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What a difference a summer makes!

Article Staff Reporter - 19 Jan 2018

Three months ago, South African cricket was in the doldrums. Now the sun has risen on better days

Dream deferred, spectacle born

Article Luke Feltham - 1 Dec 2017

The hole in the cricket season left by the scrapped Global T20 League has given fans the rare thrill of seeing Proteas in action in domestic games

Zuma lauds AB de Villiers for “sterling” achievements

Article Sapa - 16 Nov 2014

President Jacob says De Villiers has done the country immensely proud by being named the ICC One Day International Cricketer of the Year.

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Black players conflicted over new CSA quotas

Article Neil Manthorp - 11 Sep 2014

Nothing but good intentions from CSA, but black players who earned their spot aren't so happy with 'token' places.

Proteas’ biggest enemy is self-doubt

Article Neil Manthorp - 26 Jul 2013

With their confidence rattled in Sri Lanka, the Proteas must dig deep to find their way back to aplomb.

Lorgat stumps Cricket SA

Article Neil Manthorp - 12 Jul 2013

Haroon Lorgat is the best man to head up local cricket, but is a pesky thorn in the side of the game's global elite.

India holds Cricket SA to ransom

Article Neil Manthorp - 8 Mar 2013

The local game 'can do what it likes' in making Lorgat boss, but powerful teeth are being gnashed, writes Neil Manthorp.

Cricket council adds more teams to 2014 Twenty20

Article Staff Reporter - 16 Apr 2012

The International Cricket Council has decided to expand the World Twenty20 tournament and four more berths to the upcoming 2014 edition.

ICC top job to be split

Article Staff Reporter - 1 Feb 2012

Future International Cricket Council presidents are likely to have reduced powers after the governing body's board recommended splitting the job.

ICC delays Test championship until 2017

Article Shahid Hashmi - 15 Nov 2011

The International Cricket Council has announced that the ICC World Test championship due to be played next year will not be held until 2017.

ICC ponders return of timeless Tests

Article Staff Reporter - 19 Jul 2011

The ICC is considering scrapping time limits for the final of the inaugural world Test championship in 2013, returning cricket to the 1930s.

ICC warns of sanctions for govt meddling

Article Staff Reporter - 30 Jun 2011

Cricket's governing body has banned countries from appointing politicians to national boards to free the sport from undue government influence.

Pakistan fixing allegations ‘worst since Cronje’

Article Julian Guyer - 3 Sep 2010

ICC boss Haroon Lorgat says fixing allegations involving three Pakistan players could be the worst corruption case in cricket since Hansie Cronje's.

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