RYAN VREDE asks: If one of the objectives of a 15-team domestic structure is broadening the potential to build international-quality players, where are the elite coaches who contribute significantly to growing that calibre of player going to come from?
Proteas spinner Keshav Maharaj says he’s looking forward to working with new captains Dean Elgar and Temba Bavuma.
Kyle Verreynne can no longer be denied a Proteas Test spot, and there needs to be a broader, bold selection philosophy that rewards domestic form in order to arrest the team’s batting mediocrity.
Cricket Australia hopes to reschedule its tour of South Africa ‘as soon as possible’ if all the safety requirements can be guaranteed.
Temba Bavuma’s appointment as the first permanent black African captain is a wonderful moment for South African sport, and invokes memories of when Siya Kolisi first became Springbok skipper, writes CRAIG LEWIS.
Newly appointed Proteas captain for the limited-overs formats, Temba Bavuma, is ready to embrace the opportunity of being the country’s first permanent black African captain.
Temba Bavuma says he is honoured and delighted by his appointment as the Proteas’ new limited-overs captain.
Cricket South Africa has announced Temba Bavuma and Dean Elgar as the new respective Proteas captains for the limited-overs and Test teams.
With the T20 World Cup on the horizon, national convenor of selectors Victor Mpitsang and the Proteas management team are exploring every avenue to make sure the best team goes to India, but he would not be drawn into a conversation on AB de Villiers’ availability.
Chris Morris says there are no plans in the works for a Proteas return, despite his mind-blowing selling price at the recent Indian Premier League auction.
SA Cricket magazine editor RYAN VREDE wonders out loud about whether George Linde knows he has the same base-talent level as some of South Africa’s great all-rounders.
There seems to be no clear cricket reason for the continued omission of Keshav Maharaj from the Proteas T20I set-up, writes SA Cricket magazine editor RYAN VREDE.
Does the world’s most expensive T20 player, Chris Morris, have a Proteas future? SA Cricket magazine editor RYAN VREDE scrutinises his case.
Faf du Plessis’ retirement from Test cricket leaves a gaping hole in an already fragile batting lineup. SA Cricket magazine editor RYAN VREDE looks at potential replacements.
Former Proteas captain and the most senior batsman in the current squad, Faf du Plessis, has announced his retirement from Test cricket.
