The Proteas selectors seem to have moved on from Imran Tahir. However, after his heroics in The Hundred he has re-entered a World Cup squad conversation with him controlling his international future, writes RYAN VREDE.
It was a weekend of worry and a little hope but the overwhelming sense is that, with just nine T20I matches to go before the World Cup, the Proteas are in trouble, writes RYAN VREDE.
Ashwell Prince offered insight into Kyle Verreynne’s mental constitution that reinforced the sense that the kid is special and has to be a three-format player for the Proteas, writes RYAN VREDE.
Picking a generational talent like Kyle Verreynne whenever he is available is a no-brainer, even if it means he bats out of position. Mark Boucher is failing in the most obvious selection of them all and it’s sickening that he defends it, writes RYAN VREDE.
Follow the live action from the Wanderers where the Proteas take on Pakistan in the second T20I.
Mohammad Rizwan struck an unbeaten 74 as Pakistan beat the Proteas by four wickets in the first T20I in Johannesburg on Saturday.
Heinrich Klaasen has won the toss and elected to bat first in the opening T2oI against Pakistan, with three players making their debuts for the Proteas in Johannesburg.
Follow the live action from the Wanderers where the Proteas take on Pakistan in the first of four T20Is.
New Zealand secured another series whitewash over Bangladesh by winning the final T20I in Auckland on Thursday by 65 runs in a 10-overs-a-side encounter.
Aiden Markram’s declaration that the Proteas want to play a certain ‘brand’ of cricket is concerning because the team has a history of wanting to be something it cannot, writes RYAN VREDE.
Virat Kohli led from the front with an unbeaten 73 as India levelled the T20 series with a seven-wicket win over England on Sunday.
England sealed a convincing eight-wicket victory over India in the first of five T20Is in Ahmedabad on Friday.
SA Cricket magazine editor RYAN VREDE rates the Proteas out of 10 for their performances in the T20I series against Pakistan.
Dolphins seamer Ottniel Baartman has been ruled out of the Proteas Test squad to tour Pakistan and replaced by the Warriors’ Marco Jansen.
SA Cricket magazine editor Ryan Vrede reviews an average year on the field and a disastrous one off it for South African cricket.
