Opinion

Kleinveldt boosts his CV

Rory Kleinveldt took his fifth five-wicket haul for Northants as Glamorgan struggled to 166-6 in the English County Championship.

Three specialist spinners were picked for the Tests, but Imran Tahir should go to India as the first-choice for South Africa.

What does the squad selections for South Africa’s tour to India tell us about the long-term planning of the national side?

When it comes to debuts, it doesn’t come much better than Ryan McLaren’s for Hampshire.

The South African selectors have some tough decisions to make going forward after the recent tour by New Zealand.

Quinton de Kock and Dane Piedt’s performances in India have reaffirmed the importance of South Africa A tours to other countries.

After the heavy defeat by New Zealand in the second One-Day International, South African cricket is at the crossroads.

Exactly five months ago South Africa lost their World Cup semi-final to New Zealand. They haven’t progressed since.

South Africa’s inconsistency in T20I cricket has been disappointing.

David Wiese should be given a fair chance to establish himself at No 7 in South Africa’s strongest ODI team.

Picking Morne van Wyk ahead of Quinton de Kock for the incoming tour of New Zealand doesn’t make sense to me.

The emergence of fast bowler Kagiso Rabada was the only real positive out of South Africa’s tour to Bangladesh.

Test match cricket is being played at a furious pace – a pace that leaves the Test-format doubters needing to rethink their philosophy.

On his Twitter bio, Dale Steyn simply calls himself ‘Terrible guitar player’. Three better words to describe him are: ‘Fast bowling legend’.

The most worrying aspect of South Africa’s performance in the first Test against Bangladesh was the performances of the senior players.