerboucher.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

A much better performance from the SA Under-19 team today. Mieke van Voorst with the team's first 50 of the series. Daneli Boshoff scored 27 runs off the 19th over. Two wickets each for Respect Mabasa, Miya Lalor and Melissa van der Merwe.

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Werner Boucher @wernerboucher.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

Pakistan Under-19 won the second t20 by 47 runs. Much better performance from Pakistan. The SA team struggled a lot against the left-arm pacers.

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Werner Boucher @wernerboucher.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

The SA Women's Under-19 team have won the first t20 match against Pakistan by 4 wickets, with 4 overs remaining.

Pakistan U-19 103/6 (20)
Ashleigh van Wyk 3/15
Miya Lalor 2/21

SA U-19 104/6 (16)
Chanel Venter 41 (32)
Chris-Mari Bezuidenhout 22 (20)

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Werner Boucher @wernerboucher.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

The SA Women's Under-19 team will be heading to Pakistan next month for a five match Youth T20i series. All matches will be played at Karachi and will be day-night matches.

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Werner Boucher @wernerboucher.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

Nice to see Anneke Bosch signing for Essex for the rest of the season.

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Werner Boucher @wernerboucher.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

According to the Badgers, Babette de Leede is a 'former Dutch international'. I would say AI hallucination, but the whole post is full of mistakes. They couldn't even spell the names of some of the new signings correctly.

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Werner Boucher @wernerboucher.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

The Badgers have announced their 2026/27 squad:

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Werner Boucher @wernerboucher.bsky.social · 31/05/2026

Australian Amber Smith is the top wicket taker:

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Werner Boucher @wernerboucher.bsky.social · 31/05/2026

Mignon du Preez and Mikayla Wrigley end as joint top run-scorers:

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Werner Boucher @wernerboucher.bsky.social · 31/05/2026

The Titans had a rough time at the 2026 WJPL, ending last in the comp. Mamushi won the tournament for the second year in a row.

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Werner Boucher @wernerboucher.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

The Proteas Women will start next season with a 5 match T20i series against Zimbabwe, as announced today by CSA. Every match scheduled to be played at QSC in Bulawayo.

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Werner Boucher @wernerboucher.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

The Lions are the first team confirm their 2026/27 squad: Changes from the previous season: Leani Swanepoel and Keamogetswe Chuene recieve their first contracts. Karabo Meso moves on to a CSA contract. No transfers in the off-season for the Lions.

Lions 2026-2027 women's contracted squad:

Raisibe Ntozakhe, Kgomotso Rapoo, Madison Landsman, Jenna Evans, Lehlohonolo Meso, Refilwe Moncho, Sarah Nettleton, Relebohile Mkhize, Nonkululeko Thabeth, Sunette Viljoen-Lou, Fay Cowling, Diara Ramlakan, Razeena Manack, Liyema Jubati, Neo Molefe, Leani Swanepoel, Thuto Thibedi, Lethabo Bidli, Keamogetswe Chuene, Shabnim Ismail, Ayabonga Khaka, Tumi Sekhukhune, Sinalo Jafta, Tazmin Brits, Chloe Tryon and Karabo Meso.

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Werner Boucher @wernerboucher.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

Allocating around 3500 seats per day (out of 17 500) to one tour company, with no recent record working in cricket, is almost insane. No idea how big the market is, just went in blindly, taking a quarter of the capacity. It gets worse if you look at their track record. From their site:

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Werner Boucher @wernerboucher.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

So CSA screwed up big time this week, so badly they had to make another media release today. In short: Tickets for the 26/27 season opened on Monday. Tickets for the Newland new year's test sold out in minutes. Many tickets never went on sale.

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Werner Boucher @wernerboucher.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

Squads for the 2026 Women's Japan Premier League:

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