South Africa v Sri Lanka, Champions Trophy, Group B, The Oval

South Africa's magic fielding trifecta

Jun 3, 2017: Three moments of brilliance in the field, two by the most likely candidate and a third by one of the least likely, boosted South Africa toward an opening win at the Champions Trophy

South Africa v Sri Lanka, Champions Trophy, Group B, The Oval

Tahir torments favourite opponents again

Jun 3, 2017: The legspinner's late introduction was a surprise, but two overs is all it took for him to wrest control back in South Africa's favour

IPL 2017

Young Indian players carve new Pune identity

May 22, 2017: While Ben Stokes provided the X factor for Rising Pune Supergiant, it was the consistency shown by the likes of Rahul Tripathi and Washington Sundar that lifted them from the lows of 2016

South Africa news

De Kock dominates South Africa's awards

May 13, 2017: Quinton de Kock has been named South African Cricketer of the Year and also picked up four other titles at the annual awards

IPL 2017

Mid-season review: Rising Pune, soaring Mumbai, sinking RCB

Apr 26, 2017: ESPNcricinfo's review of where the teams stand at the halfway stage of the IPL season, and what they must do moving forward to clinch a spot in the playoffs

Rising Pune Supergiant v Mumbai Indians, IPL 2017, Pune

Tahir bounces back after going unsold at auction

Apr 7, 2017: Imran Tahir, who went unsold at the IPL auction in February, has said how special it was to pick three early wickets to set up Rising Pune Supergiant's win against Mumbai Indians

IPL 2017 news

Pune sign Tahir for injured Mitchell Marsh

Mar 23, 2017: Imran Tahir is set to turn up for a second IPL franchise - the Rising Pune Supergiant - after being signed as a replacement for the injured Australian allrounder Mitchell Marsh

New Zealand v South Africa, 2nd ODI, Christchurch

New Zealand need response to stop series running away

Feb 21, 2017: ESPNcricinfo's Andrew McGlashan previews the second one-day international between New Zealand and South Africa in Christchurch

New Zealand v South Africa, one-off T20I, Auckland

Tahir muscles in to take IPL spotlight

Feb 17, 2017: Imran Tahir claimed career-best figures of 5 for 24 in South Africa's victory in Auckland, in a timely audition before the IPL auction

New Zealand v South Africa, T20I, Auckland

Double No. 1 'special' for Tahir

Feb 16, 2017: Imran Tahir has said it is 'very special' to be ranked the No. 1 bowler in both ODI and T20 cricket

New Zealand v South Africa, only T20I, Auckland

What's the point of a one-off T20I?

Feb 16, 2017: With teams focusing on ODIs, given the upcoming Champions Trophy, and the next World T20 possibly three years away, there is a distinct lack of context to Friday's New Zealand-South Africa match

South Africa news

Imran Tahir claims top spot in ODI rankings for bowlers

Feb 11, 2017: South Africa legspinner Imran Tahir has claimed the top spot in the ODI rankings for bowlers, to go with his No. 1 rank in T20 internationals

South Africa v Sri Lanka, 2nd ODI, Durban

Sri Lanka need top order to stand up

Jan 31, 2017: ESPNcricinfo previews the second one-day international between South Africa and Sri Lanka

South African cricket

'Tahir doesn't bowl bad balls anymore'

Jan 30, 2017: Legspinner Imran Tahir has become more steady in his bowling, and more important to South Africa's limited-overs plans than ever before

South Africa v Sri Lanka, 1st ODI, Port Elizabeth

Tahir and Parnell set up handsome victory

Jan 28, 2017: The confidence boost Sri Lanka gained from their T20 series victory did not carry over into the start of the one-day internationals as they were trounced by eight wickets in Port Elizabeth

South Africa v Sri Lanka, 3rd T20, Cape Town

Prasanna and Dickwella haul Sri Lanka to series victory

Jan 25, 2017: Sri Lanka spoiled AB de Villiers' comeback by snatching the T20 series from South Africa to claim the first silverware in the country in their history

Sri Lanka in South Africa 2016-17

Tahir reprimanded for Junaid Jamshed t-shirt

Jan 25, 2017: Imran Tahir, the South Africa legspinner, has been reprimanded by the ICC for a wicket celebration in which he revealed a t-shirt under his playing kit with an image of the late Junaid Jamshed

Sri Lanka in South Africa 2016-17

De Villiers' return adds intrigue to series showdown

Jan 24, 2017: ESPNcricinfo previews the third and final T20 between South Africa and Sri Lanka at Cape Town, with the series tied at 1-1

ODI bowling nominees

Aussie, Aussie, Aussie, Aussie

Jan 10, 2017: Four players from a certain team feature in our shortlist of the best ODI bowling performances of 2016

County news

Derbyshire snap up Tahir for 2017

Oct 24, 2016: Imran Tahir will equal Marcus North's record of playing for six different counties after signing for Derbyshire