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Kevin Pietersen suffered another worrying failure as England drew their tour match with Bangladesh A. Having made only 49 runs in six previous innings on tour, he made 20 but was bowled attempting a sweep shot. Read More

South Africa took the last game of the three-match one-day series in India after AB de Villiers hit a brilliant 58-ball century in Ahmedabad. The De Villiers ton was the seventh fastest in ODIs, and with Jacques Kallis adding one of his own they steered South Africa to 365-2. Read More

South Africa captain Graeme Smith is a doubt for the second and final Test against India starting on Sunday after suffering ligament damage to a finger. Read More

Dale Steyn achieved match figures of 10-108 as South Africa beat India by an innings and six runs in the first Test. The paceman produced a fine late spell to take India's final two wickets and end some dogged late-order resistance. Read More
NAGPUR, India, Feb 8 - Dale Steyn produced on Monday one of the best spells by a fast bowler on Indian soil, generally regarded as a graveyard for speed merchants. The South African fast bowler showed he was a bowler for all conditions as he combined express pace and reverse swing to return career-best figures of seven for 51. Read More

Dale Steyn produced an outstanding display of pace bowling as South Africa took 12 wickets on the third day of the first Test, forcing India to follow on. Read More
NAGPUR, India, Feb 4 - South Africa are faced with the daunting prospect of taking on top-ranked India on their home soil just days after long-serving coach Mickey Arthur resigned. The entire selection committee were sacked after Arthur quit citing differences with the board following the drawn series against England, disrupting their preparations for the two-test series between the world's t Read More

Even by the standards of South African cricket, last week was traumatic. The resignation of Mickey Arthur as national coach reopened the debate on racial representation that the country hoped had been consigned to history. Read More

Reports have claimed that a breakdown in the working relationship between Arthur, 41, and captain Graeme Smith as the main reason for the departure. Former South Africa bowler Corrie van Zyl is set to be installed as temporary coach just days before the Proteas depart for a two-Test tour of India. Read More
CENTURION, South Africa, Dec 17 - Jacques Kallis's innings was ended on 120 as South Africa made it to 330 for six at lunch on the second day of the first test against England on Thursday. South Africa resumed on 262 for four, with Kallis on 112 and JP Duminy on 38, and endured a troubled morning as both overnight batsmen were dismissed after adding 124 runs for the fifth wicket. Read More
Swann bowled unchanged for 24 overs either side of tea, taking two for 61 while seamers Graham Onions and Stuart Broad claimed a wicket apiece. Broad struck in the second over of the day when wicketkeeper Matt Prior took a diving catch down the leg side to remove captain Graeme Smith for a duck Read More