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Tributes pour in for âspecial human beingâ and late Proteas icon Goolam Rajah Share JOHANNESBURG - Goolam Rajah never hit a cricket ball, nor caught one or bowled one for the Proteas, but he was among the greatest servants of the Proteas. âA very special human being,â said Dr. Mohammed Moosajee, who took over from Rajah as the Proteasâ manager. That was a sentiment echoed around the cricket world, from Proteas players, who were part of the more than 100 who were capped during his time as the manager to players in opposing teams and commentators. MORE ON THIS âHe was a selfless person. He served the game. He loved the game,â said Moosajee.
Quinton de Kock said the prohibitive nature of bio bubbles wore him down much more than captaining the Proteas and was the only reason for his recent ‘mental health break.’
Kagiso Rabada hopes Saturday’s comprehensive innings and 63-run victory against the West Indies will be the catalyst for a brighter future for the Proteas.
The Proteas, led by a clinical spell of fast bowling by Kagiso Rabada, claimed the last six wickets in the opening session of the third day to take a 1-0 lead in their Test series against the West Indies.
Lungi Ngidi said the fact that not all the South African players took a knee before the start of the first Test with West Indies, was not a sign that the team was divided.
It was a day filled with tears of joy for Dirk Petersen and his family on Thursday, as his son, Keegan, fulfilled a lifelong dream of playing Test cricket for the Proteas.
Lungi Ngidi leads by example on and off the field for Proteas in first West Indies Test Stuart Hess West Indies 97 all out South Africa 128/4 JOHANNESBURG - Lungi Ngidi took a knee before play started, and would later sink to both knees in celebration having taken a ‘five-for’ that helped put the Proteas in control of the first Test against the West Indies in St Lucia on Thursday. It was the big fast bowler’s call last year that South African cricket have a discussion about how to support the Black Lives Matter movement, that stirred up a hornet's nest about racism in South African cricket.
South African cricket 'averts' crisis In a joint statement issued shortly before midnight, Cricket South Africa’s members’ council and interim board announced that agreement had been reached on a new governance model. Picture: 123rf 3 hours ago JOHANNESBURG - South African cricket stepped back from the brink of an international crisis when officials announced late Sunday evening that the differences between the two rival factions battling for governance of the game had been resolved. In a joint statement issued shortly before midnight, Cricket South Africa’s members’ council and interim board announced that agreement had been reached on a new governance model.
Mthethwa strips CSA of authority to run cricket in SA The move comes after its members council voted not to implement a new memorandum of incorporation, which would have meant having more independent directors, as well as an independent chair. Sports, Arts and Culture Minister Nathi Mthethwa at a media briefing on the coronavirus on 25 March 2020 in Pretoria. Picture: EWN 22 hours ago JOHANNESBURG - Sports Minister Nathi Mthethwa has exercised his powers in terms of Section 13 of the National Sport and Recreation Act and has stripped Cricket South Africa (CSA) of national recognition. The move strips the cricket body as the authority to run the sport in the country.