
Poll: Should Abbott, Harmer return to Proteas?
Have your say by weighing in on whether you’d select Simon Harmer and Kyle Abbott to play for the Proteas Test team in the upcoming series against the West Indies.
Have your say by weighing in on whether you’d select Simon Harmer and Kyle Abbott to play for the Proteas Test team in the upcoming series against the West Indies.
Simon Harmer and Kyle Abbott would improve the Proteas’ chances of winning Test matches. The last time I checked, that was reason enough for any player to be in the selection mix, argues RYAN VREDE.
Enjoy this vintage weekend ‘rewind’ by looking back when AB de Villiers compiled a dominant 169 against Australia at the WACA in 2012 to help set up another away-series win for the Proteas.
Cricket South Africa has confirmed that the Proteas will tour the West Indies for a Test and T210 series, starting on 10 June.
Hashim Amla is deeply missed in a playing context, but the South African continues to be one of the most powerful voices in cricket, evidenced most recently by his moving offering on the Palestine issue, writes RYAN VREDE.
The Proteas’ fall to seventh in the Test rankings is a sad state of affairs, but it also serves as a reminder that iconic teams from the recent past were as good as it gets, writes CRAIG LEWIS.
If your objective is winning a major trophy, you have to pick the best available players. And if the Proteas want to win the T20 World Cup, they have to pick ‘freelancers’, writes RYAN VREDE.
With the T20 World Cup scheduled for later this year, CARL LEWIS highlights some potential selection bolters that could add quality ahead of the showpiece.
South Africa will tour the West Indies next month at the start of an intensive build-up to the T20 World Cup, which is scheduled for India in October, the national federation announced on Thursday.
After looking on the verge of purging itself from the toxic members’ council, the interim board and government conceded to a resolution that will ‘save’ cricket in the short term but kill it eventually, writes RYAN VREDE.
Sports minister Nathi Mthethwa gave cricket the hard reset it needed, but that drastic step will mean nothing if the corrective action isn’t carefully considered, writes RYAN VREDE.
AB de Villiers will turn the Proteas from T20 World Cup place fillers to title contenders. His inclusion in the squad is critical, despite what unsophisticated rationale rooted in ‘patriotism’ will tell you, writes RYAN VREDE.
Anrich Nortje had a brilliant Test season. Take a look at some highlights below.
Following the Proteas’ most recent series defeat, head coach Mark Boucher acknowledged that he takes responsibility for the team’s poor performances.
AB de Villiers has admitted he will be speaking to head coach Mark Boucher at the end of the IPL campaign about a possible return to international cricket, saying it would be ‘fantastic’ to play for the Proteas again.