Hugh Tayfield

Captain Graeme Smith and all-rounder Jacques Kallis were the two current players who made it to the all-time South African Test XI.

R Ashwin scripted history on Friday when he became the fastest Indian bowler to reach 150-Test wicket landmark against South Africa in day two of the opening Test.

Keshav Maharaj achieved a significant milestone, becoming South Africa's highest wicket-taking spinner in Test cricket during the ongoing match against Zimbabwe. He surpassed legends like Paul Adams and Hugh Tayfield, and breached the 200-wicket mark.

Keshav Maharaj's stunning five-wicket haul in the fourth innings propelled South Africa to a 2-0 series whitewash against Sri Lanka. His performance, his fourth five-wicket haul in the final innings of a Test, puts him among South African bowling greats.

Keshav Maharaj took three wickets to lead South Africa to a 40-run win over West Indies in the second Test in Georgetown on Saturday and become his country’s most successful spin bowler.

Statistical highlights on day two of the first Test between India and South Africa.

Even as his team continues to grapple with the problem of playing spin in the subcontinent, a South African seems have to cracked the art of bowling in this part of the world.

Statistical highlights of the second cricket Test between India and Sri Lanka that concluded on Monday.

Kagiso Rabada has become the number one ranked bowler in the ICC Test Rankings after helping South Africa to a 72-run victory over India in the first Test of the three-match series at Newlands on Monday.

The Don was anything but. At least off the field. On the field he was the king of the mafiosi, getting his way every time. Slaughtering the opposition coldly, methodically, ruthlessly. But once retired, he was exemplary in his behaviour, never getting into controversies, never letting his legend descend into commercialism. Which is why when he died more than 50 years after he had laid up his cricket boots, there was no diminishing of his legend.

The Don was anything but. At least off the field. On the field he was the king of the mafiosi, getting his way every time. Slaughtering the opposition coldly, methodically, ruthlessly. But once retired, he was exemplary in his behaviour, never getting into controversies, never letting his legend descend into commercialism.

The Don was anything but. Atleast off the field. On the field he was the king of the mafiosi, getting his way every time.