Cricket South Africa has removed David Teeger as Proteas U19 captain following security concerns related to the fallout from the ongoing war in Gaza.
The International Cricket Council has deemed the Cape Town pitch, where the shortest-ever Test match was recently completed, as "unsatisfactory."
Proteas wicketkeeper batter Heinrich Klaasen has today announced his retirement from Test cricket.
Proteas Test coach Shukri Conrad defended the decision to send a severely depleted squad to New Zealand for the two-match series that gets underway in February.
The Proteas have been drawn against Netherlands, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and Nepal in group D for the 2024 T20 World Cup that will take place in the West Indies and USA.
The Proteas recorded their lowest total in Test cricket since readmission on a bizarre opening day of the second Test against India that saw 23 wickets fall at Newlands.