Ab De Villiers

The South Africa Champions, with 6 players from the 2015 squad, won the World Championship of Legends, led by AB de Villiers’s outstanding performance

Cricket South Africa has invested heavily in development programmes aimed at nurturing young talent

Coach Justin Langer and captain Aaron Finch are hopeful the game will be played in good spirits despite the expectation of crowd jeers

All the grumbling about the Proteas seems to have drained them of their ruthlessness

He is all passion and there’s no holding back when presented with a good wicket or a big player

​The Proteas beat Australia by 6 wickets in Port Elizabeth in what was the spiciest of Test matches.

In order to keep star players fresh for a four day test against Australia in March, the squad will cap several of its new and younger players.

The Proteas and their captain took a number of risks in the first Test against India that, somehow, resulted in a victory for the hosts.

Still recovering from the hurt of the World Cup, De Villiers will start itching for a real challenge.

It is the end of an era, but also the beginning of another, and time for the Proteas to step up to the crease again

Far from pointing to a side in distress, Hashim Amla’s exit from the captaincy is an act of genius.

As the game’s longer format sheds TV viewers, it’s useful to look back on five epic SA-India series

Sterling batting from captain AB de Villiers and strong bowling cemented South Africa’s place in the final eight, against a nonthreatening UAE attack.

"I didn’t feel any electric vibe. It’s my responsibility to get the guys going, which I didn’t," said captain AB de Villiers after losing to Pakistan.

Hashim Amla hit his highest One Day International score with a majestic 159 and Faf du Plessis grabbed a century to drive the Proteas to 411.