Hayden is nursing a hamstring injury he sustained in the second Test and Rogers has been brought in to the squad in case he does not recover in time for the first day's play on Jan 16.
Philander's partnership with Dale Steyn and Morne Morkel has earned the trio the label as the most-balanced and penetrating attack in world cricket.
Sweden midfielder Christian Wilhelmsson is out of Euro 2008 because of a hamstring injury.
The experienced vice-captain suffered a hamstring injury during Sri Lanka's tour match in Adelaide and is doubtful for the Test starting on November 8 in Brisbane.
Two down in the seven-match series, Mahendra Singh Dhoni made three changes to the Indian team, including R P Singh, Sourav Ganguly and Murali Kartik in place of S Sreesanth, Gautam Gambhir and Rohit Sharma, for the fourth ODI against Australia.
Mayank Agarwal is likely to open with Shikhar Dhawan in Rohit's absence in the ODI series beginning on Friday.
South Africa captain Graeme Smith won the toss and elected to bat in the first Test against India.
Russian Sharapova pulled out because of a hamstring injury while Serena is still down with flu.
A hamstring injury will keep South African fast bowler Dale Steyn of out of the first two Twenty20 internationals against Australia in the next week, Cricket South Africa said.
Shubman Gill's stellar show for India A in the recently-concluded two-match unofficial Test series against New Zealand is an indicator that he is ready for Test debut, believes senior off-spinner Harbhajan Singh. Shubman had scores of 83 and 204 not out batting in middle-order in the first unofficial Test for India A and then scored a hundred while opening the batting in the second game, showing his versatility at different slots. Prithvi Shaw, back in the Test squad after 16 months, is also a contender in the playing XI with his equally dazzling repertoire of strokes.
Mathews missed the one-day series in South Africa, the tour of Australia and the home series against Bangladesh with a hamstring injury but is back in action for his Delhi franchise in the ongoing Indian Premier League.
The Indian team suffered a double blow as they lost their the Asia/Oceania Zone Group 1 Federation Cup opener to lowly opponents Indonesia 1-2 and star player Sania Mirza, yet to recover from her hamstring injury, rendered unfit for next pool tie.
The Australia opener challenged India to prove their claims of superiority in the fourth and final Test at Adelaide.
Chris Gayle and Runako Morton scored half-centuries in West Indies' 110-run win over Zimbabwe in the second one-day international on Sunday. Gayle scored 58 before retiring injured and Morton hit 79 as the visitors levelled the five-match series at 1-1.
A bizarre standoff between Michael Clarke and selectors over the Australia captain's hopes of playing the first Test against India next week remained unresolved on Tuesday after the nation's cricket board dug in its heels.
Australia spinner Steve O'Keefe will return home from the ongoing tour of Sri Lanka after injuring his hamstring during the first Test in Pallekele.
Buttler blasted a 50-ball century, his eighth in one-dayer, in Saturday's second ODI against Pakistan, prompting former England captain Nasser Hussain to rank the 28-year-old among the all-time greats in this format.
India's captain said much of the blame for the 47-run loss to Australia in the third ODI should go to the batsmen.
BCCI secretary Niranjan Shah surprised everyone when he confirmed the former India captain was not rested, but left out of the team for the third ODI against Australia.
Russia's Maria Sharapova is in confident mood for her title defence at the Pacific Life Open.
Chelsea manager Guus Hiddink has urged doctors at the Football Association (FA) and Premier League clubs to stand up against English football's gruelling fixture list.
West Indies opener Chris Gayle will miss the limited over series against New Zealand after failing to recover from a hamstring injury, the West Indies Cricket Board said on Friday.
Michael Carrick and Ander Herrera have hardly featured in Manchester United's early Premier League campaign but manager Jose Mourinho has assured the duo they are vital to his plans.
Ronaldo's weight problems in recent years were caused by hypothyroidism, but pills and a new training regime have made the Brazil striker much fitter, his club AC Milan have said.
Vaughan is still struggling with a hamstring injury, though England are hoping he will be fit to play against New Zealand in Brisbane on Tuesday.
Pakistan fast bowler Shoaib Akhtar has been ruled out of action for two weeks with a hamstring injury and will take no further part in the Test series in South Africa, an official said on Monday.
West Indies batsman Darren Bravo has been reprimanded for using obscenity.
Russia's Anna Chakvetadze beat injury-hit top seed Jelena Jankovic of Serbia to win the women's title at the Den Bosch Open on Saturday, while Croatia's Ivan Ljubicic beat Dutchman Peter Wessels to win the men's.
Pacemen Shaun Tait and Mitchell Johnson were retained in the squad and there was no recall for leg-spinner Stuart MacGill.
The Australian all-rounder was ruled out of the first Test against England after failing to recover from a hamstring injury.
Aaron Finch's team and its entourage of support staff sat down in a circle on the field, with each member taking turns to talk about the side's run in the tournament
Third seed Andy Roddick lost 6-0, 6-4 to last 16 opponent Juan Ignacio Chela.
Novak Djokovic scraped past Robin Soderling 3-6, 6-4, 6-3 at the Rome Masters.
Summary of sports events and persons who made news on Wednesday.
The Scot entered the Miami Masters semi-finals, when Andy Roddick was forced to retire with a hamstring injury.
Wasim Akram came out in support of Shoaib Akhtar saying that the team would struggle against him in the West Indies.
Bayern Munich should be able to field their first-choice strike partnership for Tuesday's Champions League clash with Chelsea.
The Manchester United winger is likely to miss the FA Cup semi-final against Newcastle because of a hamstring injury.
All-rounder Irfan Pathan has been ruled out of the NKP Salve Challenger Trophy, later this month, following an injury. He is replaced in the India Red squad, which will be led by his brother Yusuf, by Kerala medium-pacer Sandeep Warrier.
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