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Over and out: The Proteas captain Dean Elgar at a post-match presentation at the Test between South Africa and India at Newlands in Cape Town on 4 January. (Grant Pitcher/Gallo Images)

Proteas’ loss, as three duck early

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  • Eyaaz
1 min read
Quinton de Kock has scored four centuries in this tournament. (Photo by Pankaj Nangia/Gallo Images)

Are the Proteas taking us down heartbreak lane?

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

  • Eyaaz
7 min read
South Africa’s Kagiso Rabada (C) celebrates with teammates after taking the wicket of Australia’s Steve Smith during the 2023 ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup one-day international (ODI) match. (Photo by Sajjad HUSSAIN / AFP)

Why don’t we support the Proteas like we do the Springboks?

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

  • Umamah Bakharia
5 min read