Pretty much a week to the minute after Australia demolished South Africa by an innings n the first Test at the Wanderers, Steve Waugh's apparently unstoppable team repeated the dose against the South African A team, crushing the home side's second

With the notable exception of Steve Waugh, Australia's batsmen ripped into what some consider South Africa's second-best attack, rushing to 452 for five on the second day of their four-day match against the South African `A' team at St George's Park

Daryll Cullinan served notice that he is ready for a Test match recall with a measured 86 on the opening day of the South African `A' team's four-day match against Australia at St George's Park on Friday

Stuart MacGill will have what might well be his only bowl on South African soil this weekend when Steve Waugh's Australians meet a South Africa `A' team in a four-day match at St George's Park in Port Elizabeth starting on Friday

Daryll Cullinan Photo CricInfo In one of the clearest indications yet that he is on the verge of a Test recall, Daryll Cullinan has been named captain of the South Africa `A' team play Australia in a four-day match starting at St George's Park

South Africa's greatest fast bowler, Allan Donald, has announced his retirement from Test cricket

Tipped just three months ago as the side most likely to unseat world Test champions Australia, South Africa crashed to the second biggest defeat of all time, losing the first Castle Lager/MTN Test match at the Wanderers by an innings and 360 runs to

South African fast bowler Allan Donald is almost certain to miss the remainder of the Castle Lager/MTN Test series against Australia at the Wanderers with a hamstring strain

Adam Gilchrist missed out on a million, but carved his way into the record books with Test cricket's quickest double century as Australia took complete control of the first Castle Lager/MTN Test match against South Africa at the Wanderers on Saturday

An unhappy day for South African cricket ended in shameful fashion with three spectators arrested for spitting and throwing beer at Australian batsmen, two of the home team's most senior players off the field with injuries and the tourists nicely

South Africa's already slender hopes of reversing the 3-0 defeat suffered against Australia earlier this year plummeted on Thursday when both captain Shaun Pollock and batsman Justin Ontong were ruled out of Friday's first Test at the Wanderers with

Ashwell Prince will replace Justin Ontong in the South African team for the first Test match against Australia starting at the Wanderers on Friday after a day in which the home team lost two of their first choice players

Already waiting on captain Shaun Pollock's fitness, South Africa suffered a further injury blow at the Wanderers on Wednesday when Justin Ontong pulled up with what appeared to be a hamstring injury

Veteran fast bowler Allan Donald knows that he has only one last chance to win a Test series against Australia

Shane Warne is leaner, not necessarily meaner, but in very good shape to get to grips with South Africa at the Wanderers on Friday

With very little at stake and no prospect whatsoever of a result, Australia and the South African `A' team played out a draw in desultory fashion in Potchefstroom on Tuesday

Shaun Pollock faces a worrying couple of days before a decision is taken on his fitness for the first Test match against Australia starting at the Wanderers on Friday

Justin Ontong, controversially included in the South African side for the third Test in Sydney last month at the insistence of United Cricket Board president Percy Sonn, has been retained for the first Test against Australia starting at the Wanderers

Australia's tour of South Africa squelched soggily to a halt in Potchefstroom on Monday with only 36 overs play possible on the second day of the three-day match against South Africa `A'

A few minutes into the tea interval at the North West Stadium on Sunday, just as the clouds above Potchefstroom started to look really threatening, a chirpy public address announcer declared that there was no need to worry, she'd phoned the weather