The Proteas were dumped out of the T20 World Cup by New Zealand at the semi-final stage

South Africa has been here before — high on a group-stage win, only to stumble when the lights get brighte

In the high-octane world of T20 cricket, Rabada seems to be a man running at full tilt on a treadmill, putting in the effort and hitting the lengths, yet remaining in the same place

Marco Jansen’s deceptive slower ball and Aiden Markram’s unbeaten 86 power South Africa to a commanding T20 World Cup win over New Zealand.

South Africa’s victory over Afghanistan felt less like a sporting triumph and more like an exorcism

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There was much to report on this year with multiple World Cups taking place across several sporting codes

South African cricket has given us a glimmer of hope … but history tells us how that story ends

South Africa’s cricket team does not raise national morale like the Boks do.