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Proteas T20 captain Aiden Markram. (X)

Markram and Conrad confront the reality of a T20 World Cup semi-final thrashing

The Proteas were dumped out of the T20 World Cup by New Zealand at the semi-final stage

David Miller played a stunning innings against India on Sunday. (X)

Why David Miller and the Proteas aren’t buying the T20 World Cup hype

South Africa has been here before — high on a group-stage win, only to stumble when the lights get brighte

Marco Jansen celebrates taking the wicket of Rachin Ravindra during the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup in Ahmedabad, India. (Photo by Surjeet Yadav-ICC/ICC)

Jansen’s mystery ball and Markram’s mastery silence the Black Caps at T20 World Cup

Marco Jansen’s deceptive slower ball and Aiden Markram’s unbeaten 86 power South Africa to a commanding T20 World Cup win over New Zealand.

Proteas bowler Lungi Ngidi celebrates during South Africa’s T20 World Cup match against Afghanistan. (Proteas Men/X)

‘I’ve never been that stressed’: Ngidi and the Proteas survive a double Super Over epic

South Africa’s victory over Afghanistan felt less like a sporting triumph and more like an exorcism

South Africa thrash Afghanistan to reach T20 World Cup final

Fast bowlers Kagiso Rabada and Anrich Nortje maintained the relentless pressure with two wickets apiece at the Brian Lara Stadium in Trinidad

South Africa’s Keshav Maharaj reacts after dismissing Bangladesh’s Tanzim Hasan Sakib during the ICC men’s Twenty20 World Cup 2024 group D cricket match between South Africa and Bangladesh at Nassau County International Cricket Stadium in East Meadow, New York on June 10, 2024. (Photo by TIMOTHY A. CLARY / AFP)

T20 World Cup: Thrilling low-scoring matches, surprising upsets, and South Africa’s rollercoaster journey

The ninth edition of the tournament has everything spectators could wish for

Aiden Markram – An emerging talent in South African cricket

The opening batsman has rapidly risen to prominence, leading from the front with his stellar performances

Worthy cause: The South African side lost the last ODI to England on Sunday, but drew the series and can now look forward to the rest of the year. (Sydney Seshibedi/Gallo Images)

Past Proteas run the rule over new-look team

The South African side showed a mixed bag against England in the ODI series, and now have three T20s to build on the positive aspects

From De Kock the dasher to Quinny the dutiful

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.

Faf Du Plessis was fined 20% of his match fee and the rest of the players were fined 10% of their fee. (AFP)

Proteas want respect for ‘positive’ cricket after Du Plessis banned

Du Plessis was banned for one Test after being found guilty of captaining a team which maintained a slow over-rate

Proteas’ Hashim Amla during day four of the second Castle Lager Test match between South Africa and Pakistan at PPC Newlands on January 6 in Cape Town. (Gallo Images)

Proteas beat Pakistan by nine wickets to clinch Test series

South Africa lead the three-match series 2-0

South Africa’s batsman Aiden Markram came of age this year with his two hundreds. (Marco Longari/AFP)

Sport audit 2018: How SA’s national cricket teams performed

If our national teams are adverts of who we are then it’s little wonder we are so quick to hold them to account. So let’s do just that

Amin Al Zarooni, who visited the Guptas in South Africa in October 2015, apparently owns Charles King, which is buying the Gupta mine company Tegeta Exploration (Delwyn Verasamy/ M&G)

Sri Lanka set the Proteas a mammoth 490 to avoid a whitewash

Sri Lanka tightened the noose on South Africa on the third morning of the second Test