Our Proteas Test XI: The bowlers
In the final instalment of a three-part series, SA Cricket magazine’s writers pick their best post-isolation Proteas Test XI.
Boucher finds 'light at end of the tunnel'
Head coach Mark Boucher has reflected on a ‘disappointing’ summer for the Proteas.
Simon Harmer - the one that got away?
Spinner Simon Harmer was named among five cricketers of the year in the 2020 edition of the famed Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack this week. Australia’s Pat Cummins, England’s Jofra Archer and Australia’s Marnus Labuschagne and Ellyse Perry are the others.
SA's seven quickest scorers in ODI cricket
ODI cricket has changed a lot in the last 20 years or so, but a strike rate of around 100 runs remains the gold standard for scoring in the format. Here, we feature seven South African batsmen who have scored the fastest throughout their careers.
Our Proteas Test XI: The wicketkeeper
In the second instalment of a three-part series, SA Cricket magazine’s writers pick their best post-isolation Proteas Test XI.
Five short-lived Proteas Test openers
Former Proteas opening batsman Gerhardus Liebenberg turned 48 years old on Tuesday, 7 April 2020. Like the players below, Liebenberg’s time at the top of South Africa’s Test batting order was relatively brief.
SA's biggest and best Test partnerships
Partnerships form the basis of batting in any form of the game, but in the ultimate format, they can take on genuinely epic qualities.
Paterson quits Proteas for Notts
Proteas fast bowler Dane Paterson has effectively ended a burgeoning international career by signing a Kolpak contract with Nottinghamshire in English county cricket.
Saca CEO: No impact on players' salaries
South African Cricketers’ Association chief executive officer Andrew Breetzke has effectively assured players short-term financial security despite an early end to the 2019-20 season.
Our Proteas Test XI: The top six
In the first instalment of a three-part series, SA Cricket magazine’s writers pick their best post-isolation Proteas Test XI.
Rewind: SA bowlers tumble Aussies in Hobart
During the Proteas’ Test tour of Australia in 2016, a relatively inexperienced bowling attack ripped through the hosts’ batting lineup during the first innings of the second Test in Hobart.
De Bruyn: I still have a role to play in SA
Batsman Theunis de Bruyn is determined to improve after losing a contract with Cricket South Africa.
Rewind: Donald and Tendulkar's classic contest
Relive this brilliant and timeless battle between Indian batsman Sachin Tendulkar and Proteas fast-bowler Allan Donald during the first Test match of the 1996-97 series in Durban.
Rewind: Duminy's World Cup hat-trick
Relive the historic moment when JP Duminy bagged a rare World Cup hat-trick during the Proteas’ 2015 quarter-final against Sri Lanka at the Sydney Cricket Ground.
Rewind: Smith bats with broken hand
With the series safely secured the Proteas and Australia head to the Sydney Cricket Ground for the final Test match of the 2008-09 series down under. In what was already a highly dramatic and exciting series, concluded with a touch of courage and bravery by the South African skipper Graeme Smith.
