India head coach Rahul Dravid says players will have to deliver 'really big performances' to justify the long rope given to them as he reflected on all that went wrong during a dismal tour of South Africa.
South Africa beat India by 106 runs in the third ODI go 2-0 up in the five-match series.
India's head coach Rahul Dravid admitted that his team didn't play "smart cricket at crucial times", but backed the beleaguered K L Rahul to get better as a leader in the coming days.
Quinton de Kock scored a superb century as South Africa completed a clean sweep of their three-match one-day international series against India with a tense four-run victory at Newlands on Sunday.
Injured West Indies captain Chris Gayle is out of the deciding third Test against South Africa, the touring team said on Monday.
Australian batsman Cameron Bancroft's return from a ball-tampering ban proved to be short lived after he was dismissed for two runs for the Perth Scorchers in the domestic 'Big Bash' Twenty20 competition at Launceston on Sunday.
South African coach Mickey Arthur laid into his players after New Zealand cruised to victory in the second one-day international on Friday. New Zealand won by seven wickets with 11.2 overs to spare to level the series ahead of the decider in Cape Town on Sunday.
Pakistan all-rounder Shoaib Malik's bowling action was examined at the Sports Institute in Cape Town on Tuesday.
Former South Africa batsman Gary Kirsten said the BCCI gave an offer letter for the India coach's job with one week's time to reply.
A half-century by Imran Nazir and three wickets from Umar Gul helped Pakistan beat New Zealand by six wickets in the first semi-final.
South Africa earned a seven-wicket win over Bangladesh in their Twenty20 World Cup match.
The Aussies won the Group B match at the Twenty20 World Cup by 8 wickets and entered the Super Eight stage.
Buttler believes the Twenty20 series, in particular, is important for England to work through their selection permutations.
Elgar expects the players to be up for the fight.
Vice-captain Adam Gilchrist has dismissed any possibility Australia would suffer a hangover from their extraordinary one-day series loss to South Africa when the first Test starts on Thursday.
The central African country of Equatorial Guinea has asked South Africa to extradite Mark Thatcher, the son of former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, who reportedly funded a coup attempt in that nation.
The South African captain will tour Australia although his injured finger will need protection.
India missed out on second spot in the annual ICC Test Championship and a prize purse of USD 75,000 after they were pipped by South Africa by just a point following the Proteas' win over Australia in the third Test in Cape Town.
Pakistan captain Inzamam-ul-Haq has spoken of his disappointment at losing the Test series in South Africa following Sunday's five-wicket defeat in Cape Town.
South Africa need 156 runs to win the third Test with 90 overs and eight wickets in hand.
South Africa ended Day 3 on 373 all out, 41 runs behind India on the first innings, in the third Test.
At stumps, on Day 2 of the third Test, South Africa, replying to India's first innings of 414, were 144 for 1.
Wasim Jaffer and Dinesh Karthik provided only the second instance in this decade of both Indian openers scoring fifty in the same innings in a Test away from subcontinent, on Day 1 of the third Test against South Africa in Cape Town.
India were 254 for 3 at stumps on Day 1 in the third Test against South Africa.
India have won only twice in eight deciding Tests of an overseas series.
India are likely to play two spinners in the third and final Test against South Africa, beginning on Tuesday.
Dhoni donned the gloves for a short while during Monday's practice, and the focus was on Dinesh Kaarthick, who kept receiving throws from Greg Chappell and the slip cordon.
The defeat has prompted former players and media to round on the team and increased calls for Vangipurrapu Laxman to return to the one-day side.
The paceman had a sore left ankle and did not take part in the indoor net session at the University of Cape Town.
India's skipper missed out on what would have been his 99th Test on the morning of the second match of the series against South Africa in Johannesburg, adding to an intriguing drama that is unfolding around him on an almost daily basis now.
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The hockey team lost their opening match of the four-Test series 2-1 against the hosts at the Stellenbosch hockey stadium.
Former captain Steve Smith and batsman Cameron Bancroft will not contest the sanctions imposed on them by Cricket Australia (CA) for their role in last month's ball-tampering scandal in South Africa, the banned duo said on Wednesday.
The 28-year-old, who has been banned for a year by Cricket Australia and stripped of captaincy, broke down repeatedly in a five-minute press conference after his arrival from South Africa today.
