South Africa wicket-keeper Mark Boucher is set to undergo eye surgery on Monday after suffering a freak accident during the first day of the Proteas' tour opener against English county Somerset at Taunton. The 35-year-old was hit in the face when a bail ricocheted More...

Members of the Castle Lager Test squad not participating in the Tri-Series in Zimbabwe will be put through a conditioning and skills specific programme this week, as preparations for the season shift into gear. Proteas fitness and conditioning coach, Rob Walter is not travelling with the T20 More...

England captain Andrew Strauss has predicted the team will see the benefits of their controversial rotation policy when they put their number one Test ranking on the line against South Africa. Strike bowlers James Anderson and Stuart Broad were rested from the side that drew a rain-ruined More...

Cricket South Africa (CSA) has clarified its decision to swap the time-honored Boxing Day Test with a Twenty20 international for the 2012-13 home season.South Africa will not, as was the standard, host a five-day Test over  More...

ROSS TAYLOR won the toss and sent the Proteas into bat in the third Test at Wellington on Friday, no doubt hoping that his seamers would be able to exploit the life in a green-tinged surface. His first-choice spinner, Daniel Vettori, nevertheless ended up bowling more than a quarter of the 42 More...

The Castle Lager Proteas’ time off after their nine-wicket win inside three days in Hamilton has served them well, as they prepare for the final challenge of the tour starting at the Basin Reserve on Friday.Finishing an otherwise satisfactory tour on a positive note is high on the agenda for Gary More...

JACQUES KALLIS made the initial breakthrough to remove Daniel Vettori and then Vernon Philander swept away the rest of New Zealand’s resistance like a pedigree racehorse to send the Black Caps crashing to a nine-wicket defeat in the second Test match at Hamilton on Saturday.The Proteas More...

AB de Villiers’ Castle Lager Proteas One-Day International (ODI) squad will finish the year as the second ranked ODI team at the April 1 cut-off date. Australia will retain the ODI Championship Shield for the third consecutive year with India set to end at third place, after their defeat to More...

Castle Lager Proteas captain Graeme Smith insists that the playing field between South Africa and New Zealand is level, as the teams prepare for the second Test match at Seddon Park in Hamilton on Thursday. The rain on Day five of the first Test in Dunedin interrupted an evenly balanced contest, with the Proteas needing eight wickets for victory and the hosts 264 runs for a record-breaking More...

The Proteas have lost out in the race for the International Cricket Council (ICC) Test Championship after rain forced a draw in the first Test against New Zealand in Dunedin on Sunday. The ICC said England would hold top spot in the table at the April 1 cut-off date and were set to receive the $175 000 cheque given to the top-ranked team. "Graeme Smith's men had entered the Test series More...