Match Analysis

Surely he remembers Adelaide when he carried them almost all alone? He is desperate to avoid a repeat

The success of legspinners in this year's Big Bash, from part-timers to franchise veterans, means that everyone wants one in their side

India's captain might have the conditions going for him, but he still had to face some high-quality bowlers executing their plans to near perfection

Kagiso Rabada and Lungi Ngidi tried to fox the India captain the same way Vernon Philander had done at Newlands but he left balls outside off and survived the ones that nipped in

It shouldn't always take pieces of magic for India to create the best chance to win a Test in South Africa. There are still 14 wickets to be taken, and India cannot afford to rely on magic for them

South Africa claimed the first session and India the last hour but the SuperSport Park belongs to Hashim Amla and he has the numbers to show it

Despite another creaky performance that highlighted the weaknesses in their side, Usman Khawaja just about proved the difference against Perth Scorchers

Over the course of 13 balls delivered from his favourite Wynberg End, Vernon Philander set Virat Kohli up and sent him back with the most artful of knockout blows

It's easy to fall for recency bias and blame a fourth-innings collapse for losing a winnable contest, but India know their bowlers and batsmen really let the Newlands Test slip in the first innings

Runs against Sri Lanka earned Rohit Sharma and Shikhar Dhawan their places in India's XI for Cape Town, ahead of Ajinkya Rahane and KL Rahul respectively, but neither justified his selection

In what Faf du Plessis called one of his 'favourite games of cricket', South Africa kept getting into difficult positions and kept finding a way out of them

Stoicism is an admirable trait that serves the country well, but it's time to get really rather cross about the state of English cricket

Joe Root started the Ashes with boyish optimism but finished it asleep in the dressing-room, ill and exhausted after a tour of perpetual scrutiny and failure

This was the second-highest attended Ashes of all time, viewing figures have been strong and Steven Smith has moved towards greatness. But much of the action was far from memorable

Planning must start now, says assistant coach, if England are to mount a challenge on future Ashes tours

Expectation rises whenever Nathan Lyon takes the ball, and England have largely been worried out of attacking him

When Steyn went off the field, we were quickly faced with the reality that this quartet may not play many matches together

The impact of the 24-year-old allrounder's 93 runs and two wickets in this Test will be seen soon, but there is a larger impact of this effort that merits commendation

England, in training, in batting, in self-appraisals, are beginning to sound just a little bit soft

Mason Crane was a source of endless fascination in spite of a tough first outing in Test cricket, but he bore the attention well