With cameras all over and cricket umpires watching for ball-tampering, bowlers really have to sweat the small stuff.
The Proteas’ manager says David Warner’s accusations that SA tampered with the ball in their last Test win are "disappointing and discouraging".
When Australia’s Mitchell Johnson is flustered, he bowls "a pile of junk". It’s too bad that bowling out SA calms him down, writes Neil Manthorp.
Following Australia’s win over the Proteas at the weekend, Graeme Smith has downplayed SA’s under-performance, saying the wicket aided Aussie’s win.
The three-Test series between Australia and the Proteas – by a distance, the two best teams in the world – will be decided by their pace attacks.
The SA women’s cricket team beat Ireland by eight wickets in the Qatar International Championship tri-series.
In an upcoming tour of SA, batsman David Warner says Australia aim to use the same intimidatory approach on the Proteas that unravelled England.
Jacques Kallis’s absence will be keenly felt when the South African cricket team sets out to beat a swaggering Australia.
SA captain Graeme Smith says his team’s victory over India was part of "a fitting tribute" to Jacques Kallis, who has announced his retirement.
Jacques Kallis says he knew it was time to call it a day, ending his 166-Test career in Kingsmead, Durban.
Jacques Kallis has bowed out of his final Test match for SA, playing a crucial part in the 10 wicket win over India.
Former Proteas captains Shaun Pollock and Kepler Wessels have hailed Jacques Kallis as one of South Africa’s all-time great cricketers.
Now fit after an ankle injury, Morné Morkel has taken the only wicket on the first morning of the final Test between India and South Africa.
Proteas all-rounder Jacques Kallis has announced his retirement from Test and first-class cricket after Thursday’s Test against India in Durban.
The Proteas will face India at Kingsmead in their final Test, fighting not only a strong Test team but a four-defeat jinx at the Durban pictch.
In a year which yielded mixed results for the Proteas, they retained their ranking as the number-one Test playing nation in the world.
Virat Kohli says India was surprised by the Proteas’ decision to draw the five-day Test, but their Test captain Graeme Smith has defended the choice.
Short of a front-line bowler and staring defeat in the face, SA has salvaged a thrilling draw on the fifth day in the first Test against India.
Faf du Plessis (42) and AB de Villiers (25) are to resume in the afternoon session focusing only on survival.
An opening stand of 108 runs between Alviro Petersen and Graeme Smith gave South Africa a faint chance of securing a win after day four against India.
Virat Kohli’s highest Test score yet has helped India to 255 for five on day one of the first Test against South Africa.
Quinton De Kock has become the first wicketkeeper to score three centuries and the most runs in a three-match ODI series.
Proteas all-rounder Ryan McLaren says the team hopes for a 3-0 series win against India.
The Proteas have taken a 2-0 series lead against India with a 134-run victory in the second one-day international in Durban.
Quinton de Kock scored his second ODI century to help South Africa beat India by 141 runs at the Wanderers on Thursday.
Following South Africa pulling off their first win of the series, Proteas captain AB de Villiers has expressed his disappointment with the team.
Jacques Kallis, who hasn’t played in a one-day international since 2012, has begun a bid to earn a place in the 2015 Cricket World Cup squad.
South Africa cricket captain Graeme Smith looks back with pride at his team’s achievements on the road.
South Africa’s seven-year unbeaten away record has remained intact with an innings and 92-run win over Pakistan in the second and final Test.
Cricket’s dismal administrators eclipse the SA captain’s ability to make a double century and rouse his team in the second Test against Pakistan.
On the opening day of the second Test against Pakistan, Imran Tahir’s five-wicket haul has given the Proteas an early advantage.
The Proteas could be without Hashim Amla for next week’s second Test against Pakistan as he returned to SA for the birth of his second child.