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Will AB de Villiers play the T20 World Cup? South Africa head coach Mark Boucher answers
Cricket | Feb 17, 2020, 09:52 AM ISTThe speculations surrounding AB de Villiers' international comeback have picked pace in the past few weeks.
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South Africa call off proposed Pakistan tour citing workload
Cricket | Feb 14, 2020, 03:50 PM ISTSouth Africa play three ODIs in India from March 12 to 18 and the tour of Pakistan for three T20s in Rawalpindi was planned after that.
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Dale Steyn returns to South Africa squad for England T20Is
Cricket | Feb 08, 2020, 06:06 PM ISTSteyn has had constant run-ins with injuries over the last few years, especially after a career-threatening shoulder injury during South Africa's tour of Australia in November 2016.
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South Africa's Vernon Philander retires from international cricket
Cricket | Jan 27, 2020, 11:26 PM ISTPhilander, 34, has played 97 matches across all three formats, taking a total of 261 wickets since his debut in 2011, before this game.
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In numbers: England claim historic first in Tests since WW I, South Africa fall to new low at home
Cricket | Jan 27, 2020, 11:03 PM ISTEngland won the fourth and final Test of the series by 191 runs to not just clinch a 3-1 series, but also script their best-ever result in the land since World War 1; while South Africa plunged to their new low at home.
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Quinton de Kock named South Africa captain for England ODIs, 5 debutants in squad
Cricket | Jan 21, 2020, 07:53 PM ISTTest captain and former ODI skipper Faf du Plessis remains out of the team. He had been dropped for South Africa's series in India
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Toughest of times' but I'll see it through: Du Plessis after England defeat in 3rd Test
Cricket | Jan 20, 2020, 10:28 PM ISTDu Plessis said Monday in the aftermath of a dispiriting innings defeat to England for his inexperienced South Africa side that he wasn't going to retire from tests just yet
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England break South Africa's resistance to script historic win in Cape Town, level series 1-1
Cricket | Jan 07, 2020, 09:04 PM ISTEngland's prolonged push for victory, which started soon after lunch on the fourth day, was finally realized with 8.2 overs left with a burst of three wickets in 14 balls from Ben Stokes.
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South Africa become first to declare support for ICC's notion of four-day Tests
Cricket | Jan 07, 2020, 03:29 PM ISTEarlier, it was reported that South Africa too has joined the bandwagon, despite being the first nation to officially host a four-day Test, against Zimbabwe in 2017.
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2nd Test: England on course for final-day victory in Cape Town against South Africa
Cricket | Jan 06, 2020, 10:32 PM ISTSouth Africa fought hard to reach 126-2 at stumps in its effort to save the test but James Anderson removed No. 3 Zubayr Hamza two overs from the end of the second-to-last day to keep England well on top.
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SA vs ENG: Keegan Petersen receives maiden Test call-up from South Africa
Cricket | Dec 30, 2019, 10:44 AM ISTMarkram will go under the knife early this week after sustaining a fracture to his fourth left finger on Day Two of the first Test which Proteas won by 107 runs.
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South Africa win first Test against England after 4th-day collapse in Centurion
Cricket | Dec 30, 2019, 08:49 AM ISTEngland was 121-1 overnight but lost nine wickets for 147 runs on the fourth day at SuperSport Park to be all out for 268. There are three more tests in the series.
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England collapse to 181, South Africa lead 1st test by 175
Cricket | Dec 27, 2019, 10:50 PM ISTEngland's appears to be the more delicate, though, after the tourists collapsed from 142-3 to 181 all out in their first innings, and South Africa had a 175-run lead by the end of Day 2
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South Africa vs England: Dean Elgar records unwanted feat in Centurion Test
Cricket | Dec 26, 2019, 04:35 PM ISTWith the early dismissal, Elgar became only the fourth South African batsman to be dismissed on the first ball of a Test match after Gary Kirsten fell before West Indies pacer Curtly Ambrose in Cape Town.
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SA vs ENG: Rassie Van der Dussen to make Test debut, confirms Faf du Plessis
Cricket | Dec 25, 2019, 05:41 PM ISTThe Proteas skipper said that Van der Dussen will bat at No. 5 behind Zubayr Hamza at three and himself at four.
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Vernon Philander announces retirement from international cricket
Cricket | Dec 23, 2019, 04:39 PM ISTSouth African all-rounder Vernon Philander announces retirement from all forms of international cricket.
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Widespread illness sees England call Dominic Bess, Craig Overton to South Africa
Cricket | Dec 20, 2019, 03:40 PM ISTIn an official media release, the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) said that due to widespread illness in the England camp, it has been agreed that the match against South Africa 'A' starting at Willowmoore Park on Friday
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South Africa appoint Jacques Kallis as batting consultant
Cricket | Dec 18, 2019, 03:07 PM ISTSouth Africa have appointed legendary former all-rounder Jacques Kallis as their batting consultant for an entire home summer.
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Can consider asking AB de Villiers to come out of retirement: Mark Boucher
Cricket | Dec 15, 2019, 11:29 AM ISTSouth Africa head coach Mark Boucher has said that he will consider asking former Proteas star AB de Villiers to reverse his decision on retirement.
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Mark Boucher appointed as new head coach of South Africa
Cricket | Dec 14, 2019, 06:34 PM ISTEnoch Nkwe will be the assistant coach while Faf Du Plessis will remain the Test captain.