Ashwell Prince and Jacques Kallis scored centuries to help South Africa move into a strong position on the second day of the third Test against Australia on Friday.
New Zealand next take on Afghanistan in Melbourne on October 26 while Australia play Sri Lanka in Perth on October 25.
Australia produced a clinical performance to beat Bangladesh by 27 runs and qualify for the Super Eight stage of the Twenty20 World Cup, in Bridgetown, on Wednesday. They rode on Michael Hussey's unbeaten 47 and Dirk Nannes's four-wicket haul to finish their group campaign on an unbeaten note, having defeated title-holders Pakistan by 34 runs in their opening match.
Team Director Mickey Arthur accepted that Pakistan's batters lacked aggression against India during their first defeat in three matches at the ICC World Cup.
As a traditional innings by Joe Root turned it around for England, Jonny Bairstow lauded his 'talented' teammate following Day 1's play.
Australia hit back strongly in the third and final session on Day 3 of the first Test against India, at Mohali on Sunday, to take a slender first innings lead. Replying to Australia's first innings score of 428, the home team mustered 405 in their first essay. Cruising at one stage, India lost as many as six wickets in the final session.
Images from Day 1 of the third Ashes Test between England and Australia at Headingley in Leeds on Thursday.
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Australia laboured to a modest 263 all out on the opening day of the second Test against India in New Delhi
Cameron Green brought up his half-century in the first over of the second day's play as his attacking knock continued to frustrate the Indian bowlers in the fourth and final Test.
Jasprit Bumrah grabbed the player-of-the-match award on his international return.
Kagiso Rabada produced a sublime spell of bowling to take five wickets as Australia were dismissed for 243 in their first innings on the opening day of the second Test on Friday.
Images from the Group A Champions Trophy match between Australia and Sri Lanka at The Oval on Monday.
India No 3 batsman Cheteshwar Pujara, who ground it out on Day 1, scoring 43 off 160 balls, believes that the match is evenly poised after India ended the day at 233 for 6 but conceded that skipper Virat Kohli and Ajinkya Rahane's dismissals in the final hour of the opening day will provide a 'little bit of advantage' to the hosts.
Left-arm spinner Sulieman Benn claimed his career-best figures of 5-155 to help the West Indies secure a first-innings lead after bowling Australia out for 439 on Day 3 of the second Test in Adelaide on Sunday.
Images from Day 5 of the first Ashes Test between England and Australia, at Edgbaston, on Monday.
Australia beat England by six wickets with 19 balls to spare on an extraordinary final day to win the second Test and take a 2-0 lead in the Ashes series.
Images from ICC Champions Trophy match between Australia and New Zealand at Edgbaston, Birmingham on Wednesday.
Ravi Shastri didn't expect the orthodox Cheteshwar Pujara to try out an uncharacteristic ramp shot against Pat Cummins.
After Australia scored 399 in a first innings highlighted by a knock of 199 by Steve Smith, West Indies were left reeling at 143 for eight in reply, 256 runs behind and facing the prospect of having to follow-on on Saturday.
Virat Kohli struck a record 50th hundred and fast bowler Mohammed Shami's seven-wicket haul proved equally crucial as India overpowered New Zealand by 70 runs.
With the pitch a spinner's paradise, Nathan Lyon stood up and rallied his team back into contention.
Images from Day 2 in the second Test between England and Australia, at Lord's, in London, on Friday.
Australia bowled out India for 239 in their second innings, to win the first Test by a huge margin of 217 runs.
Armed with a potent bowling attack, Afghanistan initially felt more comfortable defending totals but their batters have shown maturity as they have taken the side to back-to-back victories, chasing totals.
Australia's stand-in captain Adam Gilchrist won the toss and elected to bat in the first Test against India.
# Smith's unbeaten 178 is the third highest by an Australian captain in Tests in Asia -- the top two being 334 not out by Mark Taylor vs Pakistan at Peshawar in October 1998 and 235 by Greg Chappell vs Pakistan at Faisalabad in March 1980.
Considering the wicket is going to get slow as the match progresses, spinner Pragyan Ojha says restricting Australia to 224 for 5 on the opening day bodes well for India.
Australia were left fuming by the dismissal of Darcy Short after the tourists lost to Pakistan by 11 runs in Dubai on Friday to go 2-0 down in the three-match series.
Off-spinner Nathan Hauritz snapped up four wickets to steer Australia to an emphatic 141-run victory over South Africa in the first one-day international in Durban on Friday. Hauritz's career-best figures of four for 29 condemned South Africa to their heaviest one-day defeat against Australia as they were skittled out for 145 after just 33.1 overs.
Australia may be without Ricky Ponting for the rest of the third Test against the West Indies. The skipper was struck on the arm by a delivery from Kemar Roach and forced to retire hurt on Day 1 of the Test in Perth. At close of play, the hosts were 339 for 3, with Michael Hussey unbeaten on 81 and Marcus North on 23.
Tight bowling helped Australia beat Sri Lanka by 24 runs under the Duckworth-Lewis system in their rain-hit triangular series one-day international on Friday.
Openers Shane Watson and Simon Katich gave Australia a bright start to their first innings in the second Test against the West Indies at the Adelaide Oval on Saturday as they closed play on 174-0, trailing by 277 runs.
The tourists, chasing 287 runs for victory, were dismissed for 140 at the new Perth Stadium when Jasprit Bumrah was caught and bowled by quick Pat Cummins.
