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"Happy to nudge my way there," the batsman says on being stuck in the 90s before getting his century

Cummins and Pattinson struck early in New Zealand's innings after Australia made 467

Signs of promise from South Africa's inexperienced batting, but composure lets them down

Allrounder defies team illness and Quinton de Kock resistance to give tourists comfort

Lack of match fitness undermines England's illness-ravaged squad, but they dig deep regardless

NZ drew the MCG's biggest non-Ashes Boxing Day crowd in cricket's professional era

All the best stats, graphics and chat from the Centurion Test with ESPNcricinfo's live blog

New Zealand could only manage four wickets after opting to bowl first on a big day in their cricket history

If South Africa continue their recent trend of producing lively surfaces for Test cricket, England will believe they have a fighting chance

Allrounder set to return to training following positive updates on his father's health

The pitch is likely to start with plenty of live grass but there remains uncertainty as to how it will play

Players and team management can assess situation in Pakistan during the T20I series, Nizamuddin Chowdhury says

A flat-looking MCG surface on Boxing Day could hand a Test debut to Michael Neser

PCB chairman adopts combative stance, asks Bangladesh to prove Pakistan is unsafe if they feel it is so

Sri Lanka's captain also felt his new-ball bowlers lacked discipline and frittered away a useful first-innings lead

Their reaction follows reports that the BCB wants Tests to be shifted to a neutral venue

Head coach says stats suggest "seam is the way forward" at Centurion

Pattinson is all-but locked in to play his first home Test since in nearly four years, on his home ground

Trent Boult played for a Victoria XI in order to get overs under his belt ahead of a comeback from his side injury

Sri Lanka lost their remaining three wickets without adding a run on the fifth morning