Andrew Miller

South Africa's old guard of Graeme Smith and Jacques Kallis combined superbly in a third-wicket stand of 150 to claw their side into the ascendancy on the opening day of the Boxing Day Test at Kingsmead, but England claimed five wickets in 17 overs

Cricinfo previews the second Test between South Africa and England in Durban

Kevin Pietersen injected England's innings with some much-needed confidence following the early dismissal of both overnight batsmen

England's bowlers produced a morning session of immense discipline on an increasingly treacherous surface to claim three vital South African wickets and haul themselves ever further into contention

Makhaya Ntini claimed the big wicket of Andrew Strauss for 46, and the left-arm spinner Paul Harris capped an excellent spell by bowling his close friend and former Under-19 team-mate, Jonathan Trott, for 28

Graeme Swann chiselled away with skill and diligence to claim a richly deserved five-wicket haul, but South Africa's lower-order took the honours on an attritional second day at Centurion

Jacques Kallis's participation in this Test was in such doubt last week that South Africa packed him off to an oxygen chamber to hasten his recovery from a rib fracture

England and South Africa come head-to-head in a contest that could yet prove to be the most compelling series of the year

The county champions, Durham, will play against MCC in the world's first floodlit four-day game in Abu Dhabi next March, after it was confirmed that the traditional opening fixture of the English season would be shifted from Lord's to the Zayed Internatio

The International Cricket Council will consider relocating its headquarters from Dubai to its former base in London

The scoreline says the series is all-square, but after such a convincing 112-run victory at Cape Town South Africa are now the side with the momentum

South Africa's batsmen veered from the sublime to the ridiculous in the space of three days, as England demonstrated the staggering extent of their inconsistency in one-day cricket by following one of their heaviest thumpings with arguably their most domi

The old faithful cranks it up one last time

Another win for England would ensure they cannot lose the ODI series against South Africa

After producing an unexpectedly crucial role with the ball, Jonathan Trott emerged as the key figure in England's pursuit of 251 in the second ODI at Centurion

England and South Africa shared last week's Twenty20 series 1-1, but that scoreline disguises the staggering gulf that emerged between the sides

Loots Bosman fell one blow short of recording only the second century in Twenty20 internationals, and Graeme Smith made a statement of his own by hammering 88 from 44 balls, as South Africa responded to their defeat in Friday's first T20I at the Wanderers

David Collier, the chief executive of the ECB, has branded as "a nonsense" the decision to return Ashes cricket to the government's list of protected "crown jewel" events

Having made their bed with Rupert Murdoch and feathered it to the tune of £300 million over four years, the ECB should not be ejected from it