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FILE: South Africa's cricket team head coach Mark Boucher. Picture: AFP.

Cricket south africa

Boucher looking forward to taking Proteas to new heights after CSA drops charges

By Mawande Mateza

Cricket South Africa determined there was no substantial basis for the charges after Mark Boucher apologised for his actions and former teammate, Paul Adams,...

  • Mark Boucher. Picture: @OfficialCSA/Twitter

    Cricket SA drops disciplinary charges against Mark Boucher

    The charges were instituted against Boucher following recommendations from the Social Justice & Nation-Building (SJN) after it made adverse findings against the former Proteas wicketkeeper.

    11 days ago
  • FILE: Former South African spin bowler, Paul Adams. Picture: Kgothatso Mogale/Eyewitness News

    Ex-Proteas spinner Adams declines to testify at Boucher disciplinary hearing

    Proteas head coach Mark Boucher is facing charges of racism, laid by Cricket South Africa, following last year's Social Justice and National Building hearings into discrimination in cricket.

    12 days ago
  • FILE: CSA's director of cricket Graeme Smith. Picture: @GraemeSmith49/Twitter.

    Former South Africa captain Smith cleared of racism allegations

    Two independent arbitrators found there was no evidence to support tentative findings that Smith had shown racial bias in three instances.

    26 days ago
  • FILE: Temba Bavuma and Rassie van der Dussen hit centuries for Proteas against India on 19 January 2022. Picture: @ICC/Twitter.

    Proteas to welcome Bangladesh in ODI, Test series; fans allowed in stadia

    The first of three ODIs start on 18 March at Centurion and the first of a two-match Test series gets under way in Durban on 31 March.

    67 days ago
  • South Africa's Keegan Petersen walks back to the pavilion after his dismissal during the fourth day of the third Test cricket match between South Africa and India at Newlands stadium in Cape Town on 14 January 2022. Picture: RODGER BOSCH/AFP

    Rising Proteas star Petersen ruled out of New Zealand tour

    Keegan Petersen, 28, was named player of the series after South Africa's 2-1 series win against India last month.

    107 days ago
  • FILE: South Africa's cricket team head coach Mark Boucher. Picture: AFP.

    South Africa coach Boucher has hearing postponed until May

    Mark Boucher faces charges of racism, laid by Cricket South Africa, which could result in his dismissal.

    108 days ago
  • FILE: South Africa's cricket team head coach Mark Boucher looks on during a team training session at the Supersport Park Cricket Stadium in Centurion, on 20 December 2019. Picture: AFP.

    Proteas coach Boucher charged with gross misconduct over racism claims

    Allegations of racism were levelled against Boucher by his former Proteas teammate Paul Adams.

    120 days ago
  • FILE: Proteas fast bowler Duanne Olivier.Picture: @OfficialCSA/Twitter

    Hamstring worry cost Olivier place for India Test: selector

    Duanne Olivier was the form bowler of the South African domestic season leading up to the Test series, with 28 wickets at an average of 11.10 in four first-class matches.

    144 days ago
  • FILE: South Africa's Dean Elgar watches the ball after playing a shot during the second day of the second Test cricket match between South Africa and Sri Lanka at the Wanderers stadium in Johannesburg on 4 January 2021.Picture: Phill Magakoe/AFP

    Proteas captain Elgar seeks to block out the 'bad news'

    The 34-year-old leads his Proteas team into the first Test against India on Sunday against a backdrop of administrative instability, accusations of racism and the loss of key strike bowler Anrich Nortje.

    150 days ago
  • Proteas fast bowler Anrich Nortje. Picture: @OfficialCSA/Twitter

    Fast bowler Nortje out of South Africa-India series

    Cricket South Africa announced that Nortje had not recovered from an unspecified 'persistent injury'.

    150 days ago
  • Proteas fast bowler Lungi Ngidi. Picture: @OfficialCSA/Twitter

    CSA confirms no ticket sales, no fans for Proteas vs India series

    In a statement on Monday, CSA said that due to the rising COVID cases abroad and the fourth wave of infections in South Africa, a joint decision was taken to protect players and the tour from any coronavirus breaches.

    151 days ago
  • FILE: South Africa's cricket team head coach Mark Boucher. Picture: AFP.

    Cricket SA to conduct formal inquiries into Smith, Boucher conduct

    The board of Cricket South Africa met virtually on Saturday to give further consideration to the social justice and nation building report.

    152 days ago
  • FILE: CSA's director of cricket Graeme Smith. Picture: @GraemeSmith49/Twitter.

    Ex-Proteas captain Smith rejects charges of racism

    David Becker, Graeme Smith's personal lawyer, issued a statement on Friday in which he disputed findings by Advocate Dumisa Ntsebeza, who headed a Social Justice and Nation Building Commission (SJN) to investigate allegations of racial discrimination in South African cricket.

    154 days ago
  • India's KL Rahul (left) raises his bat after scoring a century on day one of the second Test against England at Lord's on 12 August 2021. Picture: @BCCI/Twitter

    South Africa hails Indian 'solidarity' before major cricket tour

    India are due to play three Tests, three one-day internationals and four Twenty20 internationals between 17 December and 26 January.

    171 days ago
  • Dean Elgar and Aiden Markram during the second day of the first Test cricket match between South Africa and Sri Lanka at SuperSport Park in Centurion on 27 December 2020. Picture: @OfficialCSA/Twitter

    Third Test between SA and India to be played in Cape Town

    Cricket South Africa says the third Test between South Africa and India will be played in Cape Town instead of Johannesburg in January.

    196 days ago
  • FILE: South African ODI captain Quinton de Kock addresses a press conference ahead of tomorrow's first one-day international (ODI) cricket match of a three-match series between India and South Africa, at the Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association Stadium in Dharamsala on 11 March 2020. Picture: AFP

    This is how the Quinton de Kock taking-the-knee controversy played out

    Earlier this week South African cricket player Quinton de Kock refused to take the knee in a Twenty20 World Cup match that brewed up a storm in the cricket world.

    204 days ago
  • FILE: Quinton de Kock of South Africa celebrates his half century during the 5th and final T20I between West Indies and South Africa at Grenada National Cricket Stadium, Saint George's, Grenada, on 3 July 2021. Picture: Randy Brooks/AFP

    CSA Board regrets the timing of its 'take the knee' directive

    Proteas wicketkeeper Quinton de Kock pulled out of Tuesday's ICC T20 World Cup match against the West Indies for "personal reasons", defying orders from CSA to their players to follow the anti-racism gesture

    205 days ago
  • FILE: South African wicketkeeper Quinton de Kock. Picture: SAJJAD HUSSAIN/AFP

    Proteas' Quinton de Kock apologises for refusing to follow CSA's knee directive

    In a statement released on Thursday morning, Quinton de Kock apologised to his teammates and to supporters in South Africa, saying that he understood the importance of standing against racism and that he also understood the responsibility of the players setting an example.

    205 days ago
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