Staring up from the cover of the book of ‘The 25 greatest South African cricketers of all time’ are 16 faces in black and white and nine in colour. This book, The Selected, was written by two of the country’s most respected cricket journalists in 2007.
Death bowling is a skill that South African players need to master sooner rather than later.
Robin Peterson will lend variety to the Proteas bowling attack on a flat deck at St George’s Park.
It’s not easy to form an absolute opinion from outside the boundary ropes, let alone 10 000km away, but Ashwell Prince is involved in one of the most sensitive cricket disciplinary issues imaginable.
There is a place for sledging in the game, as long as the chirps and comments are within reason.
Russell Domingo has earned the right to coach the Proteas beyond the 2015 World Cup in Australia.
South Africa’s decision to bowl first in a tournament final against Australia said a lot for the team’s progress.
First it was Quinton de Kock who reached 1 000 ODI runs in the same number of innings (21) as Sir Viv Richards, Kevin Pietersen and Jonathan Trott and now Imran Tahir has also leapt to the top of an exclusive ODI list.
There is reason for reflection as well as celebration after South Africa’s successful run chase against Australia in Harare on Wednesday.
It’s fitting that Quinton de Kock is being spoken about in the same breath as Sir Vivian Richards and Kevin Pietersen.
Just as we were sitting bolt upright digesting the best-ever Test debut performance by a South African spinner, we are reminded of the fact that it will be another four months before we get to see the world’s No1-ranked team in action again.
A tribute to Jacques Kallis, who defined cricket in South Africa over the past two decades, and retired from the international game recently.
When the Proteas take on Zimbabwe in their one-off Test, Imran Tahir and Alviro Petersen shouldn’t be in the match XI.
The Proteas have sufficient time before the World Cup to offset the loss of Jacques Kallis following his retirement from all international cricket.
Hashim Amla, in his first series as the Proteas Test captain, passed with flying colours to prove he has what it takes to lead a side in transition.
