South Africa will play three Twenty20 internationals, five ODIs and four Tests on a 72-day tour of India this year, according to the schedule released today. The tour, which runs from September to December, will be South Africa's longest trip to India and will feature their first Twenty20 international against India in India and the first four-Test series between the two teams in India.
Banglasdesh are 246-8 at the end of Day 1 in the 2nd Test against South Africa in Mirpur Banglasdesh 246-8 (Rahmin 65, Duminy 3-27, Steyn 3-30) South Africa pace bowler Dale Steyn has become the fastest player to take 400 Test wickets, in terms of balls bowled. Steyn's 400th scalp was Bangladesh opener Tamim Iqbal, caught at slip by captain Hashim Amla.
Sri Lanka left-arm seamer Chanaka Welegedara has migrated to Australia after being overlooked for the home Test series against Pakistan. The move makes a Sri Lanka comeback highly unlikely.
Pakistan beat Sri Lanka by 29 runs in the 1st T20 in Columbo Pakistan 175 for 5 (Malik 46*, U Akmal 46) - Sri Lanka 146 for 7 (Siriwardana 35, Tanvir 3-29, Anwar 2-27)
Pakistan beat Sri Lanka by one wicket in the 2nd T20 in Columbo Pakistan 174 for 9 (Anwar 46, Afridi 45) - Sri Lanka 172 for 7 (Kapugedera 48*, Jayasuriya 40)
Rain has now become the dominant aspect of the Bangladesh v South Africa Test - and the series - with a third successive day completely washed out in Dhaka
Zimbabwe beat New Zealand by seven wickets in the 1st ODI in Harare Zimbabwe 304 for 3 (Ervine 130*, Masakadza 84) - New Zealand 303 for 4 (Taylor 112*, Williamson 97, Panyangara 2-50)
Bangladesh and South Africa's 2nd test abandoned as a draw with only 88.1 overs possible over the 5 days Series drawn 0-0
New Zealand beat Zimbabwe by ten wickets in the 2nd ODI in Harare New Zealand 236 for 0 (Guptill 116*, Latham 110*) - Zimbabwe 235 for 9 (Raza 100*, Sodhi 3-38)
New Zealand beat Zimbabwe by 38 runs in the 3rd ODI in Harare New Zealand 273 for 6 (Williamson 90, Guptill 42, Cremer 3-44) - Zimbabwe 235 (Williams 63, Masakadza 57, McClenaghan 3-36) New Zealand win series 2-1
New Zealand beat Zimbabwe by 80 runs in the only T20 played on the tour New Zealand 198 for 5 (Worker 62, Williams 3-28) - Zimbabwe 118 for 8 (Ervine 42, Milne 2-10)
With 8 first innings wickets remaining India trail Sri Lanka by just 55 runs at the end of Day 1 of the 1st Test in Galle India 128 for 2 (Dhawan 53*, Kohli 45*) - Sri Lanka 183 (Mathews 64, Chandimal 59, Ashwin 6-46)
Sri Lanka with 8 2nd innings wickets standing trail India by 187 runs at the end of day 2 in Galle Sri Lanka 183 and 5 for 2 (Ashwin 1-0, Mishra 1-1) - India 375 (Dhawan 134, Kohli 103, Kaushal 5-134)
Sri Lanka beat India by 63 runs in the 1st Test at Galle Sri Lanka 183 (Mathews 64, Chandimal 59, Ashwin 6-46) and 367 (Chandimal 162, Mubarak 49, Thirimanne 44, Ashwin 4-114) - India 375 (Dhawan 134, Kohli 103, Saha 60, Kaushal 5-40) and 112 (Herath 7-48, Kaushal 3-47) Wow - what a second innings bowling performance by Rangana Herath
South Africa beat New Zealand by six wickets in the 1st T20 in Durban South Africa 152 for 4 (Amla 48, Rossouw 38) - New Zealand 151 for 8 (Williamson 42, Guptill 42, Wiese 2-24)
New Zealand beat South Africa by 32 runs at Centurion New Zealand 177 for 7 (Guptill 60, Rabada 3-30) - South Africa 145 for 8 (Behardien 36, Sodhi 2-27) Series drawn 1-1
The sanctions against Pakistan's Mohammad Amir, Mohammad Asif and Salman Butt will expire on September 1, the ICC has confirmed. That means the trio, who were banned for their role in spot-fixing on Pakistan's tour to England in 2010, can return to competitive cricket - including international cricket - from September 2.
South Africa beat New Zealand by 20 runs in the 1st ODI at Centurion South Africa 304 for 7 (Amla 124, Rossouw 89, Milne 2-51) - New Zealand 284 (Latham 60, Williamson 47)
Sri Lanka with 7 1st innings wickets standing trail India by 253 runs at the end of Day 2 of the 2nd Test in Columbo Sri Lanka 140 for 3 (Silva 51) - India 393 (Rahul 108, Rohit 79, Kohli 78, Saha 56, Herath 4-81)
India with 9 2nd innings wickets standing led Sri Lanka by 157 runs at the end of Day 3 of the 2nd Test in Columbo Sri Lanka 306 (Mathews 102, Silva 51, Mishra 4-43) - India 393 (Rahul 108, Rohit 79, Kohli 78, Saha 56, Herath 4-81) & 70-1 (Vijay 39*)