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There are some major selection calls Proteas coach Rob Walter has to make for the ICC Champions Trophy, and I think it is worth trying something different, writes Ashfak Mohamed.
Whatever advantage the Proteas have over their opposition with their pace lineup may be negated by the flat pitches and that's where spinners Tabraiz Shamsi and Keshav Maharaj could make a difference.
After conceding over 300 runs in their warm-up matches, can the spin duo of Tabraiz Shamsi and Keshav Maharaj rise to the occasion and help the Proteas at the Champions Trophy.
Tabraiz Shamsi has joined up with all his former teammates at Joburg Super Kings after being traded by the Paarl Royals in the SA20.
Joburg Super Kings secure a narrow victory against MI Cape Town in a rain-affected SA20 match, with Tabraiz Shamsi attributing their success to the challenging weather conditions.
The decision, will still allow Tabraiz Shamsi to play for the Proteas whenever selected.
The SA squads selected to do duty against Afghanistan and Ireland are majorly inexperienced, with star players like David Miller, Heinrich Klaasen, Kagiso Rabada, Tabraiz Shamsi and Keshav Maharaj all given time off.
The Proteas ODI squad selected for the three-match series is a largely inexperienced and experimental side picked by coach Rob Walter and his selection panel.
South Africa lost to India in the final of the T20 World Cup in June, but have clearly started looking ahead to the next edition in just under two year’s time.
After the dust settled following a disappointing result in the final against India, IOL Sport’s John Goliath rates the Proteas players after a historic ICC T20 World Cup.
The Proteas have finally made it to a world cup final. We are relieved, excited and expectant.
It’s the first time that a men’s Proteas team has made a World Cup final, while the SA women’s team achieved the feat as hosts last year in the T20 World Cup.
Taking to X formerly known as Twitter, the South African government congratulated the men's senior national cricket team for reaching the final.
IOL Sport’s John Goliath looks at five key moments from the Proteas’ T20 World Cup semi-final victory over Afghanistan.
Spinner Tabraiz Shamsi has revealed why the Proteas have at last gone where none of their predecessors have gone before in men’s Cricket World Cups since 1992.
Proteas Left-arm wrist-spinner Tabraiz Shamsi and gangling pacer Marco Jansen spearheaded the rout of Afghanistan's brittle batting line-up.
The Proteas advance to T20 World Cup final in Barbados where they will face the winners of Thursday's second semi-final between England and India.
It’s crunch time again for South Africa in a cricket World Cup on Thursday, and the key to making their first-ever men’s final on the biggest stage will be about producing a complete performance.
South Africa leg-spinner Tabraiz Shamsi lambasted his team’s ‘ridiculous’ critics after the Proteas won another T20 World Cup nail-biter to reach the semi-finals.
Following their nail-biting T20 World Cup Super Eight win over the West Indies to qualify for the semi-finals, Proteas skipper Aiden Markram sent out a warning to the rest of the teams at the tournament.
South Africa displayed nerves of steel as Marco Jansen hit the winning runs with a six off the first ball of the final over to beat the West Indies and book their semi-final spot in the T20 World Cup on Monday.
South Africa would have been watching the England-West Indies clash with keen interest seeing as this ground will be the venue for their Super Eights encounter with the defending champions on Friday morning.
Tasked with taking on tournament co-hosts USA on Wednesday, the Proteas will be looking for a better batting performance from a couple of their star players.
The Proteas have pretty much all bases covered ahead of the T20 World Cup, and there is a feeling that they could mount a serious challenge.
Paarl Royals ace Bjorn Fortuin (3/15) had promised in the pre-match that this encounter would be different, particularly due to the contrasting conditions at the winelands venue.