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Watching a South African training session is quite the experience. In the middle of it all, regaling players with stories and witty one-liners loaded with advice is the side’s towering head coach, Mandla Mashimbyi. “My philosophy is always to speak to the person rather than the cricketer,” Mashimbyi said ahead of the final of the…
Pakistan could include a third spinner against South Africa as the host try to sweep the series 2-0 in the second Test in Rawalpindi, head coach Azhar Mahmood said Sunday. Pakistan beat World Test champion South Africa by 93 runs inside four days last week with spinners taking 34 of the 40 wickets on a…
New Zealand seamer Matt Henry restricted South Africa to three runs from the last over to seal a three-run victory in the Twenty20 International Tri-Series final at the Harare Sports Club in Zimbabwe on Saturday. Chasing 181 for victory, South Africa needed eight off the last eight balls with six wickets in hand, and seven…
South Africa named a 16-player squad for its two-Test series in Zimbabwe on Friday as the Proteas included five uncapped players in the travelling group. There is a first call-up for the batting duo Lhuan-dre Pretorius and Lesego Senokwane and fast bowler Codi Yusuf while hard-hitting Dewald Brevis and off-spinner Prenelan Subrayen return to the…
Eight South African players currently participating in the IPL are expected to leave India by May 25 to prepare for the World Test Championship (WTC) final. Their No Objection Certificates (NOCs), as per the initial terms, are valid only until that date. The players in question are Kagiso Rabada (Gujarat Titans), Lungi Ngidi (Royal Challengers…
Shukri Conrad, the coach of the South African men’s team, has now been given the charge of the side for the white-ball formats as well. “Cricket South Africa is pleased to announce the appointment of Shukri Conrad as the Proteas Men’s all-format head coach,” said the country’s cricket board in a statement on Friday. Cricket…
England and South Africa will lock horns in the last Group B match of the ongoing ICC Champions Trophy 2025 at the National Bank Stadium in Karachi on Saturday. While South Africa will look to seal a top spot in the standings with a win, England, which has already been knocked out of the competition,…
South Africa will bid for a second title when it begins its ICC Champions Trophy 2025 campaign against Afghanistan in Karachi on Friday. The Proteas won the tournament in the inaugural edition, in 1998, after they beat West Indies in the final. SOUTH AFRICA’S OVERALL RECORD IN ICC CHAMPIONS TROPHY (1998-2017) Matched played: 24 Matches…
Former captain Graeme Smith is optimistic that South Africa will end its prolonged wait for an ICC trophy this year, long before it hosts the ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup in 2027. With the eight-team Champions Trophy beginning on February 19 and the World Test Championship (WTC) final scheduled for June this year, Smith believes…
The third edition of SA20, South Africa’s premier T20 tournament, runs from December 9 2024 to February 8 2025. Featuring top white-ball players like David Miller, Faf du Plessis, Rashid Khan, Kagiso Rabada, and Liam Livingstone, the tournament includes six IPL-linked teams: Durban’s Super Giants, Joburg Super Kings, MI Cape Town, Paarl Royals, Pretoria Capitals,…
