South Africa battled to a thrilling three-run win over New Zealand to claim the Twenty20 series 2-1 after the Black Caps suffered a dramatic late batting collapse in Auckland on Wednesday. New Zealand restricted South Africa to seven for 165 and went into the last two overs needing just 10 runs for victory, only to [...]

South Africa will seek to end a sequence of disappointing results in home series when they take on Sri Lanka in the first of three Tests at SuperSport Park on Thursday. South Africa have lost one and shared three of four most recent home series, with a loss against Australia in 2008-09 followed by drawn [...]

Julius Malema, the fiery youth leader suspended from South Africa’s ANC, accused the ruling party on Wednesday of leading a witch hunt against him and warned it was in danger of disintegrating. Malema, 30, said the African National Congress had suspended him for five years because some in the party want to silence him particularly [...]

Two of cricket’s great rival nations will engage in what amounts to three extended sparring sessions as they try new combinations during Australia’s six-week tour of South Africa which begins on Thursday with a Twenty20 international here at Newlands. There are two Twenty20 games, three one-day internationals and two Tests, which scarcely gives the teams [...]