Three fine cricketers have retired early and unhappily, but it’s not all doom and gloom
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South Africa’s cricket team does not raise national morale like the Boks do.
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Players and journalists are necessarily intertwined, but there have to be more considerate and respectful ways to bring the game to spectators
The fast bowler assured victory for the Proteas in a nail-biter T20 match
The Proteas have entered the England ODI series with nine changes from their World Cup line-up, as well as a new captain. It’s paying off, so far
Quinton de Kock’s cricketing brain has made him South Africa’s new ODI skipper. But if his batting genius is to win games on its own, first he must give up the keeper’s gloves.
This was meant to be the happy edition, but it’s much easier digging around in the muck
Quinton de Kock’s century put the Proteas in a powerful position on the third day of the third and final Test against Pakistan on Sunday
Don’t be perturbed if you didn’t realise quite how good he was. South African cricket-lovers are slower than any other nation’s at recognising genius.
Despite a tense political backdrop, the SA team is drawing superb ODI performances out of its hat.
The extremely talented youngster has found out that everyone needs to listen to advice.
Their score vindicated De Villiers’s point that cricket is played as much in the head as on the field.
Quinton De Kock has become the first wicketkeeper to score three centuries and the most runs in a three-match ODI series.
The Proteas have taken a 2-0 series lead against India with a 134-run victory in the second one-day international in Durban.
The games against Pakistan have given our cricket players the perfect opportunity to show off their chops.