Match Analysis

Harbhajan Singh and Ravindra Jadeja's improved showing in the second innings was a result of better application, aided by a dirt-lane of a pitch which the Australians found hard to read

Moises Henriques has shown his team-mates that to handle the challenging conditions on this tour they need to be alert, but not alarmed

South Africa had won the series and enhanced their No. 1 ranking before the Centurion Test against Pakistan, but they were in no mood to relent

Pakistan's inexperience against pace bowling showed in their whitewashing by South Africa - and Misbah-ul-Haq believes the solution is clear

It is easy to suggest that this Test slipped from Australia's grasp because they chose only one spinner. The truth is that nobody, fast or slow, could stop MS Dhoni on a day like this.

MS Dhoni played his best Test innings - his maiden double-century - to give India a significant advantage against Australia

Kyle Abbott was originally part of the squad only to gain experience. Then Jacques Kallis got injured, and Abbott ended up taking 7 for 29 on debut

The Tendulkar on view today was neither the mad attacker of the 1990s nor the accumulator of the early 2000s, but someone in between

To see him taken off after three-over spells was frustrating, but Pattinson, more than any other of Australia's current Test fast bowlers, needs to be managed conservatively

Joe Root's excellent run, together with an impressive performance from England's seamers, have left New Zealand outplayed and outgunned again

Moises Henriques isn't the precocious talent that he was once touted to be. His chance to tour India came through a some luck, but he has taken his first opportunity

To replace Kallis will be close to impossible as most know. But on the evidence of how South Africa have coped so far, it seems they will find a way to move on

While the rest of the bowlers struggled to find a consistent line of attack, Ashwin's radar today was state-of-the-art

On a dusty, reddish Chennai pitch, Clarke reminded his tentative team-mates why positive footwork is such an important part of batting in India

Vernon Philander's rise since his Test debut has been astonishing. His captain, though, feels an extra yard of pace will improve his old-ball spells

Most captains would have rested their two star bowlers after making the initial breakthroughs in a World Cup final. But Jodie Fields isn't like most captains

South Africa are undoubtedly the best Test side at present but they still have much to achieve to be considered among the all-time great teams

Ellyse Perry aborted her first two attempts at bowling because of an injured ankle, but she fought through to deliver a match-winning spell

Plays of the Day from the fourth day of the second Test between South Africa and Pakistan

It was on odd Twenty20 series with three one-sided matches, none more so than the decider, and there were also contrasting performances from two players who had been away from the scene for different reasons