Remember when Britain was invaded?

Jul 12, 2018 | Features
Fifty years ago, the English domestic game underwent a revolution. Players who were part of it look back

Profile

The other Morkel

Apr 7, 2018 | Profile
He could have been South Africa's next big thing, but finally settled for being an IPL sensation

Make a ton, get a tree

Mar 21, 2018 | Features
At the Wynberg Boys' High School ground in Cape Town, a lot of the greenery has basmen's names on it

High Fives

Hair-brained

Dec 7, 2017 | High Fives
Five South Africans who made us sit up and take notice with their questionable styling choices

Schooling South Africa

Aug 14, 2017 | Features
The country's best cricketing talent comes from about 40 secondary schools, perpetuating an exclusionist attitude which quotas at higher levels can't counter

The left-armer who went to war

Jul 13, 2017 | Features
Tufty Mann was a miserly spinner for South Africa, but before that he was a soldier and captive in World War Two

'You just can't take things too seriously'

Apr 10, 2017 | Features
John Watkins, 94 today, and the oldest living Test cricketer, remembers his playing days for South Africa

Charger, Ken, and a right royal battle down south

Mar 1, 2017 | Features
New Zealand's first tour of South Africa after readmission was a sharp, hard-fought one, featuring a dodgy pitch, much Castle-chugging, and eyebrows raised over umpiring

'We probably had an easier time because we actually made the decision'

Feb 5, 2017 | Profiles
Former South African umpire Cyril Mitchley remembers his days on the circuit, giving Tendulkar run out at square leg and Atherton caught off the thigh pad

When Sri Lanka went to cuckoo land

Feb 2, 2017 | Features
Tony Opatha led a rebel side to South Africa in 1982 - a tour on which a certain ill-suppressed madness lurked around the edges