Faf Du Plessis

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

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.

The English Tests have offered some promising performances but there’s little reason to be excited about the future of the Proteas

It has been a year to forget for both the men and women South African cricket teams

Any tougher immigration controls after the British withdrawal from the European Union will mean fewer South African players in the County Championship

The Proteas slumpped to a 49-run defeat against Pakistan to end their chances of reaching a World Cup semifinal

The Proteas’ hopes of reaching the semi-finals in England and Wales are all but over after a four-wicket defeat by New Zealand on Wednesday

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

The Proteas, like former world heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua, were stunned by an opponent they thought they would easily knock out

The Proteas slumped to a 21 run defeat in the Cricket World Cup to leave their campaign in shambles

South Africa have reached the semi-finals in four of their seven World Cup campaigns but have yet to reach a final

It is to be hoped that the defeat by Sri Lanka triggers the changes needed for South Africa to reach the top of the World Test Series

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

South Africa lead the three-match series 2-0

Amla was moved down to number four in the order for South Africa’s most recent Test against Sri Lanka in Colombo in July