India yet to decide on captain Gill
India captain Shubman Gill has responded well to treatment for a neck injury, but it remains to be seen if he plays the second Test against South Africa in Guwahati.
India captain Shubman Gill has responded well to treatment for a neck injury, but it remains to be seen if he plays the second Test against South Africa in Guwahati.
Australia and England resume Ashes hostilities on Friday in Perth with the hosts weakened by injuries but favourites to inflict more pain on a side with a dire record Down Under.
Australia may be without star quicks Pat Cummins and Josh Hazlewood when the Ashes begin against England on Friday, but they have the luxury of calling on Scott Boland.
England and Australia begin the latest edition of the Ashes in Perth on Friday with the visitors looking to wrestle back the urn for the first time since 2015.
England go into the first Test against Australia on Friday with arguably their most hostile attack in decades.
Australia head into the Ashes with an ageing “Dad’s Army” group of players and concerns about a lack of depth to follow in their footsteps.
South Africa A suffered a nine-wicket loss against India A in game two of their three-match one-day series in Rajkot on Sunday.
Western Province beat the KZN Dolphins by five wickets on Sunday, while Boland remain top of the T20 Challenge log.
Proteas coach Shukri Conrad says their 30-run triumph over India in Kolkata ranks alongside the finest Test victories of his tenure.
Proteas captain Temba Bavuma says his match-defining half-century at Eden Gardens was built on old-fashioned patience and trust in his defence.
Temba Bavuma scored a fighting 55* before the Proteas bowled India out for 93 to take a 1-0 series lead.
Spinner Simon Harmer claimed a match haul of eight wickets to lead South Africa to a thrilling 30-run win over India inside three days of a low-scoring first Test.
A fighting Daryl Mitchell century set up a tense seven-run win for New Zealand over the West Indies in the first ODI in Christchurch on Sunday.
Joe Root heads into the Ashes ranked as the world’s best batsman with a colossal 39 Test hundreds to his name, but still waiting for his first ton in Australia.
Follow the first Test between India and South Africa at Eden Gardens in Kolkata.