Remembering Dippenaar's Test best
Saturday, 25 April 2020 marks exactly 17 years since former Proteas batsman Boeta Dippenaar hit the highest score of a 38-Test career.
Saturday, 25 April 2020 marks exactly 17 years since former Proteas batsman Boeta Dippenaar hit the highest score of a 38-Test career.
Batsmen AB de Villiers and Virat Kohli have collectively named a hypothetical best ODI XI, which comprises only South African and Indian players.
Since South Africa’s readmission to international cricket, 10 of the 12 men to captain the national team in Test cricket have been top-order batsmen.
English seamer Stuart Broad has described bowling to former Proteas skipper Graeme Smith as ‘an absolute nightmare.’
Relive the magnificent innings by Faf du Plessis during the fifth and final ODI of South Africa’s tour to India in 2015.
Friday, 24 April 2020 marks exactly 17 years since former Proteas spinner Paul Adams completed the first half of a maiden 10-wicket haul in Test match cricket.
Proteas wicketkeeper Mangaliso Mosehle turned 30 years old on Friday, 24 April 2020. Mosehle played seven T20Is in 2017, but none since.
Watch new CSA director of cricket Graeme Smith’s full interview with SuperSport commentator Pommie Mbangwa.
The possible selection of players without domestic contracts for the Proteas could lead to a possible misbalance within Cricket South Africa’s development structures of young players in the country.
Thursday, 23 April 2020 marks exactly 22 years since former all-rounder Lance Klusener powered the Proteas to triumph in the final of the 1998 triangular series.
Shaun Pollock remains the leading wicket-taker for South Africa in ODI cricket by some distance. Pollock is the only South African to have taken more than 300 wickets in the ODI format and might hold the record for some time, given the rise of T20Is in recent times.
In 2020, South Africa could probably field a strong playing XI, using three or four wicketkeepers as specialist batsmen.
Former Proteas all-rounder Jacques Kallis’ statistical record is one of the best in the history of cricket, but his average for winning man of the match awards in both the Test and ODI formats wasn’t too shabby either.
Wednesday, 22 April 2020 marks exactly 37 years since former Proteas captain Kepler Wessels hit the second of four Test centuries for Australia.
Proteas star Anrich Nortje has outlined his ambition to continue being one of the genuine fast bowlers in world cricket.