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Having become one of the country’s greats, Hasim Amla announced his retirement from the Proteas on August 8 2019. (Isuru Sameera Peiris/Gallo Images)

Siyabonga, South Africa: Amla retires from international cricket

One of the greatest to ever pad up for the Proteas has stepped down from all formats of the game.

Proteas batsman Hashim Amla. (AFP)

Poor form puts Amla’s World Cup place in jeopardy

The Proteas batsman faces being axed from the Wrold Cup squad after a poor run of form against Sri Lanka

God complex: The Proteas’ easy Test series win against Pakistan fostered an unhealthy complacency. (Mike Hutchings/Reuters)

Wilting Proteas must accept death

A complacent side and reluctance to take risks and trial new players puts World Cup in jeopardy

Having become one of the country’s greats, Hasim Amla announced his retirement from the Proteas on August 8 2019. (Isuru Sameera Peiris/Gallo Images)

SA cricket reels in nightmare week

A series of whacks and punches leaves us searching for answers to woes on the pitch

As the sun beat down on our scalps, so too did Duanne Olivier on the Pakistan order. (Siphiwe Sibeko/Reuters)

Bowlers incite our bloodlust

From the stands: Centurion and Wanderers

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

Du Plessis said he was encouraged that Amla had scored 61 in the second innings of a franchise match for the Cape Cobras last week. (Jason Reed/Reuters)

Faf backs Amla to regain form

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

Pakistan’s Mohamed Amir celebrates taking the wicket of England’s James Vince. (Paul Childs/Reuters)

Pakistan is either good or ghastly

​Perhaps no cricket-playing nation conjures the vicissitudes and vagaries of the game quite like Pakistan

Sri Lanka close in on whitewash of the Proteas

The Proteas have not been whitewashed anywhere in the world since 2006

Sentinels of the future: Wind farms will help alleviate South Africa’s energy crisis

Late Proteas implosion gifts India hope

It was far from the high-octane Test cricket that was seen in Cape Town last week, but it was every bit as engaging.

Ball bonanza: The rain may have washed out the Ram Slam T20 game this week

Dream deferred, spectacle born

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

Unruffled: Hashim Amla reaches 300 runs not out during the Test between England and South Africa at the Oval in 2012. He went on to notch up 311

Hash returns in a blaze of glory

As the Oval celebrates 100 Tests, the model role model goes back to a venue ‘close to his heart’

Starting a formal business in South Africa is arduous, time-consuming, and expensive. (File photo)

Editorial: Racism – it’s just not cricket

Racism in Australian cricket or in Mpumalanga – we don’t need an explanation and we don’t need to "just shrug it off".

Vernon Philander decimated the Australian top order with a five-wicket haul on the first day of the second Test in Hobart

​Proteas are finally doing it the SA way

No Test team has ever performed a clean sweep in Australia — but the Proteas are close to it.

Wilted Proteas ready to rise again

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

Amla’s 159 takes Proteas to victory over Ireland

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.

Proteas captain Faf du Plessis (right) and batsman Hashim Amla will look to take advantage of good surfaces in England in the upcoming World Cup. (Jason Reed/Reuters)

Amla steers Proteas to 411 against Ireland in world cup

The opening batsman’s 159 off 128 balls led South Africa to their second knock of over 400 in the Cricket World Cup, setting a near impossible target.

Hashim Amla punished a lacklustre West Indian bowling attack as he and Rilee Rossouw equalled their own South African record.

Proteas’ Amla and Rossouw unstoppable against Windies

Star Proteas batsmen Hashim Amla and Rilee Rossouw both scored centuries to set up a massive victory for SA at SuperSport Park on Wednesday.

Proteas demolish Windies: Easy as AB de Villiers

AB de Villiers scored the fastest-ever One Day International century as he led South Africa to a 148-run victory over the West Indies on Sunday.