Zaahier Adams

Senior Cricket Writer

Watch VideoProteas' Tristan Stubbs, David Miller show why they are big-money players after Super Over heroics

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The Proteas will reflect in amazement that it was ultimately them that came out on the right side after staring down the barrel as many as three times in their pulsating ...

Watch VideoRashid, Mujeeb and Noor: The Afghan spin trio set to derail Proteas' T20 World Cup campaign

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Independent Media’s Zaahier Adams profiles the three gun Afghanistan spinners who pose a threat to the Proteas in their ICC T20 World Cup clash on Wednesday.

Markram warns Proteas to be 'on it' for Afghanistan T20 World Cup clash after Canada win

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Job done. Canada beaten. Now for the next challenge with Afghanistan lying in wait on Wednesday afternoon in Ahmedabad for the Proteas.

Watch VideoThe Big Debate | Zaahier Adams and Ongama Gcwabe discuss the Proteas' chances at the T20 World Cup

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The Proteas begin another T20 World Cup adventure with the dream of returning with ICC white-ball silverware. Independent Media’s Zaahier Adams and Ongama Gcwabe ...

Watch VideoProteas have firepower to succeed at T20 World Cup in India, says SA20 boss Graeme Smith

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Betway SA20 League Commissioner Graeme Smith believes the Proteas’ recent experience in India will stand them in good stead leading into the ICC T20 World Cup.

Watch VideoDewald Brevis 'oozes confidence' and is 'proper', says Windies T20I skipper Shai Hope

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For the past month West Indies T20I captain Shai Hope has enjoyed one of the best seats in the house watching Dewald Brevis go about his work in Betway SA20

Watch VideoFrom SA20 fun to T20 World Cup prep: Proteas get back into the groove against the Windies

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The Proteas face the West Indies in the first of three T20Is in Paarl on Tuesday followed by a second in Centurion on Thursday before wrapping up their ICC T20 World ...

Watch Video'It's been a tough (SA20) season personally', but Imran Tahir now ready to fire in playoffs for JSK

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Imran Tahir may be approaching his 47th birthday in a couple of months’ time, but the veteran leg-spinner has lost none of his passion for success.

Keshav Maharaj's Kingsmead knowledge ace up Pretoria Capitals' sleeve in SA20 playoff

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Keshav Maharaj returns to Kingsmead in a different shade of blue for the Betway SA20 Season 4 Qualifier 1 against Sunrisers Eastern Cape on Wednesday.

Watch VideoMI Cape Town still hoping to sneak into SA20 playoffs, but death bowling must improve

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MI Cape Town’s Reeza Hendricks has not given up hope that the defending champions can still sneak into the playoffs.

Dewald Brevis is smiling again and that bodes well for Pretoria Capitals and Proteas

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The pressure of the record R16.5 million price tag was seemingly a heavy burden, but it looked like it was all dissolved when Dewald Brevis struck his Proteas teammate ...

Watch VideoSunrisers 'desperate' to book top playoff spot after close defeat to Durban's Super Giants

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Sunrisers Eastern Cape coach Adrian Birrell has stressed that his team remains steadfast on finishing in the top two after the Betway SA20 group stages.

Watch VideoBatting with Markram and Williamson has been quite special, says in-form Marques Ackerman

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Marques Ackerman has opened the batting in two matches for Durban’s Super Giants this season, and on both occasions, he’s walked out with cricketing royalty.

Watch VideoSunrisers Eastern Cape thrash Capitals by 10 wickets to storm to the top of the SA20 table

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Sunrisers Eastern Cape delivered an emphatic statement with a first-ever Betway SA20 victory over Pretoria Capitals at Centurion on Monday.

Watch VideoLate-bloomer Jason Smith ready to take his Proteas T20 World Cup chance with both hands

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It has been more than a decade-long wait, but Jason Smith feels he is ready for the ICC T20 World Cup in India and Sri Lanka next month,

Proteas looking to heat things up in chilly Dharamsala

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The Proteas are looking to build on their momentum after a commanding 51-run victory in the second match in the third T20I in Dharamsala.

India hand Proteas a thrashing as tourists slump to lowest ever T20I total

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With the T20 World Cup a mere seven games away, the Proteas produced an uncertain performance in the opening T20I against India that will have coach Shukri Conrad ...

Bavuma’s captaincy etched in history

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It is the Proteas’ first series win in India since the late Hansie Cronje’s side triumphed 25 years ago at the turn of the millennium.

Proteas suffer major blow after Dewald Brevis suffers a shoulder injury

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The Proteas have suffered a major setback ahead of the three-match ODI series against Pakistan, starting in Faisalabad on Tuesday, after Dewald Brevis was ruled ...

Watch VideoSenuran Muthusamy's joins elite SA spinners table after 11-wicket match haul in Lahore

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Senuran Muthusamy’s brilliant performance in the first Test against Pakistan in Lahore saw the left-arm spinner join an elite list of South African spin bowlers. ...

EXCLUSIVE: It's all about the medals not numbers for me, says Proteas' Kagiso Rabada

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A Junior World Champion at 18. Now a World Test Champion at 30. It’s as if Kagiso Rabada’s script was written for him.

Watch VideoMiane Smit's Caribbean 'fun' sets her up for a place in the Proteas Women's World Cup squad

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The Proteas Women’s team may have lost a second successive T20I series, but they are beginning to unearth a group of promising youngsters to take the team forward. ...

Watch Video'I'm willing to give my blood for the Proteas,' says Kagiso Rabada after Lord's redemption

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Kagiso Rabada was eternally grateful to share the moment of breaking a 27-year ICC major trophy curse with his Proteas teammates at Lord's.

Aiden Markram's 102* and courageous Temba Bavuma take Proteas to brink of WTC Final glory

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Aiden Markram’s sublime 102 not out and a hobbling Temba Bavuma’s undefeated 65 have since taken over the baton with a brilliant unbroken second-wicket stand of ...

Watch VideoSydney hero Fanie de Villiers backs Marco Jansen and Wiaan Mulder to be Proteas trump cards

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Former South African bowler Fanie de Villiers believes the Proteas possess “two jewels” in all-rounders Marco Jansen and Wiaan Mulder who have the potential to swing ...