South Africa v Australia, 1st T20, Port Elizabeth

First Twenty20 abandoned due to rain

Mar 9, 2014: South Africa and Australia will have to settle for a two-match Twenty20 series after the first game in Port Elizabeth was abandoned without a ball being bowled

South Africa v Australia, 1st T20, Port Elizabeth

Rejigged sides gear up for World T20

Mar 8, 2014: The dust has hardly settled on the gripping finish to the Test series, but already both South Africa and Australia have switched to Twenty20 mode

South Africa v Australia, 3rd Test, Cape Town, 5th day

Harris bowls Australia to last-gasp win

Mar 5, 2014: Ryan Harris goes under the knife for knee surgery after this series - he does not know what the future holds. He may play Test cricket again, but at 34 there are no guarantees. Whatever happens, he has delivered one of the great triumphs in Australia's re

South Africa v Australia, 3rd Test, Cape Town, 4th day

South Africa stonewall but Australia eye victory

Mar 4, 2014: South Africa had lost four wickets by stumps on day four but they held out hope of preventing an Australian victory

South Africa v Australia, 3rd Test, Cape Town, 3rd day

Harris, Johnson tighten Australia's grip

Mar 3, 2014: This series was billed as the showdown of the two best pace attacks in the world and on day three in Cape Town, Ryan Harris and Mitchell Johnson bowled Australia into a position from which they could hope to claim the match and the series

South Africa v Australia, 3rd Test, Cape Town, 2nd day

Rain intervenes after Clarke passes 150

Mar 2, 2014: On day one it was a test of the body, on day two of the mind. Michael Clarke brought up a hard-fought century after spending 24 balls stuck on 99, but rain halved the second day's play in Cape Town

Australia news

Pink-ball experiment hits Sheffield Shield

Mar 2, 2014: Australian cricket is ready for its own twilight saga. This week's round of Sheffield Shield matches will be played with pink balls under floodlights and Cricket Australia hopes it will be the first step towards hosting a day-night Test in less than two y

South Africa v Australia, 3rd Test, Cape Town, 1st day

Warner and Clarke put Australia on top

Mar 1, 2014: Ordinarily, a near run-a-ball 135 from David Warner, or the sidelining of Dale Steyn with a rare injury would be the defining moment of a day's play

South Africa v Australia, 3rd Test, Cape Town

Watson, Petersen likely for tantalising decider

Feb 28, 2014: If South Africa win in Cape Town it will be their first series win at home against Australia since 1970 - they have lost four and drawn two since their readmission

South Africa v Australia, 2nd Test, Port Elizabeth

South Africa's record under threat

Feb 19, 2014: ESPNcricinfo previews the second Test between South Africa and Australia in Port Elizabeth

ACA Player of the month - January

Dunk gets out of 'terrible habits'

Feb 19, 2014: Ben Dunk's success in the Big Bash League for the Hobart Hurricanes and subsequent IPL deal with the Mumbai Indians is one of this season's feelgood stories in Australian cricket

South Africa v Australia, 1st Test, Centurion, 4th day

Johnson's 12 wickets destroy South Africa

Feb 15, 2014: Mitchell Johnson took 12 wickets as Australia crushed South Africa by 281 runs in the first Test in Centurion

South Africa v Australia, 1st Test, Centurion, 3rd day

Warner and Doolan punish South Africa

Feb 14, 2014: Graeme Smith and his men left the field on the third afternoon knowing that this match was all but out of reach

South Africa v Australia, 1st Test, Centurion, 2nd day

Fired-up Johnson bullies South Africa

Feb 13, 2014: If anyone thought Mitchell Johnson's Ashes campaign was a one-off, they had better think again. It took Johnson only four balls to make his impact felt in South Africa

South Africa v Australia, 1st Test, Centurion, 1st day

Marsh and Smith put Australia on top

Feb 12, 2014: Shaun Marsh and Steven Smith demoralised the South Africans and in particular Graeme Smith, who had sent Australia in after vacillating over the decision in the lead-up to the toss

South Africa v Australia, 1st Test, Centurion

A mouth-watering pace battle awaits

Feb 11, 2014: ESPNcricinfo previews the first Test between South Africa and Australia at Centurion Park

Australia news

The rapid rise of James Muirhead

Feb 11, 2014: From not even being handed a Big Bash League contract, to holding his own at the MCG against England, James Muirhead's rise through the ranks has been fast and spectacular

ICC World Twenty20 2014

Hogg and Hodge in Australia's World T20 squad

Feb 11, 2014: Brad Hogg could become the oldest man ever to play a Twenty20 international after being called up along with fellow veteran Brad Hodge for Australia's World Twenty20 campaign in Bangladesh

Australia news

Muirhead signs four-year deal with Victoria

Feb 5, 2014: Victoria have secured the promising young legspinner James Muirhead for the next four seasons after he signed a long-term deal to stay in his home state

Stars v Hurricanes, BBL 1st semi-final, Melbourne

Hurricanes upset Stars to reach final

Feb 4, 2014: Legspinner Cameron Boyce helped the Hobart Hurricanes reach their first Big Bash League final with a comfortable victory over the previously unbeaten Melbourne Stars at the MCG