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Ashwell Prince rues lack of partnerships in South Africa's Hamilton defeat

Tue, 17 Mar 2026 12:24:35 GMT

"The only box we ticked was George Linde, who played a really nice cameo towards the end, but we didn't get any partnerships going," the South Africa batting coach said

Conrad: 'Tonight wasn't a choke, it was a bloody walloping'

Thu, 05 Mar 2026 05:07:09 GMT

South Africa head coach admits his team "didn't have a sniff" against New Zealand, and got a proper snotklap

Ashwell Prince: De Kock's presence has 'similar effect' as Rohit and Kohli's

Sat, 29 Nov 2025 17:10:30 GMT

Quinton de Kock reversed his white-ball retirement earlier this year, and scored 239 runs at 119.5 during three ODIs in Pakistan

Prince says 'all possibilities open' as SA deal with problem of plenty in batting order

Thu, 05 Jun 2025 16:18:53 GMT

On the evidence of how they lined up at Arundel, Mulder will bat at No. 3, Stubbs at five and Bedingham six with de Zorzi likely to sit out

SA baffled by 'inconsistent bounce' at Newlands: 'Never seen a pitch that quick on day one'

Thu, 04 Jan 2024 09:17:44 GMT

Elgar stopped short of calling the pitch poor, but admitted that the conditions were very "challenging"

Ashwell Prince quits as Bangladesh batting coach

Wed, 09 Feb 2022 14:34:28 GMT

"He has cited family reasons for his decision," as per BCB cricket operations chairman Jalal Yunus

'The key word is decisive' - Bangladesh batting coach Ashwell Prince laments Christchurch collapse

Mon, 10 Jan 2022 07:33:17 GMT

"I think we can leave a few more balls outside off stump to make them bowl straighter at us."

Batting coach Ashwell Prince backs 'fantastically talented' Liton Das to come good

Wed, 20 Oct 2021 17:09:11 GMT

Prince also says that the players must be ready for flexibility in the batting line-up

Bangladesh batting coach says they were 'too aggressive early on' in their chase of 129

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Bangladesh had been skittled for just 76 in the third T20I

Bangladesh batting coach Ashwell Prince reckons Liton Das could be used as opener for NZ T20Is

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Liton missed the Australia T20Is where Sarkar and Naim opened for the team

Ashwell Prince takes over as full-time Bangladesh batting coach

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

His stint will run till the end of the 2022 T20 World Cup, in October-November in Australia

Ashwell Prince on being a player of colour in the South Africa team: 'It was a lonely place'

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

"A person knows when they are welcome, and you know when you are unwelcome"

BCB wants Ashwell Prince to stay on as batting consultant until T20 World Cup

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

He was initially appointed only for the Zimbabwe tour, and is due to return to coaching the Cape Cobras

Ashwell Prince hails Liton Das for breaking through concentration barrier

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Liton had spoken to Bangladesh's new batting coach about wanting to curb his tendency to throw away his wicket when set

Ashwell Prince: Not looking to change anything about Bangladesh batters

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

New batting coach on a short-term contract says his major role will be to support head coach Domingo

Rangana Herath and Ashwell Prince join Bangladesh's coaching staff

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

They will serve as spin-bowling and batting consultant respectively

Graeme Smith "aware and willing" to bring about change in wake of BLM

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

CSA's director of cricket commits to creating a more inclusive environment for the cricketers

Makhaya Ntini, Vernon Philander, JP Duminy, Herschelle Gibbs sign letter backing Lungi Ngidi's #BLM stance

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Thirty-one players and five coaches have urged CSA to stand behind the movement

Ashwell Prince on Black Lives Matter: 'South Africa's system broken'

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

He cites 2005-06 incident in Australia, where South African players were racially abused

'Can't keep pretending there is nothing wrong' says Ashwell Prince as Farhaan Behardien, David Bedingham join Durham

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

'If anyone at CSA has spoken to Bedingham, they will understand the reason" he left, suggests Cobras coach

South Africa needed a 'hardened, experienced international guy' - Graeme Smith on Mark Boucher

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

'He is tactically very knowledgeable. We all know what qualities he has as a man as well'

Mark Boucher set to be named South Africa's interim coach

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

ESPNcricinfo has learnt that interim team director Enoch Nkwe will stay on and work with Boucher

South Africa T20I captaincy still Faf du Plessis' 'baby' - Quinton de Kock

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

De Kock will "grab it with both hands" if given the chance to lead the T20I squad

'The financial thing is a hurdle' - ex-players stay away as CSA battles fund crunch

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Faf du Plessis agrees that while the set-up needs inputs from past players, the board cannot always afford them

'You don't become Amla and Steyn overnight' - Ashwell Prince

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

South African cricket is going through a period of transition, says former batsman, who is in India to oversee a spin camp

Hashim Amla to make competitive cricket comeback with CSA T20 Challenge

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

He was also expected to take up a short county stint in England to acclimatise ahead of the World Cup, but he wanted to stay in South Africa to be closer to his ailing father

Paul Adams to step down as Cobras coach

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Paul Adams work as Western Cape Cricket high performance manager and coach starting 2017

Prince appointed Cobras assistant coach

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Ashwell Prince's coaching career will begin at Cape Cobras, where he has signed on as the franchise's assistant coach

Prince steps down as South Africa selector to concentrate on coaching

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Ashwell Prince has resigned from South Africa's selection panel to concentrate his efforts on coaching

Rabada keeps the faith amid SA gloom

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Kagiso Rabada said it five times but it was difficult to believe the mood in the South African camp was "positive," as they prepared for the final Test against England at SuperSport Park

Prince hundred keeps Lancashire in the mix

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Ashwell Prince equalled his highest List A score for Lancashire as the Red Rose boosted their Royal London Cup quarter-final hopes with a 29-run victory over Hampshire at the Rose Bowl

Lancashire progress after dramatic tie

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Lancashire will appear at their sixth Finals Day after they beat Kent by virtue of losing fewer wickets after the sides managed 142 apiece off their 20 overs

Warks scrape home in nail-biting finish

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Warwickshire notched up their first victory of this season's Royal London Cup after a thrilling last-gasp three-wicket win against Lancashire at Old Trafford

Chapple chips in after record stand

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Glen Chapple proved that the Colwyn Bay pitch was not quite so flat as to repel bowlers of timeless class after Alviro Petersen and Ashwell Prince had scored 501 in partnership

Petersen, Prince and the little sticks of rock

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Alviro Petersen and Ashwell Prince took huge advantage of another pitch at Colwyn Bay to drive bowlers to distraction

Brown, Prince lead Lancs fightback

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Lancashire fought back well against Northamptonshire on a second day dominated by the batsmen as the home side's middle order made a solid start in replying to 438

Lancashire attack excels to quell Durham

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Lancashire moved above hosts Durham into fourth place in the NatWest T20 Blast North Group after sealing a six-wicket victory at Chester-le-Street

Langeveldt appointed SA bowling coach

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

In addition to appointing Charl Langeveldt as bowing coach, CSA has extended coach Russell Domingo's contract until April 30, 2017

Late strikes rekindle Lancashire's victory push

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

With seven balls to be bowled on the sunlit, if chilly, third evening of this game, Derbyshire's Ben Slater and Chesney Hughes had every reason to be happy with their work

Foreign talent to the fore as Prince, Petersen prosper

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Karl Brown and Steven Croft, two products of the Lancashire academy, sealed the Championship in 2011 but it is already clear that if the Division Two title is to be won this year, the achievement will not be solely, or even largely, the work of homegrown

Prince century keeps Northants at bay

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

A 12th first-class century in Lancashire colours from Ashwell Prince kept Northamptonshire at bay on the second day at Wantage Road

Prince hundred shows value of his u-turn

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Lancashire will be grateful Ashwell Prince decided to extend his career as his hundred guided them against Kent while others gave their wickets away

South Africa in line for new selection chief

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

South Africa could be in line for a new convener of selectors next month, with Andrew Hudson likely to be replaced in the top job

Prince set to play on for Lancashire

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Ashwell Prince, the former South Africa batsman, is set to reverse his decision to retire and instead play on with Lancashire in 2015

Gale racism case increasingly tangled

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Usman Khawaja's alleged involvement deepens the intrigue as the ECB struggles to formulate a decisive stance on abuse, sledging and darker forms of misbehaviour

Prince did not consider Gale outburst 'racial slur'

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Ashwell Prince has said that being called a Kolpak did not cross his mind as being a racial slur during the heat of his argument with Andrew Gale

Prince provides grit but will Lancs gamble?

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Lancashire, in the most optimistic scenario, will face a quandary on the final day at Hove as they contemplate whether they might risk a declaration that could have a major bearing on their Division One future

Yorkshire take advantage of soft Lancashire

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Lancashire's profligacy helped Yorkshire prosper on the first day of a Championship match in Manchester that may go a long way towards settling matters at both ends of the table.

Lancashire dominate meeting of T20 experts

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

No counties have better records in T20 since its inception in 2003 than Hampshire and Lancashire. But it was Lancashire who dominated this semi-final to set up a clash with Birmingham in the final.

Prince earns Lancashire a rare lead

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Like Frank Watson and Harry Pilling from earlier eras in Lancashire's history, Ashwell Prince's skills are not those to delight cricket's aesthete. But who cares?

Lancashire secure home quarter final

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

A procession of Lancashire batsmen enjoyed themselves on a firm pitch to pile up 225 for 7, the highest short-form total ever recorded on the ground

Day for a dark room for Northants

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

So mighty were the records Lancashire eclipsed on day two that one or two statisticians may need a day's rest in a darkened room at the end of this match. Northant's players and supporters might require similar care

Prince, Croft provide rare run glut

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Ashwell Prince and Steven Croft sharing in a monstrous fourth-wicket stand in a rare day of runscoring for Lancashire as Northamptonshire suffered

66-Test Prince announces retirement

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Former South African middle-order batsman Ashwell Prince has announced his retirement from the game. He was a dependable performer for South Africa for a decade

Puttick, Prince make merry in run-fest

Thu, 20 Mar 2025 14:11:06 GMT

Cape Cobras drew with Warriors to move to the top of the table in the Sunfoil Series. However, the draw helped them gain only a marginal lead of 0.12 points over the second-placed Lions who were defeated by Knights on Saturday

Prince dominates on error-strewn day

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Ashwell Prince hit an unbeaten 134 on a day of missed chances and milestones in Canterbury as Lancashire reached a respectable 269 for 8

Lancs ride home on Prince

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Lancashire boosted their hopes of reaching the Yorkshire Bank 40 semi-finals for the second year running with a resounding six-wicket win over Derbyshire at Old Trafford

Lancs lean heavily on Katich, Prince

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

For all that Lancashire sit contentedly atop the Division Two table, their batting order in 2013 has displayed all the stability of a post-war Italian government.

Prince quells Scotland uprising

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Lancashire extended their winning run in the Yorkshire Bank 40 to three matches with a routine seven-wicket win against Scotland at Old Trafford

Cross lifts up Lancashire again

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

At the close Lancashire's lead was 327 runs and should give them a chance to force their third Championship win of the season

Mahmood blunders as Lancs thunder to win

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Katich builds chance for victory push

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

In a week where aging Australian batsmen have been in the headlines, Simon Katich gave Lancashire a chance to pressure Kent on the final day at Old Trafford

Prince finds solace at Lancashire

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Ashwell Prince has accepted that his Test career has "well and truly passed" as he focuses on satisfying finale to his first-class career with Lancashire.

Katich and Prince double Lancs money

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Simon Katich and Ashwell Prince put on a 181-run stand that could be the sign of thing to come for Lancashire's opponents in Division Two

Prince turns back on SA for Lancs

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Ashwell Prince, the South Africa batsman, appears set to rule himself out of international contention in order to rejoin Lancashire as a Kolpak player

Who will take JP Duminy's place?

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Dean Elgar, Colin Ingram, Justin Ontong and Ashwell Prince are the main contenders to take the injured JP Duminy's place in the South Africa Test squad

The party is over for Lancashire

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

After Lancashire won the 2011 County Championship, a member of the Old Trafford staff bought a copy of every national daily newspaper. Relegation means there will be no repeat this year

Prince, Horton try to make amends

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Lancashire, desperately trying to stave off relegation a year after winning the Championship, made amends for a sloppy first day in the field with a professional display with the bat at Lord's.

Prince turns match on its head

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Lancashire will hope Ashwell Prince has provided the springboard for one of their most outstanding victories of the summer

Prince stars for improving Lancashire

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

It may not have been regarded as the most significant result of the summer but Lancashire have gained important momentum from last week's battling draw at Edgbaston to deliver their best batting performance at Aigburth this season.

Batsmen set up Warriors' first win

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

A round-up of the latest round of matches from the MiWAY T20 Challenge 2011-12 in South Africa

Prince to help Lancs defend crown

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Lancashire have re-signed South Africa batsman Ashwell Prince for a third spell as the county's overseas player

Thami Tsolekile handed central contract

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Thami Tsolekile has been identified as the successor to Mark Boucher in Cricket South Africa's (CSA) first decisive move to find a replacement wicketkeeper

Prince dropped for Newlands Test

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Ashwell Prince has been dropped from the South African squad to play Sri Lanka in the third Test starting in Cape Town on Tuesday

Rudolph, Prince put on notice for decider

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Jacques Rudolph and Ashwell Prince, the two most under-pressure South Africa batsmen, have been put on notice after Alviro Petersen was retained in the squad for the deciding Test

South Africa build commanding advantage

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

It wasn't all one-way traffic on the second day in Centurion but South Africa ended in a very commanding position, having built a lead of 209 with AB de Villiers' 99 the cornerstone of their innings

Langeveldt's five sets up title for Cape Cobras

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Cape Cobras chased down 243 with five wickets to spare, to win the Franchise 1-Day Cup final against Warriors in Cape Town

Warriors seal thrilling last-ball win

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

The Warriors lower-order batsmen kept swinging their first balls for boundaries to make sure the comeback from Ashwell Prince and Johan Botha was not wasted

Semi-finalists decided

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

A wrap of the last round of group stage matches in the Standard Bank Pro20 in South Africa.

Morkel awaits duel with 'dangerous' openers

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

The series has been dubbed a contest between South African bowling and Indian batting. For Morne Morkel, the crux of that battle will be between the openers on both sides of that equation

Three big selection decisions for South Africa

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

There are three crucial positions to be decided for the hosts: the additional seamer, the spinner and the No.6 batsman

Prince happy to be back at the centre of action

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Just over eighteen months ago, Ashwell Prince was forced to be born again. Not as Christian, although he is a religious man, but as a cricketer

Dolphins beat Titans while Cobras top table

Thu, 20 Mar 2025 14:11:05 GMT

A round-up of the third round of matches in the SuperSport Series

Titans and Knights begin with victories

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

A round-up of the first round of matches in the SuperSport Series

Jacobs, Prince knock Central Districts out

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Davey Jacobs continued his sparkling run of form, lashing 74 against Central Districts' limited attack, as Warriors chased down 176 with surprising ease, their third victory in three games

We can still win - Chanderpaul

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Shivnarine Chanderpaul believed that despite being in a seemingly hopeless situation, West Indies could pull off a shock win in the third Test match against South Africa in Barbados

South Africa edge ahead on attritional day

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

AB de Villiers and Ashwell Prince dug in to scupper a West Indian fightback by Sulieman Benn and put South Africa in a position of control in the deciding Test

Boucher and Benn share honours on tight day

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Sulieman Benn picked up his second five-wicket haul in Tests, finishing with 5 for 120 as South Africa were eventually bowled out for 352, but the visitors will feel they had the better of an attritional second day at the Queens Park Oval

Lancashire batsmen fail to capitalise on starts

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Lancashire might consider they slightly underachieved on the second day of the 250th Roses match

Lancashire edge attritional opening day

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Lancashire's batsmen had the better of an attritional opening day of their County Championship match against Division One opponents Warwickshire at Edgbaston

Prince hundred leads Lancashire victory

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Ashwell Prince and Steven Croft shared their third century partnership of the summer to help Lancashire open their Clydesdale Bank 40 account at the expense of Glamorgan at Old Trafford

Rain halts Lancashire bid

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Lancashire's bid to defeat Kent and record their third successive win in the County Championship was frustrated by persistent drizzle at Old Trafford

Prince and Croft carry Lancashire

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Lancashire held the slightest of advantages after the first day of the County Championship Division One match at Old Trafford

Prince fights after Woakes rattles Lancashire

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Warwickshire bounced back well from defeat to Yorkshire in the opening round of the season to dominate the opening day of their County Championship match against Lancashire at Old Trafford

Warriors ease to title win

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Half-centuries from Ashwell Prince and Jacques Kallis, and a combined bowling effort, helped a star-studded Warriors team inflict a crushing defeat over Lions in Port Elizabeth and take home the Pro20 title

Prince ton takes Warriors to MTN40 title

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Ashwell Prince hit his maiden one-day century to guide the Warriors to the MTN40 title against the Dolphins

Lancashire sign Ashwell Prince

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Ashwell Prince has signed for Lancashire as the county's interim overseas player for 2010

Swann drops the momentum

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Plays of the day from the 1st day of the third Test between South Africa and England at Cape Town

England 'messed up' - Swann

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Graeme Swann admitted England had "messed it up" with their use of the review system

Yorkshire slump to Roses rout

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

A round-up of the latest action in the Twenty20 Cup