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Over and out: The Proteas captain Dean Elgar at a post-match presentation at the Test between South Africa and India at Newlands in Cape Town on 4 January. (Grant Pitcher/Gallo Images)

Proteas’ loss, as three duck early

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Quinton de Kock has scored four centuries in this tournament. (Photo by Pankaj Nangia/Gallo Images)

Are the Proteas taking us down heartbreak lane?

South African cricket has given us a glimmer of hope … but history tells us how that story ends

South Africa’s Kagiso Rabada (C) celebrates with teammates after taking the wicket of Australia’s Steve Smith during the 2023 ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup one-day international (ODI) match. (Photo by Sajjad HUSSAIN / AFP)

Why don’t we support the Proteas like we do the Springboks?

South Africa’s cricket team does not raise national morale like the Boks do.

Howzat: The Proteas’ Lungi Ngidi (above) celebrates a wicket during the 2022 ICC Men’s T20 World Cup match between South Africa and India in Perth, Australia, on Sunday. Head coach Mark Boucher (below) in action. Photos: Isuru Sameera Peiris/Gallo Images/Getty Images and Kai Schwoerer/Getty Images

Proteas in Perth – The enigma that is SA cricket

The Proteas are in the T20 World Cup with a fighting chance but all is not well in game

The unwritten story of the Proteas – The side who said they could

A team of late developers, without superstars, has departed for England to write the next chapter in their remarkable journey

Tricks up his sleeve: Wrist-spinner Tabraiz Shamsi is a magician both off and on the pitch. (Photo by Dan Mullan/Getty Images)

T20 Cricket World Cup: Same old Proteas or renewed hope?

Proteas steer course twixt hope and dread

Proteas bowler Lungi Ngidi celebrates dismissing Moeen Ali of England during the first T20 International match between South Africa and England at Buffalo Park in East London.  (Dan Mullan/Getty Images)

Cool-hand Ngidi scuttles England at the death

The fast bowler assured victory for the Proteas in a nail-biter T20 match

Worthy cause: The South African side lost the last ODI to England on Sunday, but drew the series and can now look forward to the rest of the year. (Sydney Seshibedi/Gallo Images)

Past Proteas run the rule over new-look team

The South African side showed a mixed bag against England in the ODI series, and now have three T20s to build on the positive aspects

Temba Bavuma is a proud person and failure will not be countenanced for long. (AFP)

Temba Bavuma, a cricketer with principles

The Proteas vice-captain, like many of his countrymen, has struggled in a tough Test series against India. But he remains defiant to lead by example

Pakistan’s Safraz Ahmed celebrates after Imad Wasim bowled England’s Alex Hales. (Reuters/Lee Smith)

Sarfraz could learn from the Word Wizards of Oz

Pakistan captain Sarfraz Ahmed is a talented cricketer, but his sledging needs work — and words in the right language

Sri Lanka’s Akila Dananjaya (C) celebrates with his teammates after taking the wicket of South Africa’s Keshav Maharaj. (Dinuka Liyanawatte/Reuters)

Sri Lanka close in on whitewash of the Proteas

The Proteas have not been whitewashed anywhere in the world since 2006

Quality: Temba Bavuma can ratchet up runs when they are most needed.

Black Caps scrap a thriller

SA’s under-pressure Temba Bavuma proved instrumental in turning a modest total into a respectable one.

The year of competing dangerously

The year of competing dangerously

We need more of the same brilliance while we tap into the vast talent that lies dormant.

Vernon Philander decimated the Australian top order with a five-wicket haul on the first day of the second Test in Hobart

​Proteas are finally doing it the SA way

No Test team has ever performed a clean sweep in Australia — but the Proteas are close to it.

Resorting to quotas is a result of the expensive failure to produce black cricketers

‘At least Cricket South Africa can’t be accused of resisting change. Not any more, anyway.’

Temba Bavuma

Editorial: Shot in the arm for SA cricket

The new quota system, stipulating two African players per franchise, makes sense.

Take that: In a week where racist rants flooded social media

When life’s a pitch, just turn to cricket

Temba Bavuma’s century made more sense than anything that happened off-ground in the interim between holiday end and work start.

Wilted Proteas ready to rise again

Far from pointing to a side in distress, Hashim Amla’s exit from the captaincy is an act of genius.