Aus v SA: 5 key battles

Ahead of the five-match ODI series between Australia and South Africa, we look at five key battles that can shape the outcome of the series.

Faf ready to get in Aussies’ faces

South African batsman Faf du Plessis is looking forward to resuming hostilities with Australia, when the highly-anticipated five-ODI series starts in Perth on Friday.

Windies at full strength for SA

The West Indies have named a full-strength Test squad for the tour of South Africa next month, despite the recent strike on the back of an impasse between the West Indies Cricket Board and West Indies Players’ Association.

‘We wanted KP’ – Smith

SAcricketmag,co.za can exclusively reveal that former Proteas captain Graeme Smith wanted Kevin Pietersen to be part of this season’s RamSlam T20 challenge.

Umpire comms to be aired

The International Cricket Council have confirmed television viewers will be allowed to hear communication between the third umpire and the on-field officials during this month’s ODI series between Australia and South Africa. Host broadcaster, Nine Network, will air the discussions during referrals, Decision Review System player reviews and other conversations between the umpires. ‘For years viewers have enjoyed seeing the… Read more →

SA’s ICC awards history

The International Cricket Council awards will happen again this weekend – but how have South Africa fared over the years …? The inaugural International Cricket Council awards in 2004 didn’t feature any South Africans in the Player of the Year categories, but batsman Herschelle Gibbs and the talented Jacques Kallis were selected for the World Test XI. Kallis and fellow… Read more →

Second T20: 10 talking points

We pinpoint the talking points from South Africa’s defeat to Australia in the second T20I in Melbourne on Friday.

QnA with Ray Jennings

SA Cricket magazine spoke exclusively to former Proteas and South Africa U19 coach Ray Jennings about character versus technique, his tough approach to the job – and more.

Abbott relishes death bowling

Fast bowler Kyle Abbott targeted another superb showing of bowling at the death of the innings, as South Africa prepared for Friday’s second Twenty20 International against Australia at the Melbourne Cricket Ground. Abbott’s telling figures of three for 21 – as well as a quickfire half-century from batsman Rilee Rossouw – stood at the fore of the Proteas’ convincing seven-wicket… Read more →

First T20I: 10 talking points

We pinpoint the points of interest from South Africa’s victory over Australia in Wednesday’s opening T20I.

Aus v SA T20Is: 5 key battles

Several head-to-head battles within the war will make for intriguing subplots during the Twenty20 International series between Australia and South Africa, particularly at the Adelaide Oval on Wednesday.

CA XI v SA preview

A Cricket Australia XI will give South Africa a chance to test some new combinations at the North Sydney Oval ahead of their three-match T20I series against Australia. The match will start at 03:30 South African time on Sunday 2 November. Both squads are packed with young talent and the players will know that this is a golden opportunity to… Read more →

Ram Slam triple-header preview

The Ram Slam T20 Challenge kicks off with all six franchises involved in a triple-header at the Wanderers on Sunday. The event starts at 10:00 with the Knights and Warriors doing battle. These are probably the two least fancied sides in the tournament and it will be vital for both to get off to a winning start in their attempt… Read more →

AB mindset shifts to Australia

South Africa captain AB de Villiers’ focus turned to November’s tour of Australia, after Monday’s third and final ODI against New Zealand at Seddon Park was washed out.

Third ODI: 10 talking points

A fourth duck in six innings for Rilee Rossouw, a sigh of relief for Quinton de Kock, the David Miller experiment.