The Kevin Pietersen saga has unfairly overshadowed Graeme Smith’s achievement as the most capped captain of all time.
Negotiations are under way for cricket-mad sprint king Usain Bolt to play in Australia’s domestic Twenty20 Big Bash League.
Kevin Pietersen’s cricket career looks to be in tatters after he was sacked from the English team following derogatory texts about his team.
The Proteas have had to tread carefully around the South African-born batsman’s feud with his captain.
Proteas coach Gary Kirsten is a graduate of the Eric Simons coaching philosophy and has implemented many of his ideals, writes Neil Manthorp.
The fact that Hashim Amla is black adds a special poignancy to his milestone achievement at the Oval, writes Richard Calland.
Hashim Amla reached his double century and Jacques Kallis plundered his 43rd test hundred as South Africa continued to make England toil.
England include the seam-bowling all-rounder for the first Test against South Africa at The Oval.
South Africa has dropped to third, below England in first and Australia in second, on the ICC’s world test cricket rankings.
Wicketkeeper Mark Boucher’s injury might have ironically given the Proteas the extra edge they need to face England, writes Neil Manthorp.
South Africa lost one of its most prized cricketing assets when Mark Boucher was forced to call time on his cricket career, writes Nickolaus Bauer.
Geoffrey Toyana made history when he was announced as the first black coach of a top-flight South African cricket team.
Ross Taylor is also expected to miss the early part of the following five-match one-day series due to a shoulder injury
Pakistan, trailing 1-0 in the three-match series, took advantage of Sri Lankan captain’s surprise decision to field first on a good batting track.
Nuwan Kulasekara and Suraj Randiv vanquished Pakistan as Sri Lanka won the first Test by a massive 209 runs, their biggest win over their rivals.
Highveld Lions head coach Dave Nosworthy has resigned from his post despite having another 11 months on his contract.
South Africa and Zimbabwe both qualified for the finals of the mini-league Twenty20 tri-nations tournament after SA beat Zim by six wickets.
Old school is no longer cool as the coach forges a new team culture to prepare cricketers mentally for the season, writes Neil Manthorp in Harare.
Zimbabwe shocked powerful neighbours South Africa with a 29-run win in their third game of a non-cap Twenty20 tri-nation tournament.
Tino Best was the talk of the cricket-playing world last week when he recorded the highest-ever score by a number 11 batsman in a Test match.
Top cricket players are noticeably absent from South Africa’s international 20-overs’ side, says Neil Manthorp.
Dave Richardson, the new chief executive of the International Cricket Council, is certainly no pushover, writes Neil Manthorp.
England captain Andrew Strauss hopes his long-awaited 20th Test century will provide the spark for a successful season with the bat.
Cricket officials in Canada had a hard time of it this week, writes Neil Manthorp.
Mohammad Asif, the former Pakistan bowler, has received his marching orders from a British prison after serving six months for spot-fixing.
Half-centuries from Ed Cowan and Ricky Ponting left Australia in control at the end of the third day of the final Test against the West Indies.
A wonderful maiden Test century from Matthew Wade and a poor batting display by the West Indies left Australia in total charge of the final Test.
Fine batting by Ryan Harris and exciting bowling from Ben Hilfenhaus looks to have turned the first Test with the West Indies in Australia’s favour.
The West Indies held the upper hand at the end of the third day of the first Test as they reduced Australia to 248 for 5, still trailing by 201 runs.
England offspinner Graeme Swann completed a career-best 10-wicket match haul to dismiss Sri Lanka for 278 in its second innings on Saturday.
Resolute batting by Sri Lanka and at least three missed chances in the field thwarted England on the fourth day of the second Test in Colombo.
Sri Lanka captain Mahela Jayawardene has scored his second consecutive ton against England in the final Test in Colombo, saving his team’s blushes.