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Eyes turn to Twenty20 prize

The South Africans and Australians pull on their coloured clothes for the start of the limited-overs component of the heavyweight battle

26-Mar-2009•Peter English

With an eye on the World Twenty20

The Twenty20 internationals between South Africa and Australia will provide players with a chance to seal their spots in the respective squads for the Twenty20 World Cup in England which begins in June

26-Mar-2009•Cricinfo staff

Hughes rests up before England assault

Phillip Hughes will use some downtime after his heroics in South Africa to freshen up for his first Ashes experience

25-Mar-2009•Cricinfo staff

Warner ready to attack Steyn and Co

David Warner, the explosive opener, has Dale Steyn in his sights

25-Mar-2009•Cricinfo staff

McGain clings to Ashes dream

The legspinner Bryce McGain retains hope of making the Ashes tour and says he still has confidence in his bowling despite his mauling on debut

25-Mar-2009•Cricinfo staff

South Africa regain spark too late

Cricinfo runs the rule over the 14 South African players they fielded during the series

23-Mar-2009•Brydon Coverdale in Cape Town

Johnson paves the way for Australia

Cricinfo assesses the 12 men Australia used during the three Tests

23-Mar-2009•Brydon Coverdale in Cape Town

Australia keep spin option open for Ashes

Ricky Ponting has brushed off the idea that Australia could enter the Ashes without a specialist spinner after their spin cycle washed up further damage to their stocks during the tour of South Africa

23-Mar-2009•Brydon Coverdale in Cape Town

Injured Smith returns to one-day squad

23-Mar-2009•Brydon Coverdale in Cape Town

Leave decisions to on-field umpires - Bucknor

The record-holding umpire Steve Bucknor has bowed out of Test cricket with an appeal of his own: leave the decision-making in the hands of the on-field officials

23-Mar-2009•Brydon Coverdale in Cape Town

Ponting lauds new generation

Twenty-nine days of Test cricket across three months and more than 10,000 kilometres has not been enough to split the world's two best teams

23-Mar-2009•Brydon Coverdale in Cape Town

Injured Kallis hopeful of being fit for ODIs

Jacques Kallis is hopeful of being fit for the first one-day international against Australia after suffering a groin injury in South Africa's victory in Cape Town

22-Mar-2009•Brydon Coverdale in Cape Town

Scoring at one run per hour

The Plays of the day from the fourth day of the third Test between South Africa and Australia in Cape Town

22-Mar-2009•Brydon Coverdale in Cape Town

Harris hands Australia innings defeat

South Africa were made to wait longer than expected for a consolation victory in Cape Town by Mitchell Johnson's first Test century and a stubborn knock from Andrew McDonald

22-Mar-2009•The Bulletin by Jamie Alter

Genial McGain's Test hopes fade

The hardest thing about watching Bryce McGain's Test dreams slip away amid a barrage of boundaries in Cape Town was that he doesn't have a mean bone in his body

21-Mar-2009•Brydon Coverdale in Cape Town

The battle of the ABs

The Plays of the day from the third day of the third Test between South Africa and Australia in Cape Town

21-Mar-2009•Brydon Coverdale in Cape Town

de Villiers blitz strengthens South Africa's grip

AB de Villiers' brilliant, brutal 163 punished Australia to the tune of a third century in six consecutive Tests against them - and by far his most audacious - and gave the bowlers ample time to try and wrap up the dead rubber

21-Mar-2009•The Bulletin by Jamie Alter

A day of pain for McGain

Alternating between dropping short and pitching too full, it was a most uncharacteristic display from Bryce McGain whose greatest strength at domestic level is his control

20-Mar-2009•Brydon Coverdale in Cape Town

Bucknor's spot on, McGain's not

The Plays of the day from the second day of the third Test between South Africa and Australia in Cape Town

20-Mar-2009•Brydon Coverdale in Cape Town

Prince and Kallis tons punish Australia

At last something for the home crowd to cheer about. After being outplayed in the first two Tests South Africa bossed Australia on day two of this game thanks to an imperious century from Ashwell Prince in his first international outing in over four month

20-Mar-2009•The Bulletin by Jamie Alter

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