Chasing a competitive but very doable target of 312, set by the home team, South Africa fell short in familiar fashion with a mix of soft dismissals and a runout for good measure.

Interestingly, Imran Tahir bowled the first ball of the World Cup in a surprise move from Proteas skipper Faf du Plessis. South Africa will happy with their first 50 overs at the World Cup after restricting England to 311-8 in their allotted 50 overs.

The South African Cricketers' Association's court application calls on CSA to deliver to the court, and to the association, documents and records that CSA relied upon in making the decision to restructure domestic cricket.

Dale Steyn has not recovered from a right shoulder injury in time to feature.

The two organisations have been negotiating for some time as the possibility of many South African fans missing out on international cricket's showpiece threatened to become a reality.

Bongi Msomi, from Durban, will captain South Africa and is the first black woman to lead a senior World Cup team.

Regular skipper, Handré Pollard will miss this clash due to a calf strain picked up in training earlier this week, and will return to South Africa.

The result meant the Kiwis maintained top spot on the overall log while the Stormers continued to occupy bottom spot in the South African conference, six points from leaders the Bulls.

The three return to the starting line-up after missing the game against the Jaguares a fortnight ago.

Both players missed last weekend’s loss against the Crusaders due to injury as the Bulls open a four-week tour to Australasia.

Both Kagiso Rabada and Dale Steyn returned home after picking up injuries during the recent Indian Premier League.

The flyhalf scored 581 points for the Bulls after joining the franchise in 2013 straight from Paarl Gimnasium.

Flyhalf Handre Pollard would join fellow South Africans including Jannie and Bismarck du Plessis and Johan Goosen at the French club.

He joins Sale's growing South African contingent that includes scrum-half Faf de Klerk, fly-half Robert du Preez, centre Rohan Janse van Rensburg and hooker Akker van der Merwe.

ASA, alongside Caster Semenya, lost in their appeal to uphold the IAAF’s regulations on forcing female athletes with higher testosterone levels to take suppressants to compete.

Masandawana have had a tightly packed schedule and deserve credit for their performance in the league considering they have been fighting battles on many fronts.

The IAAF said female athletes with high testosterone levels, such as Caster Semenya, would be welcome to compete with male athletes in the 400m hurdles, 800m and 1,500m.

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