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Australia ready for its South Africa tour since sandpaper scandal of 2018

Former captain Steve Smith and batsman David Warner, who were both banned for a year for their role in ball-tampering during the third Test in Cape Town, are both in the team

Du Plessis quits as SA captain, says team needs next generation of leaders

Faf Du Plessis, who stepped aside from the ODI captaincy to make way for Quinton de Kock during the recent series against England, said he took the decision to help South Africa start a new era

Lungi Ngidi stars as South Africa beat England by one run in T20 thriller

England needed just seven to win off the last over but Ngidi dismissed Tom Curran and Moeen Ali while conceding only five runs

Dale Steyn becomes leading wicket-taker for South Africa in T20Is

During the third over of England's run-chase of 178, Steyn got the wicket of Jos Buttler and in the process surpassed former leg-spinner Imran Tahir's tally of 61

South African pacer Vernon Philander retires from international cricket

Philander, 34, has played 97 matches across all three formats, taking a total of 261 wickets since his debut in 2011, before this game.

Faf du Plessis, Joe Root play down on-field incident during 4th Test match

Faf du Plessis appeared to bump into Buttler while exchanging words with Broad on the fourth afternoon of the fourth Test, which England won by 191 runs.

Will not make decision in emotions, disappointment: Faf on Test captaincy

South Africa lost the fourth and final Test at the Wanderers by 191 runs on Monday to lose the series 1-3, with du Plessis himself coming in for some heavy public scrutiny

South Africa docked six ICC Test Championship points for slow over rate

South Africa are placed at the seventh spot on ICC World Test Championship team standings with only 24 points after two series

Would be silly of us to not get AB de Villiers involved: Graeme Smith

Currently, de Villiers is playing in the Big Bash League (BBL) for Brisbane Heat

Rabada is poster boy, S Africa need to develop more like him: Graeme Smith

Rabada, the frontline pacer of Proteas bowling attack, was reprimanded by the International Cricket Council (ICC) and as a result, he would be missing the upcoming fourth Test match against England

James Anderson ruled out of remaining two Tests against South Africa

Anderson picked up five wickets in the first innings, his 28th five-wicket haul as the 37-year old went past Ian Botham and Ravichandran Ashwin with the most Test fifers

Ind vs SA 1st Test: Proteas tottering at 39-3 after Mayank's double-century

Ravichandran Ashwin provided the breakthroughs by getting through the defences of Markram with a classical off-break that turned sharply

Quinton de Kock replaces Faf du Plessis as South Africa's ODI skipper

Test and Twenty20 captain Faf du Plessis was not in a 15-man squad named by Cricket South Africa

Faf du Plessis dropped from ODI as part of workload management: SA selector

The exclusion of Du Plessis and Kagiso Rabada is part of workload management, keeping in mind the ICC T20I World Cup later this year, says acting selection convenor Linda Zondi

ICC Test championship: England confident ahead of 5th test vs South Africa

South Africa are still struggling to come to terms with the magnitude of the innings defeat in Port Elizabeth that handed England an unbeatable 2-1 lead in the series.

Stokes' explosive spell inspires England's dramatic win over South Africa

The win levelled the four-match World Test championship series

Ind vs SA 1st Test: Rohit, Mayank give solid start at Vizag; 91-0 at lunch

At Lunch, Rohit was unbeaten at 52 and supporting him superbly was Mayank who was there at the crease on 39

Ind vs SA 2nd test: Mayank's ton, Kohli's 50 help India to 273/3 on Day 1

Pujara, too, brought up his second successive fifty before Rabada had him caught by du Plessis for 58 off 112 balls

Pat Cummins to Sheldon Cottrell: Five costliest players in IPL 2020 auction

The Australians were the most sought after by the franchises, with three of the five most expensive coming from Down Under in the IPL 2020 auction

IPL 2020 auction: Top five all-rounders who could trigger a bidding war

IPL 2020 auction: Morris was released by Delhi Capitals ahead of the auction this year due to his low-key performances in 2019