Piedt to raise stakes for Test spot
Cape Cobras spinner Dane Piedt has confirmed he will attend a winter camp for spinners in Pretoria ahead of South Africa’s tour of Bangladesh in July.
CSA outline transformation policy
Cricket South Africa has told parliament it wants the national team to be 50% transformed, but has set no deadline for that goal.
5 Saffas to watch in T20 Blast
The sub-continent has the Indian Premier League, Australia has the Big Bash League, the West Indies has the Caribbean Premier League and England has the NatWest, which is also laden with South Africans…
SA open gap over Aussies in Test rankings
South Africa has extended its advantage over Australia from six points to 22 points at the top of the ICC Test team rankings, released this week.
Dale Steyn: My days are numbered
Dale Steyn says he wants to focus more on Test cricket and save himself for the big tournaments ‘rather than wasting the few balls I have left in my career in a Bangladesh match.’
‘I’m still not over the World Cup’
My involvement in the IPL has prevented him from dealing with the disappointment of South Africa’s World Cup campaign, says Dale Steyn.
CSA awards: The case for Elgar
While Faf du Plessis should be named the T20 International Cricketer of the Year and AB de Villiers and Imran Tahir are ostensibly the frontrunners for the ODI Cricketer of the Year accolade, the Test Cricketer of the Year category promises due reward for Dean Elgar. Elgar is in competition with Hashim Amla and Dale Steyn for the prestigious award… Read more →
AB, Amla up for top award
AB de Villiers will again be the favourite to win the SA Cricketer of the Year award when the CSA awards are held on 3 June in Johannesburg.
The genius of AB de Villiers
After another breathtaking knock, this time in the IPL, AB de Villiers must be the luckiest batsman in world cricket, writes Kobus Pretorius.
‘Coach, captain should pick team’
South Africa’s convener of selectors should be a full-time job and the coach and captain of the Proteas should have a major say in team selections, says Graeme Pollock.
Tahir should go to Bangladesh
I reckon Imran Tahir should be South Africa’s first-choice spinner when the selectors pick a squad for the Proteas’ tour of Bangladesh in July.
Dale Steyn at a crossroads
Andrew Hudson believes South African fast bowler Dale Steyn needs a break from cricket and says it’s too early to write off Imran Tahir’s Test career.
No regrets, says Hudson
Andrew Hudson says he has no regrets about his five-year tenure as South Africa’s convenor of selectors, writes Kobus Pretorius.
Going round in circles
Sideshows, rhetoric and racism on both sides of the fence are not doing anything to help a country that is struggling to breed black players, writes TOM EATON.
Hudson ‘won’t stand for re-election’
Andrew Hudson will step down as South Africa’s convener of selectors when his contract expires in June.
