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The third day's play at Bloemfontein has seen the Indian bowlers put up a much-improved display

The fourth day's play will decide the outcome of this Test

Nashua Western Province star, middle order batsman, Ashwell Prince is set for a comeback this weekend when he represents the Western Province Bowl side against Natal Inland in a three day bowl match and a one day limited over match

After three days of wonderfully entertaining cricket in the first Castle Lager/MTN Test match, India folded up on the fourth day as South Africa swept to a nine-wicket victory and, almost certainly, a considerable psychological advantage in the

Many are convinced that Sachin Tendulkar has not yet hit his peak.Ravi Shastri has no doubt Tendulkar will be unstoppable in the nextfour years.

Three days into the first Castle Lager/MTN Test match against South Africa, India found themselves far enough off the pace to have to treat the last six sessions of the game with some suspicion

So much, someone noted, for being a bowler-friendly pitch

The floodlights were turned on for the last hour at Goodyear Park on Saturday, but the glow that suffused the first day of the first Castle Lager/MTN Test came largely from a majestic Sachin Tendulkar century

There were never many openers in the first place

The Soweto Cricket Oval became the focus of international attention on Thursday when it was turned into dazzling scene of colour and song for the official launch of the eighth ICC Cricket World Cup to be staged in South Africa in February and March

India, by contrast, have had their preparations disrupted, they have yet tosettle on an opening pair and they seem very likely to attempt to play theseries with only four bowlers, two of whom will be the spinners Anil Kumbleand Harbhajan Singh.

A diagnosis by Dr Joe de Beer, a shoulder specialist practicing in Cape Town, has cleared Dravid to play in the forthcoming three-Test series against South Africa

Charl Langeveldt has been released from the South African squad for the first Castle Lager/MTN Test match against India in Bloemfontein starting on Saturday and will be available to play for Boland in their Western Cape derby against Western Province

India's ill-fated three-day game against a President's XI in Chatsworth was finally put out of its misery early on Wednesday morning after yet another inspection revealed the ground was still as soggy, if not soggier, than it had been on Monday.

The fiasco of India's three-day tour game against a President's XI in Chatsworth took a new twist on Tuesday when a statement from the KwaZulu-Natal Cricket Union officially abandoning the game was contradicted

India's ill-fated three-day game against a President's XI in Chatsworth was finally put out of its misery early on Wednesday morning after yet another inspection revealed was still as soggy, if not soggier, than it had been on Monday

© CricInfo When Rahul Dravid suddenly left for Cape Town on Sunday to have an MRI scan done on his troublesome right shoulder, prophets of doom in the guise of journalists could be seen everywhere at Kingsmead, Durban

India's three-day match against a President's XI at the Chatsworth Oval was officially abandoned on Tuesday morning, throwing the tourists' preparations for the first Test against South Africa which starts in Bloemfontein on Saturday into disarray

The Indian innings at Kingsmead resembled a pre-climax scene from a bad B-movie, where the villain has a noose around the neck of the heroine standing on an ice block

Another abject surrender by India saw them slump to their ninth consecutive one-day final loss at Kingsmead, Durban, on Friday