England all-rounder Ben Stokes wrote a heartfelt note for his father and hailed his strength after he made a full recovery and was discharged from hospital. Stokes' father Gerard, 64, spent 37 days in a hospital in Johannesburg where he was admitted before England's first Test against South Africa on December 23.
Stuart was docked 15 per cent of his match fees and a third demerit point was added to his disciplinary record - a punishment made on the recommendation of Broad senior for using inappropriate language against Pakistan's player Yasir Shah during the first Test in Manchester.
'Now, no one can stop me from making music till the day I die.'
South Africa will remain on the lowest 'level 1' of its five-level lockdown strategy to fight the COVID-19 pandemic despite the global panic around the detection of the Omicron variant in the country, President Cyril Ramaphosa has announced .
Two more failures in two home games could effectively mean end of the road for Ajinkya Rahane, who is leading India in the first Test in Kanpur, starting on Thursday.
Ifran Pathan's retirement was on expected lines as he did not even put himself in the IPL auction pool, last month.
Jacques Kallis, Hashim Amla, Graeme Smith, AB de Villiers, Gary Kirsten, Herschelle Gibbs, Mark Boucher, Daryl Cullinan, and Faf Du Plessis are the other Proteas batsmen who have more than 4000 runs in Test cricket.
The 21-year-old is now level with Englishman Jack Russell (vs South Africa at Johannesburg in 1995) and South Africa's AB de Villiers (vs Pakistan at Johannesburg in 2013).
He said the Fourth Industrial Revolution will have more importance than the capital.
The 29-year-old Conway clobbered 10 fours and three sixes during his 79 minutes of stay in the middle.
South Africa's mammoth total of 438 for four against India in the fifth and final One-dayer was the highest innings score in the country, besides being the joint third-highest ever in the world, in Mumbai, On Sunday.
Anderson sustained a rib injury in England's 189-run win in the second Test at Newlands and underwent an MRI scan in Cape Town.
Rajneesh Gupta highlights all the important numbers of the Australian team from World Cups.
Cricket fans, critics and some former players have pointed out that de Kock "deliberately misled" Zaman into believing the ball was at the non-strikers end and then ran him out.
Kohli broke the record of Pakistan's Javed Miandad and became the leading run-scorer against West Indies in ODIs.
Philander admitted the offence and accepted the sanction proposed by match referee Andy Pycroft.
Elgar looked set for his 13th Test ton until he offered Sri Lanka seamer Dasun Shanaka a sharp caught-and-bowled chance that was superbly taken.
Former India captain Sourav Ganguly, who is a member of the Marylebone Cricket Club World Cricket Committee, will skip its upcoming meeting at Lord's on August 11-12.
Quinton de Kock was a surprise pick for the South African summer, only because both he and director of cricket Graeme Smith have previously said the burden of captaincy across all three formats would be too much for the wicketkeeper.
Saha was hurt in the 27th over, while keeping to off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin.
Virat Kohli and Test specialist Cheteshwar Pujara held on to their second and seventh position respectively
Most of those who tested positive either recently arrived from African countries or were in contact with such people.
The last time India won a Test inside two days was in 2018, beating Afghanistan in Bengaluru.
Factbox on Graeme Smith, who announced he will be retiring from international cricket following the conclusion of South Africa's third Test against Australia.
His records are a true measure of the skill and brilliance he brought to the crease, says Rajneesh Gupta.
Australia cricket coach Darren Lehmann said on Thursday he will step down after this week's Test match against South Africa, partly because of abuse his family received over a ball-tampering scandal that has rocked the sport.
Indian bowlers might have drawn flak after failing to win the first cricket Test on a responsive wicket at Johannesburg, but bowling coach Joe Dawes backed his wards, saying "sometimes they get unwarranted criticism".
Fast bowler Dale Steyn has been ruled out of this week's third test against England in a major blow to South Africa's bid to get back into the four-match series. The shoulder injury which restricted his bowling in the first test and forced him out the second has not healed in time for the third game starting at the Wanderers in Johannesburg on Thursday, Cricket South Africa said on Monday.
Cricket South Africa's chief medical officer, Dr Shuaib Manjra, was quoted as saying that the players have been told to isolate themselves and will be tested for the deadly virus in case any symptoms show up.
Kohli, along with Mahendra Singh Dhoni, opener Shikhar Dhawan, Suresh Raina, Hardik Pandya and KL Rahul were photographed enjoying a meal with a guest on Sunday.
Australia captain Steve Smith expects his touring batsmen to be given a thorough test of their credentials when they face South Africa's formidable attack on pace-friendly pitches in a four-Test series beginning in March.
Summary of sports events and persons who made news on Thursday
Rajneesh Gupta throws up all the numbers from Test encounters between India and South Africa.
The Proteas have named five new players in the squad for the series starting next month.
Holders India begin their Under-19 World Cup defence with a clash against Sri Lanka on January 19, at the Mangaung Oval, in Bloemfontein, South Africa.
GMR's team will be based in Johannesburg with young Protea paceman Kagiso Rabada as its marquee player while Khan's outfit will be based in Cape Town with left-handed batsman JP Duminy as the marquee player.
Analysts remain sceptical on the profitability from freighter business, saying that once normal air transport resumes and there's abundant belly capacity, the traditional economics of air cargo may not be that lucrative.
The Indian team's tour of South Africa, which was finalised after weeks of deliberations and controversies, will kick off with a three-match One-Day International series starting on December 5, in Johannesburg.
Also included is fast bowler Anrich Nortje, but in-form opening batsman Temba Bavuma will have to prove his fitness after injuring his hamstring against England on Sunday.
The tour will start with the first ODI in Johannesburg on December 5, while the two-Test series will begin on December 18 at the same venue.
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