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South Africa stood toe to toe with India and should win by knockout at Newlands.
South Africa stood toe to toe with India and should win by knockout at Newlands.
Whatever happened to Pranav Dhanawade? Who? The 15-year-old boy who scored 1,009 runs in an innings, two years ago.
South Africa’s success against India and Australia may hinge on the management of AB de Villiers.
South Africa’s Test victory taught us nothing we didn’t already know about day-night pink ball cricket, writes GARY LEMKE.
Justice was swift and the execution was brutal when the Titans won the Ram Slam T20 Challenge.
I am slightly uncomfortable with the knockout stage of the Ram Slam T20 Challenge. If the Titans do get beaten, it will be a travesty.
Whatever the fortunes of their team, the Australians never let the standard of sledging slip.
Ottis Gibson must continue to experiment with the aim of developing all-rounder options before the 2019 World Cup.
Careful management of one of South African cricket’s prize assets will ensure that Kagiso Rabada takes his place among the Test bowling greats.
Although Bangladesh have been poor, South Africa were ruthless in the second Test, writes GARY LEMKE. Cricket is a game of statistics, and those statistics based on Bangladesh’s previous trips to South Africa, suggested the second Test in Bloemfontein would be all over on the third day, with the visitors being bowled out for 180. They managed 172. Bangladesh have… Read more →
Keshav Maharaj has shown that he has the skill, as well as the mental strength to join and possibly surpass an elite group of South African Test spinners.
South Africa has a reputation as a top-class fast-bowling factory, but a worrying trend is developing: the flat wicket.
Morne Morkel will play no further part in Test series against Bangladesh, but he bowled superbly in the time he had, writes GARY LEMKE.
Had this been the start of a brave new dawn for Test cricket, the South African and Bangladesh players could have shaken hands and booked a round of Sunday golf, writes GARY LEMKE.
The batsmen did their job on a flat Senwes Park pitch and now it’s up to the bowlers to turn the screws on day three of the first Test in Potchefstroom, writes GARY LEMKE.