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Social media was buzzing this week with well wishes pouring in for the 2016 South African Cricketer of the Year, Kagiso Rabada. The 21-year-old...

Hashim Amla will make history on Wednesday when he leads the Proteas onto the field at Galle International Stadium as the first player of colour to captain South Africa's test cricket team on a permanent basis. Amla also enters the two-test series against Sri Lanka in excellent batting form.

AB de Villiers became the eighth player to be named South Africa's Cricketer of the Year when he received the award for 2014 - along with three other awards - at a gala dinner in Johannesburg on Wednesday night.

Hashim Amla has been appointed captain of South Africa's test cricket team, becoming the first black cricketer to hold the post permanently. He takes over from Graeme Smith, who retired earlier this year after a world record 109 matches in charge.

Proteas ODI captain AB de Villiers and Dale Steyn, the world's leading test bowler, head up the list of nominees for the 2013 Cricket South Africa professional awards, to be announced at a banquet in Johannesburg on 4 June.

Proteas ODI captain AB de Villiers and Dale Steyn, the world's leading test bowler, head up the list of nominees for the 2013 Cricket South Africa professional awards, to be announced at a banquet in Johannesburg on 4 June.

South Africa's cricket team has finished the year as the number one test team in the world, being awarded the prestigious Reliance ICC Test Championship mace on Tuesday. It is the second time since the ranking system was introduced in 2003 that the Proteas have finished at the top of the table.

South Africa's cricket team has finished the year as the number one test team in the world, being awarded the prestigious Reliance ICC Test Championship mace on Tuesday. It is the second time since the ranking system was introduced in 2003 that the Proteas have finished at the top of the table.

Ashwell Prince, the first black man to captain South Africa's national cricket team, announced his retirement from the game on Wednesday. He played 66 tests and 52 one-day internationals for the Proteas.

Graeme Smith stepped down from test cricket after 109 matches in charge of the Proteas, as Australia handed South Africa their first series defeat in five years by winning the third test at Newlands on Wednesday.