The Cape side benefitted from two warm-up games and coach Prince said: We now have more people getting closer to form before the first game

South Africa's first city-based Twenty20 league - the Mzansi Super League - will kick off in Cape Town on Friday

Windies captain Stafanie Taylor tore through South Africa to claim a career-best 4/12 to send the entire tropical island into delirium at the ICC World T20.

The Mzansi Super League is set to enthrall South African cricket fans from Friday, when the Cape Town Blitz take on the Tshwane Spartans at Newlands.

The excitement is building ahead of the start of the new T20 cricket tournament in South Africa, the Mzansi Super League.

Sam Curran and Jos Buttler lead England fightback in Kandy after Sri Lanka spinners make promising start

The Giants assembled in Port Elizabeth on 12 November and went straight into their first practice.

South Africa warmed up for their only Twenty20 international against Australia by sweeping past an unheralded CA XI in Brisbane

Proteas women’s vice-captain Chloe Tryon will earn her 50th national cap when they play defending champions West Indies on Wednesday

De Villiers is the most high-profile player in the MSL and Cricket South Africa is leaning heavily on his presence to promote the competition

It take a brave Australian to head to South Africa to play domestic cricket following the ball-tampering scandal

The second Test between England and Sri Lanka in Kandy looks to be a good spinners' wicket

Dane Vilas has played 120 matches in the T20 format and made well over 2 000 runs.

The Spartans have one of the strongest squads in the competition, and are the early favourites along with the Durban Heat.

A successful performance in Australia has Kagiso Rabada climb to fourth on the ODI world rankings

For all her obsession with the speed gun, the Proteas women's Shabnim Ismail has gained vast experience over the years