Pakistan skipper Babar Azam will have the final say on the team to face South Africa in their upcoming bilateral series.
New Zealand are third in the World Test championship after beating Pakistan 2-0 while South Africa move up to fifth on the log.
India’s cricket team and support staff have all tested negative for Covid-19 after five players apparently breached their bio-security bubble.
Sri Lanka are under the pump after day one of the second Test against South Africa having been shot out for 157 before the hosts moved to 148 for 1 at stumps.
Mulder claimed three wickets in three overs to peg back Sri Lanka after a quickfire half-century from opener Kusal Perera at the Wanderers.
South Africa will bowl first in the second Test against Sri Lanka after the tourists won the toss and elected to bat at the Wanderers.
Proteas opening batsman Dean Elgar asserts that batsmen need to apply themselves to make runs at SuperSport Park.
Sri Lanka’s effort of 396 all out was their highest ever in a Test innings in South Africa but the Proteas close to within 79 runs of the total by stumps.
In the early 1980s, 20 West Indian cricketers were offered lucrative contracts to take part in rebel tours of apartheid South Africa.
Sri Lanka were bowled out for 396 with Lutho Sipamla claiming four wickets at the cost of 76 runs.
Sri Lanka recovered from a top-order mini-collapse to power to 340 by stumps on day one effectively seven down.
Sri Lanka won the toss and have elected to bat in the first Test against South Africa from SuperSport Park in Centurion.
Pat Cummins and Steve Smith remain the highest-ranked bowler and batsman respectively in the latest ICC Test Rankings.
Sri Lanka will arrive in South Africa hoping for a repeat of their historic series win in 2019 when they became the first Asian side to win a Test series in Mzansi.
Mohammad Amir says that he cannot continue to be punished by the Pakistan Cricket Board over his spot-fixing past.
The Proteas will travel to Pakistan in January 2021 to begin their first tour of the country since 2007.
Malan enjoyed a stellar run that saw him top the series aggregate with 173 runs and help England whitewash South Africa 3-0.
South Africa go into the second T20I against England in Paarl looking to level the series after defeat at Newlands.
England won the toss and elected to bowl against South Africa in the first T20 International between the two nations at Newlands.
Ahead of the series in South Africa, Morgan said he had become well aware of the importance of live televised sport during the lockdown imposed by COVID-19.
AB de Villiers and Imran Tahir are among the nominees for the ICC Awards of the Decade which will be decided by fans and an expert panel of judges.
The Proteas face England in the first match of their 2020/21 home summer at Newlands in Cape Town on Friday 27 November.
The match was a warm-up ahead of three Twenty20 internationals and three one-day internationals against South Africa, starting with a T20 international at Newlands on Friday.