South African batsman Vaughn van Jaarsveld has been banned from cricket for three months following an appeal from the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA), the South African Cricketers' Association (SACA) said on Thursday.
South Africa Test captain Graeme Smith was omitted from the 15-man squad to take part in the World Twenty20 in Sri Lanka next month, Cricket South Africa (CSA) announced on Thursday.
South Africa Test captain Graeme Smith will take a short break between the first two Tests in England in July to be with his wife for the birth to their first child.
Faf du Plessis will remain as the skipper of the Test side and he would be in charge of the team scheduled to tour India later this year.
'Hardik is also set to go the United Kingdom to consult the same doctor, who had treated him during the first injury post Asia Cup. He is certainly not playing the Bangladesh series but how long he will be out is still not clear. We will know after he comes back from the United Kingdom'
South Africa Test captain Graeme Smith will miss Sunday's Twenty20 international against India because of a bruised hand, Cricket South Africa (CSA) said on Friday.
Promising a fair pitch for the second India-South Africa Test, Wilson Ngobese, the chief groundsman of the Kingsmead stadium in Durban, said the track prepared by him will not excessively help bowlers.
The mind games have started ahead of the India-South Africa Test series with Proteas star batsman A B de Villiers saying that there would be a question mark on the visitors' number one ranking if they falter in the three-match series starting December 16.
The unbroken seventh-wicket 259-run partnership between Laxman and Dhoni is India's highest for the seventh wicket in Tests, surpassing the 235 between Ravi Shastri and Syed Kirmani against England at Mumbai in November 1984.
South Africa Test captain Hashim Amla will miss the opening T20 warm-up game against Board President's XI at Palam, New Delhi, on Tuesday because of personal commitments.
Fast bowler Anrich Nortje, wicketkeeper/batsman Rudi Second and spin bowling all-rounder Senuran Muthusamy have been included in the 15-man squad that will be captained by Faf du Plessis.
Test cricket will return to Eden Gardens after a two-year gap after BCCI on Sunday named Kolkata and Nagpur as the venues of the two-match India-South Africa Test series scheduled next month.
The controversial Decision Review System will not be in use for the India-South Africa Test series, commencing February 6 in Nagpur.
Opener Shubman Gill, who is part of the Indian squad for the South Africa Tests, perished for a three-ball duck in the second innings.
With the national selection committee and the team management deciding to promote Rohit as an opener, keeping his spunky strokeplay in mind, the next five Tests could be a make or break for the 32-year-old stylish right-hander.
South African opening batsman Herschelle Gibbs as arrested in the early hours of Thursday morning for drink-driving in Cape Town, reports said on Friday. Gibbs recently signed up to play for Hyderabad in the inaugural Indian Premier League, the multi-million dollar Twenty20 event which begins on April 18, in a deal worth $575,000 dollars.
Around 120 billion Doordarshan viewers will not be able to watch the upcoming India-South Africa three Test match series starting March 26, as the government on Monday decided not to declare the series as sporting event of national importance.
Harbhajan Singh, on Sunday, slammed the International Cricket Council for letting off Australian opener Cameron Bancroft with only a fine of 75 per cent of his match fee and not a ban, despite his role in the ball tampering scandal in the third Test against South Africa in Cape Town.
After making his mark at the international level, South African batting sensation Jean Paul Duminy is now eager to take part in the lucrative Indian Premier League (IPL).
By the end of the fourth day's play, 1298 runs have been scored by the two teams - a record for the highest match aggregate between the two countries.
The Delhi High Court-appointed observer Justice Mukul Mudgal has not taken a single penny from the Delhi and Districts Cricket Association (DDCA) for his services during the ICC World T20, the Indian Premier League and the subsequent India vs New Zealand ODI.
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The crowds at Tuesday's IPL Qualifier 1 won't forget Faf's 67 in a hurry.
New Zealand umpire Tony Hill has come to India for the series against South Africa well-prepared.
Senior batsman Faf du Plessis on Monday stepped down as captain of South Africa's Test and T20I teams with immediate effect. Du Plessis, who gave away the ODI captaincy to wicket-keeper Quinton de Kock, for the recent series against England, said he took the decision to help South Africa start a new era.
The former South African batsman died in Johannesburg at the age of 77.
The former India fast bowler will make his debut as the latest member of the Emirates Elite Panel of match referees when he takes charge of the Test series later this month.
The South African all rounder played the last of his three Tests against the West Indies in Jamaica in April 2001.
Justice (Retd) Mukul Mudgal, who was appointed observer for the India versus South Africa Test match at the Feroz Shah Kotla last month, will be submitting his detailed report to the court on January 18. Justice Mudgal was appointed by the Delhi High Court after Delhi & Districts Cricket Association (DDCA) moved court when the state government did not give the requisite permission to hold the Test match. "I will be submitting my report on the Delhi Test match to the Honourable High Court on January 18," Justice Mudgal told PTI on Thursday.
The International Cricket Council congratulated former South Africa Test captain AB de Villiers for an illustrious 14-year international career that saw him excel across all three formats of the game.
Veteran pitch curator Daljit Singh's job as chief curator of the Board of Control for Cricket in India is in line after the scathing report by the International Cricket Council which rated the Pune pitch, prepared under his guidance, as "poor".
South Africa pacer Morne Morkel feels that the post-tea sessions will hold the key with the Proteas bowlers looking to inflict maximum damage on the Indian batsmen late in the day.
"I have lot of runs behind me and experience to play on the bouncy pitches," said Ganguly.
India coach Anil Kumble categorically dismissed allegations of ball tampering levelled against skipper Virat Kohli by the British media, stating that he does not believe in "giving wind to such stories".
There is no clarity on the number of players in the auction pool because the deadline for franchises to prune the original list has been deferred to February 4.
They were the star attractions on the opening day of the Vipul Corporate Invitational Golf Tournament.
Mike Procter has asked bowlers and fieldsmen to stop launching loud appeals and celebrating before a decision is made.
The former Pakistan captain said he would not be available for the two matches because of family commitments.
"Virat has told the selectors that he needs some time to take a call on whether he will be playing the T20s or not. That's reason why they have not announced the T20 squad," a BCCI official, privy to selection matters, told PTI on conditions of anonymity.
Graeme Smith, one of the most dogged batsmen of his generation, stunned South Africa on Monday by announcing he will retire from international cricket at the end of the ongoing third Test against Australia at Newlands.
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