South Africans Quinton de Kock, Herschelle Gibbs and AB de Villiers – alongside Pakistani’s Zaheer Abbas and Saeed Anwar and New Zealand’s Ross Taylor – no longer jointly hold the record for the most consecutive ODI centuries.
The Titans and Dolphins go head to head in a battle to challenge the runaway Highveld Lions in the Sunfoil Series starting Thursday.
AB de Villiers says South Africa have moved on from their defeat to Pakistan and still believe they are the best team at the World Cup.
South Africa play their final pool match against the UAE in Wellington on Thursday. We pick six things to look out for during the game.
The debate around Quinton de Kock’s place in the team has been made worse by South Africa’s obvious reluctance to use AB de Villiers as a wicketkeeper at the World Cup, writes Kobus Pretorius.
England and Wales Cricket Board chief Paul Downton is standing behind under-fire coach Peter Moores in the aftermath of England’s embarrassing World Cup exit.
There is much debate as to what the best South African XI is, starting with the final World Cup pool match with the UAE. We asked four SACricketmag.com writers for their view on how the national selectors should approach the way forward.
Here is a selection of how the cricketing fraternity reacted on Twitter following England’s defeat to Bangladesh which knocked them out of the World Cup on Monday.
Bangladesh knocked England out of the Cricket World Cup with a sensational 15-run Pool A victory at the Adelaide Oval on Monday to make the quarter-finals.
South Africa have the right plans in place to bat second, but chasing totals requires a mental shift with which they haven’t coped well, says JP Duminy.
AB de Villiers insists South Africa have not suffered any mental scars after another defeat chasing a total against Pakistan on Saturday.
SACricketmag.com takes a look at how the quarter-finals of the World Cup are shaping up after Ireland’s defeat to India on Tuesday.
Former Proteas captain Graeme Smith says South Africa’s inability to chase targets when batting second could derail their quest for a first ever World Cup title.
Proteas captain AB de Villiers took responsibility for the shock 29-run World Cup loss to Pakistan on Saturday, blasting his team for being stuck in “second or third gear”.
Daryn Dupavillon and Keshav Maharaj combined to snuff out the Cobras’ desperate fightback and set up an eight-wicket win on Saturday with four sessions left in the match.
