Enoch Nkwe

Former wicketkeeper Mark Boucher is set to be the interim coach of the South Africa cricket team, which is going through one of its toughest phases both on and off the field.

The Quinton de Kock-led South Africa team set foot on India on Saturday for the upcoming three-match T20 series.

Cricket South Africa wants its players back from the Indian Premier League by May 26. This is for the World Test Championship final. Eight players are in the final squad. Discussions are ongoing with IPL and BCCI. Players will gather in England on May 31. A warm-up match against Zimbabwe is planned. The IPL schedule changed due to border tensions.

Shukri Conrad is now the head coach for all South Africa men's cricket teams. Cricket South Africa made the announcement on Friday. Conrad will manage the Test, T20I, and ODI teams. His contract extends until the 2027 ICC Cricket World Cup. He replaces Rob Walter. Conrad's first white-ball assignment is against Zimbabwe and New Zealand.

Maketa, 42, will take over from Mark Boucher, who announced recently that he was stepping down from the head coach position after the current T20 World Cup.

Tabraiz Shamsi, South African left-arm wrist spinner has opted out of Cricket South Africa's central contract pool to pursue T20 league opportunities globally. Shamsi committed to major ICC tournaments and aims to be part of a World Cup-winning Proteas squad in the future.

Former South Africa captain Dean Elgar has announced his retirement from international cricket. Elgar will retire after the two-Test series against India, commencing on December 26. He made his debut in 2012 and has played 84 Tests, scoring 5,146 runs at 37.28. Elgar has 13 centuries and 23 fifties to his name. He also had a successful stint as South Africa's Test captain, winning nine out of 19 matches. South Africa's director of cricket, Enoch Nkwe, praised Elgar's dedication and fearlessness.

South Africa's meek capitulation on the tour of India has not surprised the cricketing fraternity back home, as there were no great expectations from this young and inexperienced team against a very formidable opponent.

Test captain Dean Elgar says the team will show "support" for embattled coach Mark Boucher, who faces a Cricket South Africa disciplinary hearing on charges of gross misconduct in May.

South African cricket head coach Mark Boucher admitted on Monday that the reality of an impending disciplinary hearing had been difficult for him to handle.

Failure to win in India is "not going to be the end of the world" for South Africa, feels the team's Pep Guardiola-inspired interim team director, Enoch Nkwe.

South Africa left for Sri Lanka on Wednesday without assistant coach Enoch Nkwe, who resigned after apparent disagreements with under-pressure head coach Mark Boucher.

Cricket South Africa will form a panel to "clinically review" their early ouster from the T20 World Cup in Australia and the focus would be on hitting the reset button ahead of the ODI showpiece in India next year, director of cricket Enoch Nkwe has said.

The South African bowlers could only scratch their heads after deploying every plausible plan to unsettle Ajinkya Rahane in the first session in India's first innings of the second Test.

Cricket South Africa (CSA) on Tuesday dropped all charges of gross misconduct, including racism, against national coach Mark Boucher, less than a week before he was to defend himself in a disciplinary hearing.

Even as the Indian team, led by captain Virat Kohli, put out a batting masterclass on Friday, the South Africa bowlers' inability to make a breakthrough stood in stark contrast.

South Africa's dynamic wicketkeeper-batter Heinrich Klaasen has announced his retirement from red-ball cricket, despite being included in the country's Test plans in 2024. Klaasen, known for his powerful hitting in the middle order, played four Tests between 2019 and 2023, managing 108 runs at an average of 13.00. Despite his fondness for red-ball cricket, Klaasen expressed his desire for a new challenge and recently delivered a record-breaking performance against Australia.

Cricket South Africa has appointed senior counsel, advocate Terry Motau as the chairperson of the disciplinary hearing into allegations of racism against national head coach Mark Boucher.

Rob Walter has resigned as South Africa’s white-ball coach, with his tenure marked by significant achievements, including the team's first ICC Men’s T20 World Cup final appearance in 2024 and a semi-final spot in the 2023 Cricket World Cup. CSA will soon announce his successor.

Former Cricket South Africa (CSA) Director of Cricket and captain Graeme Smith has been cleared of racism allegations against him following the outcome of the board's Social Justice and Nation-Building (SJN) commission's report.

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.

South Africa all-rounder Dwaine Pretorius has retired from international cricket with immediate effect to shift "focus on T20 and other shorter formats".

India will feature in a women's T20I tri-series, involving hosts South Africa and the West Indies from January 19 to February 2, as part of the teams' preparation for the 2023 T20 World Cup, which will be hosted in the African nation.

It's unusually muggy in Dharamshala, and the Dhauladhars are enshrouded in seasonal mist. In the marketplace, portable electric fans are on at full blast.

South Africa's cricket establishment acknowledges Faf du Plessis' contribution both as a player and captain but it's about time they look at the future with belief in Quinton de Kock's leadership skills, Interim Director Enoch Nkwe said on Tuesday.

Quinton de Kock on Tuesday opted out of South Africa's Twenty20 World Cup match against the West Indies "for personal reasons" as the country's cricket board ordered players to take the knee.

Graeme Smith, South Africa's director of cricket and former Test captain, has hit back through his lawyer at accusations of racial prejudice contained in a report by an ombudsman.

Cricket South Africa on Monday announced Shukri Conrad and Rob Walter as coaches of the country's Test and limited overs teams respectively.

South Africa confirmed the inclusion of spinner Keshav Maharaj and seamer Sisanda Magala in their World Cup squad, following their successful recovery from fitness concerns.