Zaahier Adams

Senior Cricket Writer

Watch Video'Bloody proud' Proteas make history with first Test series victory in India in 25 years

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All Test series triumphs on foreign soil are to be cherished for their rarity value alone, but the Proteas 2-0 clean sweep of India completed on the fifth and final ...

Watch VideoProteas strike late double blow to sit on the brink of history in Guwahati

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The Proteas head into the final day of the two-match series requiring eight wickets to close out a historic 2-0 sweep of India.

Watch VideoProteas stretch their lead close to 400 to keep India under pressure in Guwahati

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The Proteas are batting themselves into an unassailable position in the second and final Test, but have lost three wickets on the fourth morning in Guwahati.

Marco Jansen's 6-for skittles India for 201, but Proteas decide to bat on dominant third day

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Marco Jansen’s superb all-round performance has placed the Proteas in prime position to seal a first Test series win on Indian soil in 25 years.

Pace and spin strike sweet blows as Proteas take control in Guwahati

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The Proteas have maintained their vice-like grip on the second Test against India in Guwahati at “tea” on the third day.

Watch VideoProteas to make late call on Kagiso Rabada as they prepare for unique Guwahati second Test

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The Proteas will give premier fast bowler Kagiso Rabada until the eve of the all-important second Test against India in Guwahati to prove his fitness.

Watch VideoProteas captain Temba Bavuma soars to career-best ICC Test ranking after Kolkata heroics

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Proteas captain Temba Bavuma’s heroics at Eden Gardens has catapulted him to a career-best fifth position on the ICC Test batting rankings.

Watch VideoNo matter who sits out, Proteas will still find a way to win, says fast bowler Kagiso Rabada

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Kagiso Rabada did not bowl a ball in anger at Eden Gardens. But there was arguably nobody happier the moment Aiden Markram claimed the catch that gave the Proteas’ ...

Watch VideoFrom hurt to hope: Temba Bavuma’s champion Proteas ready to conquer India

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Temba Bavuma and his Proteas team face their toughest test yet at Eden Gardens, just five months after lifting the ICC World Test Championship mace.

Keshav Maharaj's 7-for restricts Pakistan to 333

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Keshav Maharaj has claimed a 12th career five-wicket haul to bowl Pakistan out for 333 on the second day of the second Test in Rawalpindi.

BREAKING NEWS | Proteas Women stick to tried and trusted for ICC World Cup

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Laura Wolvaardt will lead an experienced 15-player squad at the upcoming ICC Women's World Cup in India and Sri Lanka.

Watch VideoShukri Conrad places his trust in teenager Kwena Maphaka to lead Proteas Test attack

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Kwena Maphaka’s development as a top-class paceman is integral to Proteas coach Shukri Conrad’s overall plan of growing the South African fast bowling depth.

Watch Video‘As South Africans, when people come at us, we go back even harder,’ says Proteas superstar Kagiso Rabada

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Kagiso Rabada shares his journey from vulnerability to triumph as a World Test Champion, revealing how the sight of the Baggy Green fuels his competitive spirit. ...

Watch VideoCricket SA must strike while Test iron is hot to maximise Proteas’ success

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England's thrilling Test victory over India has reignited debates about the future of Test cricket. As the Proteas emerge victorious on the world stage, Cricket ...

Watch VideoMiane Smit's Caribbean 'fun' sets her up for a place in the Proteas Women's World Cup squad

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The Proteas Women’s team may have lost a second successive T20I series, but they are beginning to unearth a group of promising youngsters to take the team forward. ...

Watch Video'I'm willing to give my blood for the Proteas,' says Kagiso Rabada after Lord's redemption

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Kagiso Rabada was eternally grateful to share the moment of breaking a 27-year ICC major trophy curse with his Proteas teammates at Lord's.

Temba Bavuma's Proteas are in touching distance of realising the African dream at Lord's

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Temba Bavuma’s Proteas require just 69 more runs on Saturday morning to realise their dream of winning the World Test Championship final here at rousing Lord’s. ...

Aiden Markram's 102* and courageous Temba Bavuma take Proteas to brink of WTC Final glory

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Aiden Markram’s sublime 102 not out and a hobbling Temba Bavuma’s undefeated 65 have since taken over the baton with a brilliant unbroken second-wicket stand of ...

Watch VideoDavid Bedingham: Amazing chance for ‘confident’ Proteas to win World Test Championship final against Australia

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David Bedingham showed his vast experience of English conditions by top-scoring in the Proteas’ first innings with a workmanlike 45 off 111 balls.

Lungi Ngidi lights up gloomy Lord’s to provide Proteas with glimmer of hope in World Test Championship final

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Fourteen wickets fell on another spellbinding day of the World Test Championship final between the Proteas and Australia at Lord's on Thursday.

Watch VideoAndrew Hudson warns young Proteas in World Test Championship final: ‘You just know you’re in a fight when facing Aussies’ ...

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Former Proteas batter Andrew Hudson believes it is not just an examination of a players’ technical ability, but more mental capacity to keep Australia at bay.

Watch VideoSydney hero Fanie de Villiers backs Marco Jansen and Wiaan Mulder to be Proteas trump cards

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Former South African bowler Fanie de Villiers believes the Proteas possess “two jewels” in all-rounders Marco Jansen and Wiaan Mulder who have the potential to swing ...

Watch VideoMarco Jansen and Wiaan Mulder are ‘jewels’ in Proteas’ crown, says Sydney hero Fanie de Villiers

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Former South African bowler Fanie de Villiers believes the Proteas possess “two jewels” in allrounders Marco Jansen and Wiaan Mulder who have the potential to swing ...

Watch VideoShukri Conrad’s Proteas ‘warriors’ will have entire cricket-mad country backing them at Lord’s final

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Proteas coach Shukri Conrad has rapidly rehabilitated a South African fan-base that had been overfed a buffet of white-ball cricket into red-ball believers once ...

Many, many doors ... like overseas ... flying open for Amajita U20 Afcon hero Tylon Smith

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Amajita have qualified for the Fifa U20 World Cup in Chile later this year, which will be yet another shop window for defender Tylon Smith to parade his skills. ...