ECR Sport
08H30 ECR Sport
(upbeat music) Yeah, it sucks to be you, hey, but (laughs) guys, the Chiefs, of course, start off their campaign today at the Free State Stadium in Bloomfontein against newly promoted and comeback squad Marumou Gallin's kicking off at 5.30 this afternoon. And then in some cricket, the Proteus women look for redemption against Pakistan in their T20 series, which gets underway on Monday. Now it didn't end too well for South Africa when the two signs last met with South Africa losing the short-form series 3.0. The green and gold side will also use the series as a preparation for the World Cup in the UAE coming up in October. And batting coach Bakir Abrams says they'll be using this time to evaluate themselves. Yeah, look, I mean, ambition's always to win again. I think the real focus is really gonna be focused on us as a team, the various units, and really just putting through our game plans and evaluating us against ourselves. The first of three begins on Monday at four and follows with match two on Wednesday. And then England leveled their T20 cricket series against Australia, one all after chasing down a big target to win by three wickets in Cardiff. Liam Livingston smashed 87 from just 47 balls to help them pass the tourist's total of 193 for six. Captain Full Salt spoke to Sky Sports News and says, and says Livingston seems to be enjoying the added responsibility of batting at four going into tomorrow's deciding match at all traffic. Played a lot of cricket, you know, he's no mugger from that point of view. And he started really well in this series, got five wickets and over 100 runs in two games. So, you know, hopefully he takes it up to all the traffic on Sunday and we get another win. And then over to some rugby Hollywood sharks, Coach John Plumtree has made some interesting changes to the squad ahead of their carry cup semi-final against the Blue Bulls later today, with a total of six changes. One of them is Ethan Hooker, who shifts from a centre to wing in place of Makazole Mampimbi. And then Andre Esterheisen and Fran Schwa, a fanta form the new centre partnership. Coach Plum says the idea around it is to play around with positions, which could be valuable to the squad. - Looking to experience a little bit around, how can those midfielders help us in other positions as well, because it's a long season. Now we do have to rate it the squad and the players that can play in a couple of it, whether they can play it wing, fall back, or for midfield, they're pretty valuable. So we might see a little bit of experimenting in that space. - Edwin Keita will sport the number 14 jersey as he takes over from Lily Bester for the clash at Loftus Farrsfeldt, which kicks off at five o'clock. That's all for now. For the East Coast Radio Sports team, I'm Farida Crouch.