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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 batted well and fielded well, but some indifferent bowling and the batting of Virat Kohli saw India to a six wicket victory with five balls remaining in the semi- finals of the ICC World Twenty20 in Dhaka on Friday.

The Proteas booked a semi-final place with a three-run victory over England in the ICC World Twenty20 in Chittagong, Bangladesh on Saturday. The win took South Africa to the top of the Group 1 standings, with three wins from their four round-robin matches.

South Africa narrowly avoided a shock defeat to the Netherlands in the ICC World Twenty in Chittagong, Bangladesh on Thursday, successfully defending a low total to edge the Dutch by five runs and keep their hopes of reaching the semi-finals alive.

Hashim Amla's excellence was recognized at the Cricket South Africa awards ceremony in Johannesburg on Monday night, as he joined Jacques Kallis and Makhaya Ntini as the only two-time winners of the country's Cricketer of the Year award.

South Africans Hashim Amla, Dale Steyn and Jacques Kallis were among the five players named Cricketers of the Year in the 150th edition of the "Cricketer's Bible", Wisden, on Wednesday.