Proteas’ first Test report cards

We rate the South African XI out of 10 – after Saturday’s convincing victory over the West Indies in the first Test in Centurion.

Stiaan seems the real deal

Stiaan van Zyl’s outstanding century on Test debut, at the very least, silenced the pretenders – and their misguided supporters, writes JONHENRY WILSON.

Win Newlands Test tickets

We are giving away three sets of double tickets for each day of the third Test between South Africa and the West Indies at Newlands in Cape Town, from 2 to 6 January 2015.

SA’s highest Test partnerships

Hashim Amla and AB de Villiers’  308-run stand, on days one and two of the series opener against the West Indies in Centurion, weighed in as South Africa’s highest fourth-wicket partnership – and 12th greatest overall.

Summer of discontent

Sixteen years ago Brian Lara brought a West Indian cricket side to South Africa for the first time, writes LUKE ALFRED.

SA vs WI: All the Test stats

Ahead of the first Test starting on Wednesday, we look at the updated key Test stats featuring South Africa and West Indies.

Windies blowing cold

The caps are maroon, the accents are lilting, the attitudes laid-back, but don’t be fooled. The team coming to South Africa this summer is not the West Indies, writes TOM EATON.

World Cup countdown: Quiz

With 10 weeks to go before South Africa’s opening World Cup fixture, we kick off our countdown, which will bring a new feature every 10 days, with a testing set of trivia …

The real deal

After the frenetic fun and fireworks of the ODIs in New Zealand and Australia, the Proteas turn their attention to Test cricket, writes MARK SALTER.

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Springboks v Proteas: 5 key Boks

The Proteas gathered a relatively straightforward win over the Springboks in a sold-out spectacle in Cape Town earlier this year, but will face a substantially tougher rematch in Johannesburg this week. Five rugby players, buoyed by relatively successful individual performances in January, will target more of the same some 11 months later.

QnA with Colin Ingram

We spoke exclusively to South African batsman Colin Ingram, whose stifled international career has taken a backseat to a lucrative county contract – and more.

The third man

Hashim Amla has joined Viv Richards and Sachin Tendulkar as the finest ODI batsmen to have played the game. TOM EATON explains why.

Two sides to KP’s story

During a Test match in Mohali in December 2008, Andy Flower sat down in the dressing room next to Kevin Pietersen and offered to help, writes LAWRENCE BOOTH.

QnA with Mignon du Preez

South African women’s batsman Mignon du Preez opens up to www.wisdenindia.com about captaining the team, professionalism and the way women’s cricket is viewed in South Africa.