Corrie van Zyl

Cricket South Africa has started its process of selecting a new coach to replace Corrie van Zyl and is pleased with the quality of candidates who have applied for the job.

The South African team has the talent and ability to win the 50-over cricket World Cup to be held in the Indian subcontinent next year, feels Andrew Hudson.

Currently touring Sri Lanka with the South African B side, Van Zyl told the 'Afrikaans' daily that he was "unaware" of Cricket South Africa's hastily-called media conference on Wednesday or Smith's intention to resign.

The dinner hosted by Navneet Kalra for the Proteas, at Blanco recently, was one quiet evening for the team to dine all relaxed and comfortably.

South Africa will play two four-day Test matches against both opponents as well as a triangular ODI series which will consist of two matches each against both Australia and India followed by a final.

Late South African cricketer Hansie Cronje's father Ewie Cronje passed away at the age of 80.

The alarming trend of players opting for county cricket over the South Africa national team has forced the board to think about the long-term contract for its cricketers, said top CSA official Corrie van Zyl.

England skipper Eoin Morgan has defended the use of real-time coded signals from the dressing room to the field, saying it is well within the spirit of the game.

Thirteen young and promising South African cricketers will undergo a nine-day high-level training camp in Bangalore this month under former Karnataka left-arm spinner Sunil Joshi and another coach, Umesh Patwal.

Cricket South Africa (CSA) is tight lipped about the speculation that Gary Kirsten has emerged as the frontrunner for the position of new Proteas coach.

Cricket South Africa on Wednesday said Dale Steyn is not "medically ready" to be named in the T20 squad to face India, clarifying a day after the veteran fast bowler expressed his surprise at his exclusion.

Cricket South Africa (CSA) and New Balance South Africa have come together to provide playing kits to the youth cricketers for their participation in the various National Age Group Weeks.

Three key South African players have joined the squad for series against Pakistan in Dubai, but there is still doubt whether they will play early in the games.

Wicketkeeper Rudi Second has been ruled out of South Africa's Test tour of India in October due to an injury and Heinrich Klaasen will take his place in the squad. The CSA said Second has suffered an injury while practising with the South Africa A side. Second's place with be taken by wicketkeeper/batsman Heinrich Klaasen.

Cricket South Africa (CSA) is looking at the lucrative American baseball system in order to improve on its performance and talent management plans at the domestic level.

A 40-over innings, 12-a-side team with all members eligible to bat, bowl or field, these are some of the new formula SA board is applying to inject more excitement into the domestic format.

South Africa's hard-hitting opener followed in Mohammad Yousuf's footsteps and ditched the rebel Indian Cricket League (ICL) to join the BCCI recognised Twenty20 tournament.

Former South Africa all-rounder Lance Klusener was on Friday appointed as the assistant batting coach of the national team for the three-match Twenty20 series against India in September.

When the senior Proteas are busy taking on India in the Test series at home, Cricket South Africa (CSA) on Monday laid out the future roadmap for the season as it announced the men's and women's intake for this year's National Academy Programme.

Cricket South Africa (CSA) has congratulated its national team for 100th Test match victory since the formation of a unified national cricket body.

A report in the newspaper said former Indian coach Gary Kirsten is interested in the Proteas coaching vacancy, but he is also weighing up other offers.

Bracing for perhaps the toughest tour in recent times, South Africa's young batsmen have just received a boost in the form of Mumbai stalwart Amol Muzumdar being named the interim Proteas batting coach during their three-Test tour to India.

SA batsman Jean-Paul Duminy stated that it will be a three-way battle for the ODI captaincy between Johan Botha, Hashim Amla and AB de Villiers.

The average age of the South African T20I team currently touring India is around 30, which points at a decent amount of experience in the bunch. Despite that, this team is far from settled. South African cricket is going through tough times and 26-year-old Quinton de Kock has been tasked with the job to lead the resurgence.

South African speedster Morne Morkel feels that his country's cricket would benefit highly if Gary Kirsten decides to coach the national team.

The game of cricket has evolved in the last two decades. Unlike yesteryears, the support staff plays an important role in any team's success nowadays.

Prasanna Agoram, the performance analyst of South Africa and the first and the only foreigner in the South Africa support staff, has also worked with the current crop of Indian cricketers during their junior days.