Wayne Parnell on Saturday said South Africa's "world-class" fast bowlers have avoided social media to form a strong bond as the team looks to go the distance at the Twenty20 World Cup.

Star batsman AB de Villiers confirmed Monday he has stepped down as captain of the South Africa Test team with immediate effect as he recovers from an elbow injury.

South Africa captain Faf du Plessis has been charged with ball tampering during the second test against Australia in Hobart, the International Cricket Council (ICC) said on Friday.

Kyle Abbott came into the Test series unsure if he was among his team's top four pace bowlers, yet finished as man-of-the-match in South Africa's innings demolition of Australia in Hobart on Tuesday.

Australia captain Steve Smith thinks Mitchell Starc will be fit to face South Africa in November despite a freak accident in training last week that left the pace bowler with a "gruesome" injury.

South Africa will not be using any racial quotas to pick the team to face New Zealand in the first test later this week despite promising to formally introduce them to a bid to speed up transformation.

Bangladesh’s newest bowling sensation Mustafizur Rahman turns the first day of the first Test against South Africa on its head with an incredible performance on debut.

Indian cricketing legend Sunil Gavaskar has said that Bangladesh’s “splendid win” over South Africa in the three-match One-day series “should silence all the skeptics who were calling their earlier performances against Pakistan and India a flash in the pan.”

Tamim Iqbal gives brilliant reply to “Tamim-haters” by scoring his 31st half-century in the final match of three-match ODI series against South Africa.

If Bangladesh win on Tuesday, July 15 against South Africa, the world will get an after-shock of the series wins over India and Pakistan unlike anything seen on the Richter scale before.

All in all, Bangladeshi cricketers need to pull up their socks and execute their plans effectively if they are to win against a confident Proteas team.

The batting collapse initiated with Mushfiqur’s wicket saw Sabbir Rahman, Nasir Hossain and Shakib Al Hasan return to the pavilion in quick succession.

Proteas sound early warning to Bangladesh with a resounding ten-wicket win over the Bangladesh Cricket Board XI in a T20 tour game.