Cricket South Africa have handed one-year central contracts to fast bowlers Kagiso Rabada and Kyle Abbott and spinner Aaron Phangiso. Seamer Rory Kleinveldt and all-rounder Robin Peterson, meanwhile, have been removed from the list – and all-rounder Ryan McLaren retained.
Captain AB de Villiers emerged characteristically modest, after blazing through a magnificent century during South Africa’s key World Cup Pool B fixture against the West Indies at the Sydney Cricket Ground on Friday.
Kepler Wessels, talking on Supersport, has praised Rilee Rossouw and Kyle Abbott’s performance against the West Indies in Sydney on Friday.
Our take on how the Proteas performed in the pool game against the West Indies at Sydney.
It took South Africa 30 overs to shake off the fear of failure in Sydney, coming off their heaviest-ever World Cup defeat.
AB de Villiers blasted the fastest 150 in ODI history to set up an emphatic 257-run win against the West Indies in Sydney.
AB de Villiers scored the second-fastest century in the history of the World Cup on Friday – and keeps illustrious company.
Here is some reaction on Twitter to AB de Villiers’ world record knock – the fastest man to 150 in an ODI – against the West Indies at the World Cup.
AB de Villiers’s swashbuckling knock of 162 not out powered South Africa to 408-5 in the Pool B match against the West Indies in Sydney.
AB de Villiers has won the toss and elected to bat first in the Pool B match against the West Indies in Sydney.
South African cricket fans need to start backing the players who are actually in the World Cup squad, writes Kobus Pretorius.
South Africa have clear plans in place to stop Chris Gayle from dominating them with the bat when the teams meet in Sydney on Friday.
SACricketmag.com looks ahead to the five key battles that awaits South Africa when they take on the West Indies in a crucial World Cup pool match in Sydney on Friday.
Proteas coach Russell Domingo says that there is plenty of confidence in Wayne Parnell ahead of the World Cup match against West Indies in Sydney on Friday.
AB de Villiers insists South Africa’s defeat to India has not altered their approach to the rest of their pool matches at the World Cup.
