Australia complete convincing victory
Travis Head and Marnus Labuschagne held their nerve on a viciously turning Indore pitch to guide Australia to a nine-wicket victory on Friday.
Travis Head and Marnus Labuschagne held their nerve on a viciously turning Indore pitch to guide Australia to a nine-wicket victory on Friday.
Temba Bavuma on his first Test as captain and the selection of Keegan Petersen ahead of Ryan Rickelton.
Kagiso Rabada on his six-wicket haul against the West Indies on Thursday and the Proteas’ lack of Test cricket.
Proteas captain Temba Bavuma says his bowlers “ticked a lot of boxes” in the 87-run win over the West Indies in the first Test on Thursday but the batsmen need “to do better”.
Sixteen wickets fell in Centurion on Thursday as the Proteas took a 1-0 series lead.
Kagiso Rabada took 6-50 as the Proteas claimed an 87-run victory over the West Indies in the first Test in Centurion on Thursday.
Nathan Lyon took eight wickets on Thursday to give Australia a glimmer of hope of beating India in the third Test.
The West Indies suffered an early blow after they were set 247 runs by the Proteas to win the first Test in Centurion on Wednesday.
Proteas fast bowler Anrich Nortje was at a loss to explain a second successive day of late batting collapses in Centurion on Wednesday.
Anrich Nortje on the flood of wickets late in the day in Centurion, his five-wicket haul, and Gerald Coetzee’s debut.
The West Indies collapsed, then hit back dramatically before the close on the second day of the first Test against the Proteas in Centurion.
Eleven wickets fell in a drama-filled final session at Centurion on Wednesday.
The 22-year-old Proteas debutant dismissed Tagenarine Chanderpaul on day two of the second Test against the West Indies in Centurion.
Australia took a lead of 47 after Matthew Kuhnemann’s five-wicket haul helped dismiss India for 109 on a dramatic first day of the third Test.
South Africa were bowled out on the second morning of the first Test against the West Indies in Centurion on Wednesday.