
New year's wishes for the Proteas
The Proteas will head into 2020 determined to recover from the problems of 2019.
The Proteas will head into 2020 determined to recover from the problems of 2019.
Dwaine Pretorius is not the most fashionable cricketer the Proteas have ever picked, but he could just be the player Mark Boucher’s team needs to tip the scales in their favour.
Vernon Philander will call time on his career after the series against England and has proven to himself and his doubters that he was more than good enough to play Test cricket.
A lot has happened around the Proteas set-up in the lead-up to the series against England, but very little on the field.
It is easy to look back on the Test career of Chris Morris and label it a failed experiment, but doing so suggests that some thought was put into his respective call-ups.
Zubayr Hamza’s 62 off 79 balls in the third Test against India in Ranchi offered a glimpse of what the Cape Cobras batsman has to offer, while also making it clear he still has progress to make as an international cricketer.
When Theunis de Bruyn got out cheaply on day five of the first Test against India earlier this year, Graeme Smith didn’t hold back in his criticism of the batsman. Now that Smith is the director of cricket, De Bruyn has been dropped from the Test team.
Mercurial playmaker Quinton de Kock is on the new cover of SA Cricket magazine, on sale now!
Spin-bowling all-rounder George Linde made a surprise Test debut in India when Keshav Maharaj was ruled out with a shoulder injury, but could the two ever play in the same Test XI?
South Africa’s greatest-ever all-rounder, Jacques Kallis, isn’t always a valid yardstick for measuring other cricketers, but when it comes to Ben Stokes, even greats are fair game.
Some of events in which CSA made the headlines for all the wrong reasons this year.
A tournament beset by early problems is heading into an all-important second edition, writes Jonhenry Wilson in SA Cricket magazine.
David Bedingham has followed a season at the Cobras with recognition in the Mzansi Super League, being purchased by the Cape Town Blitz for R180 000 in the 2019 player draft, writes Jonhenry Wilson in SA Cricket magazine.
Ryan Rickelton was a key member of the Jozi Stars’ squad during the 2018 MSL campaign and is one of six players retained for their title defence, writes Jonhenry Wilson in SA Cricket magazine.
The good, the bad and the ugly after the Proteas sunk to a 3-0 Test series whitewash at the hands of India in Ranchi.