Former all-rounder Jacques Kallis joined the Proteas coaching staff last year. He has since formally worked with plenty of batting talent, with recent ODI graduate Kyle Verreynne the latest to hail the positive impact of Kallis. There have been several others, too.
‘The monkey is off his back.’ Those were the words of legendary cricket commentator Robin Jackman when Jacques Kallis finally scored a maiden double century during the first Test match between South Africa and India in Centurion in 2010.
Proteas batsman Kyle Verreynne is trying to learn as much as possible from the Proteas coaching and management staff since his involvement with the national team started against England earlier this year.
Senior contributors Craig Lewis and Wade Pretorius link up via Zoom to discuss their Proteas XI since readmission, selections and question which players might feel aggrieved at being left out.
Former fast bowler Allan Donald has recalled a particularly tough challenge against Proteas teammate Daryll Cullinan in English county cricket.
Former Australia batsman Michael Hussey, who was part of the Proteas coaching staff during the 2015 World Cup, has hailed India’s Mahendra Singh Dhoni as the ‘greatest finisher of all time’ in limited-overs cricket. South Africa have had some reasonably good finishers toward the end of innings in ODI and T20I cricket.
In the second instalment of a two-part series, SA Cricket magazine’s writers pick their best international Test XI of the past 30 years.
Another day, another Dale Steyn peach. This time Chesteshwar Pujara was the unfortunate victim in the second Test in Durban between the Proteas and India in 2013.
With the Brexit transition period set to end in December, the future of South Africans playing in England is unclear, writes DANIEL GALLAN.
It is challenging to get two cricket pundits to agree on any kind of fantasy Test XI, so we have been entirely objective by picking a team based solely on runs scored in each batting position.
Relive this rare footage of late, former Proteas skipper Hansie Cronje, when he struck a couple of hefty blows to Shane Warne’s bowling during the first of eight ODIs at the Wanderers in 1994.
Batsman Kyle Verreynne views being part of the Proteas squad for the ODI series against England earlier this year as positive, despite not playing.
Relive the brilliant century Lance Klusener made against England during the second Test match in Port Elizabeth in 1999.
After cruising to a comfortable 3-1 win over Australia in a controversial Test series in South Africa in 2018, the Proteas added more misery on their opposition by beating them 2-1 in an ODI series later that year.
Former Proteas opening batsman Loots Bosman turned 43 years old on Tuesday, 14 April 2020. He played 14 T20Is and as many ODIs between 2006 and 2010.
