South Africa's captain, Graeme Smith, has brushed over his team's poor start to their tour of India, and insists that their preparations for Saturday's first Test at Kanpur are coming on fine

Thrust into the job in Kanpur in 2004, Andrew Hall gave an underachieving South Africa side belief that they could wear India down at home

Virender Sehwag, Gautam Gambhir and Boeta Dippenaar spoke to the media on a variety of issues after the fourth day's play at Kanpur

The Indian board has confirmed that it will appeal to the International Cricket Council against the two-Test ban handed down to Sourav Ganguly on Sunday

Jacques Kallis could miss the first Test against India at Kanpur due to a side strain he suffered during the tour game against the Indian Board President's XI

South Africa came perilously close to defeat against a mixture of India hopefuls on the third day of the opening tour game

The corner-turning moment of the match so far came before the vehicle had even left the garage, let alone made its way to the starting line: on Thursday, Smith had approved Andrew Hall as his opening partner

Dinesh Mongia served a reminder to the national selectors, scoring an unbeaten 135 as the South Africans struggled on the second day of their tour game against the Indian Board President's XI

Sourav Ganguly, India's captain, has been suspended for two Test matches because of India's slow over-rates during the BCCI Platinum Jubilee one-dayer against Pakistan