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Brass-band brouhaha makes way for AB's sweet tunes

On a day of tense and attritional cricket that was occasionally sidetracked by a stop-start soundtrack, de Villiers' strokeplay gladdened the hearts of the St George's Park crowd

10-Mar-2018•Firdose Moonda in Port Elizabeth

Red-hot Rabada needs to cool off

The quick took five wickets in 18 balls and changed the complexion of the day. But his send-off of Steven Smith could attract unwanted attention, again

09-Mar-2018•Firdose Moonda in Port Elizabeth

Starc's swing puts South Africa in reverse

The last time Australia toured South Africa, Dale Steyn's old-ball skills decided the second Test in Port Elizabeth. Similarly slow and abrasive conditions can be expected this time around, but it is the visitors who now have the best exponents of reverse

06-Mar-2018•Daniel Brettig in Durban

The many battles of South Africa and Australia

David Warner, Quinton de Kock and Nathan Lyon were only small parts of a long-standing rivalry that has often pushed the limits beyond cricket

05-Mar-2018•Firdose Moonda and Daniel Brettig

South Africa's twin collapses make the difference

Mitchell Starc's prowess against the tail, Aiden Markram's fighting fourth-innings century, and other key numbers from the Durban Test

05-Mar-2018•Bharath Seervi

De Kock shows the fight he and his team needed

Quinton de Kock buckled down and played an uncharacteristic innings of great importance to South Africa's confidence. It was a fine effort in erasing any doubt over his place in the XI too

04-Mar-2018•Firdose Moonda in Durban

Markram makes future look bright amid present gloom

Against a top-class attack, in a tough situation, the young opener showed there will be someone for South Africa to fall back on once their old pros move on

04-Mar-2018•Firdose Moonda in Durban

New Australia, same old hostility

The 'pack of dogs' that Faf du Plessis spoke of four years ago was back in full force at Kingsmead, 'headbutting the line' in a manner more reminiscent of Zinedine Zidane than Jonny Bairstow

04-Mar-2018•Daniel Brettig in Durban

South Africa left wondering 'how' things went wrong

Maybe the hosts were undercooked. Maybe they had underestimated Australia or maybe they are facing uncertainty on the administrative front

03-Mar-2018•Firdose Moonda in Durban

Can South Africa defer de Villiers' break-up with Test cricket?

AB de Villiers proved yet again how much South Africa needs him and how much Test cricket needs him. But does the batsman still need South Africa and Test cricket?

02-Mar-2018•Firdose Moonda in Durban

Maharaj's control shapes tense and teasing day

Whether or not South Africa specifically asked for slower surfaces, they got one at Kingsmead, and their left-arm spinner played the holding role perfectly to keep Australia's aggressive line-up in check

01-Mar-2018•Firdose Moonda in Durban

Australia top-order lose battle of the crease

Australia's hopes of setting a dominant agenda were stymied by an attitrional South Africa bowling effort led by Vernon Philander

01-Mar-2018•Daniel Brettig at Kingsmead

Dangerous nostalgia at heart of rivalry

South Africa's Test battles with Australia have been reliably hard-fought. But an overdue victory on home soil is important to the hosts for numerous reasons

28-Feb-2018•Daniel Brettig in Durban

A hundred in your 100th ODI and in your 100th Test

How many players have achieved the feat?

27-Feb-2018•Steven Lynch

Back in whites, South Africa aim to salvage home season

Most of their personnel struggled against India, but South Africa still have a chance to finish well against another side at the top of their game

25-Feb-2018•Firdose Moonda

The pace v spin story of the last two India-South Africa series

Fast bowling played a far larger role in South Africa than spin did in India

25-Feb-2018•Kartikeya Date

Rain gives South Africa freedom and focus, for a change

This might have been the first time the lurking shadow of DLS might have actually helped South Africa direct a chase, as Henrich Klaasen and JP Duminy set small targets for themselves while chasing 189

22-Feb-2018•Sidharth Monga in Centurion

Chahal v Klaasen: 12 balls, five sixes, 41 runs

A stats analysis from the second T20I in which Heinrich Klaasen struck seven sixes and destroyed Yuzvendra Chahal's economy rate

22-Feb-2018•Bharath Seervi

Junior Dala shows glimpses of potential on senior debut

Given the task of bowling short and into the bodies of India's top order at the Wanderers, the fast bowler picked up two wickets but also conceded the most runs by any South African bowler on T20I debut

20-Feb-2018•Sidharth Monga

'Kohli is the best player in the world'

Former South Africa captain Graeme Smith talks about India's captain, and tries to put his finger on where it went wrong for the home side in the one-day series

20-Feb-2018•Interview by Gaurav Kalra

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