Proteas: What to look for in the 1st Test
This first Test against the West Indies represents the start of a new dawn in South African cricket, with opening bat and mainstay Dean Elgar taking over the reins as Proteas captain, writes CARL LEWIS.
This first Test against the West Indies represents the start of a new dawn in South African cricket, with opening bat and mainstay Dean Elgar taking over the reins as Proteas captain, writes CARL LEWIS.
Ahead of this week’s opening Test match between South Africa and West Indies, the SA Cricket magazine writers make their picks for their Proteas starting XIs.
South Africans seeking to turn Devon Conway’s loss to New Zealand into a race issue fail to acknowledge what is self-evident – his gift just bloomed later than most and in an environment which facilitated that. Let’s celebrate a wonderful talent, not wrongly denigrate a system, writes RYAN VREDE.
Titans head coach Mandla Mashimbyi has been temporarily appointed to serve as one of the Proteas assistant coaches for their trip to the West Indies.
On this day 19 years ago, former Proteas captain Hansie Cronje passed away when the plane he was travelling in crashed into the Outeniqua Mountains northeast of George Airport.
Anrich Nortje says he is excited to build on a season of personal highlights that had him headlining the CSA Awards nominations.
Dean Elgar and Aiden Markram go into a two-Test series against the Windies needing to rehabilitate an opening partnership that is rich in potential but lacks in consistency of delivery, writes RYAN VREDE.
Which of the following deliveries will walk away with the delivery of the year at the CSA Awards tonight? Wiaan Mulder to Mendis at the Wanderers or Lutho Sipamla to Fernando at Centurion.
Proteas Test captain Dean Elgar has hinted that Knights batsman Keegan Petersen is likely to be given a chance in the top order for the upcoming tour of the West Indies.
Dean Elgar says the Proteas need to get back to playing ‘the South African way again’ in order to achieve the ambition of competing in the final of a world Test championship.
The Proteas have suffered in the Test arena over the past couple of years. Now RYAN VREDE picks a team that could turn their fortunes around.
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.
Cricket South Africa’s director of cricket, Graeme Smith, has every right to defend himself against potentially defamatory accusations of a racial nature. But with new testimony from the SJN leaked regularly, he is under immense pressure and needs to act with emotional intelligence, writes RYAN VREDE.
CARL LEWIS takes a nostalgic look back at the Proteas’ last tour to West Indies when a Graeme Smith-led side won a three-match series 2-0.
Cobras coach Ashwell Prince says he rates Kyle Verreynne as one of the top batsmen in South African cricket, hailing the youngster’s ‘mentality’ as one of his biggest strengths.