A century from Duminy and a record-breaking ninth-wicket partnership saw SA gain the upper hand over Australia.
Duminy made a superb 166 while Dale Steyn, who was handed three reprieves, made a career-best 76 as South Africa were eventually bowled out for 459 in their first innings - a total which seemed fanciful at the start [...]

Brett Lee’s troublesome left foot has prevented him from trying to justify his importance to Australia’s team on the third day in Melbourne. Lee was unable to take the field before lunch due to soreness in the foot and he was being treated in the rooms by the physio Alex Kountouris.
Lee has had four [...]

South Africa had every reason to look back fondly on 2008, a year in which Allen Stanford became a name known to all cricket fans and the once all-conquering Australia came back to the pack.
Even before the Boxing Day Test in Melbourne started, the Proteas had arguably completed their best year since the end of [...]

Australia may miss the services of Andrew Symonds due to a knee injury in the second Test against South Africa.
Symonds, also a useful slow bowler, sustained injury during the first Test and he bowled just two overs in South Africa’s first innings in Perth.
He has consulted a knee specialist in Melbourne and is undergoing treatment [...]

Admitting that cricket has taught him “how hard life is”, Sourav Ganguly said it’s time to give something back to the game.
“My life will begin now. I don’t miss cricket anymore. There are lots of things to do in life. I come from a business family and probably I may take up business,” he [...]

The Sri Lankan team will require a clearance from the foreign ministry before going ahead with its proposed tour of Pakistan.
This was confirmed by Sports Minister Gamini Lokuge.
Well-placed sources said the fate of the series hangs in balance after the Sports Ministry sacked the interim committee of the Sri Lankan Cricket which had committed to [...]

India and SA are in the race to dethrone “the ageing and wounded” Australia as the world’s top cricket team, commentators say.
The Australian media put Ricky Ponting and his team on the mat by calling some of the key players “over-rated, lacking form or too arrogant for their own good.” Former Australian skipper Ian [...]

Off-spinner Nathan Hauritz will replace Jason Krejza in the Australia XI for the second Test against South Africa in Melbourne.
Off-spinner Nathan Hauritz will replace Jason Krejza in the Australia XI for the critical second Test against South Africa, which starts in Melbourne on Boxing Day.
Hauritz is the only change for the hosts as all-rounder Andrew [...]

Test cricket deserves better than the execrable final day that was served up at Mohali. A match that could, and should, have been fought to a rousing finish was allowed to meander to a miserable stalemate, thanks to India’s misguided obsession with personal milestones, and the equally daft decision to limit one of the sport’s [...]

The ICC has sought to clarify remarks made by Haroon Lorgat, its chief executive, which have been construed as casting doubts on the viability of Pakistan as an international venue. Lorgat said the ICC would conduct an independent security assessment of the country before appointing officials for Sri Lanka’s tour next month but ICC officials [...]