Cricket News sort by Abraham Benjamin de Villiers

As expected, South Africa got their first points on the board by overcoming Afghanistan by 37 runs at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai on Sunday

Australia and New Zealand will come face to face again at Dharamsala as they look to gain the upper hand in the rivalry, and also augment their chances of progressing to the semi-finals.

To put it bluntly, South Africa have not had a great time in international cricket recently. They lost the Tests in India rather embarrassingly, and were even undone at home by England in the same format. While those are rather disappointing results

Half a decade back, South Africa would have been clear favourites to win an ODI series against England, irrespective of where the contest was being held

The third day of the Cape Town Test at Newlands began with South Africa having only one goal in hand – to bat as long as possible, and lose as few wickets possible

In the days leading up to the Durban Test, there had been plenty of talk about the future of AB de Villiers in international cricket, given the amount of burden he has been carrying. Following the decision to ask de Villiers to keep wickets in Tests again in spite of his obvious dislike to do so, murmurs have only grown stronger.

Amidst all the talk about pitches being unfair for batting, India proved on day two at the Feroz Shah Kotla in Delhi that it was possible to do well with the willow even on spinning surfaces, if only batsmen applied themselves

Alastair Cook named captain of the Test side while South Africa captaion AB de Villiers lead ODI team of the year. No any players in the list of World No.1 South Africa.

The Test series may be lost, but South Africa still have pride to play for as they head into the fourth and final Test at Delhi. South Africa came into the Tests having not lost an away series in nearly a decade