South Africa have called-up uncapped batsman Rilee Rossouw to replace injured Quinton de Kock for the second Test against the West Indies.
The 25-year-old has yet to play a Test, with his international experience limited to nine one-day games and three Twenty20 matches.
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The West Indies have followed England in replacing their one-day captain less than two months before the World Cup after replacing Dwayne Bravo with Jason Holder.
Holder, who turned 23 last month, has been named to lead the squad in the five ODIs in South Africa next month.
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Dale Steyn is the finest seam bowler on the planet, says Bob Willis.
South Africa star Steyn produced a breath-taking spell of bowling at Centurion on Saturday morning, taking 6-34 to help the Proteas skittle out West Indies and win the first of three Tests by an innings and 220 runs.
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South Africa wicketkeeper Quinton de Kock is a doubt for the World Cup after being ruled out of the rest of the series against the West Indies due to injury.
De Kock injured his left ankle while warming up before play on the third day of the first Test and a scan revealed a torn ligament.
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Jonathan Trott has been named as captain of an England Lions squad to tour South Africa early next year.
Trott was named in a provisional touring party back in October less than a year after a stress-related illness caused him to quit the senior England side’s Ashes series.
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Nottinghamshire have signed South Africa Test star Vernon Philander and Australia’s Ben Hilfenhaus as their overseas players for the 2015 season.
Philander, 29, a key component of South Africa’s feared pace attack, has previous county experience with Kent, Middlesex and Somerset.
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Jacques Rudolph will captain Glamorgan in all formats of the game after he was announced as club captain.
South African Rudolph, who joined Glamorgan in September 2013, takes on the captain’s responsibilities after an impressive run of form in the 2014 season.
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West Indies batsman Assad Fudadin has been ruled out of the remainder of the Test tour of South Africa after fracturing a finger during fielding practice on Wednesday.
The 29-year-old fractured the little finger on his right hand in the warm-ups on the opening morning of the first Test in Pretoria.
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South Africa captain Hashim Amla believes his team is will continue winning Test matches despite the retirement of two of the country’s greatest players.
Speaking ahead of Wednesday’s first Test against the West Indies at Centurion’s SuperSport Park, he dismissed suggestions his side will suffer without Jacques Kallis and Graeme Smith.
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Fast bowler Liam Plunkett and batsman Sam Robson were in impressive form for an England Performance Programme XI in South Africa.
Yorkshire paceman Plunkett took 4-36 against North West Dragons in Potchefstroom while opening batsman Robson contributed an unbeaten half-century as the tourists made 103-1 before the close of play on day one of the two-day match.
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Australia captain Michael Clarke is winning his fight to be fit for the first Test against India after returning to training after harm.
Clarke, 33, has fought having a consistent hamstring injury in recent weeks as well as a return of the situation in the initial one-day international against South Africa compelled him to sit out the rest of the five-match series.
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Australia captain Michael Clarke is winning his fight to be fit for the first Test against India after returning to training after harm.
Clarke, 33, has fought having a consistent hamstring injury in recent weeks as well as a return of the situation in the initial one-day international against South Africa compelled him to sit out the rest of the five-match series.
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Australia have added Shaun Marsh to their squad for the rescheduled first Test against India.
The Western Australia batsman – blown off to get some of ducks in the most recent of his nine Tests against South Africa in February – joins brother Mitch Marsh in the squad.
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South Africa have recalled left-arm spinner Robin Peterson for the three-Test home series against the West Indies.
Peterson returns as the sole specialist spinner as Imran Tahir has been dropped and Dane Piedt is ruled out through injury for the top-graded Test nation.
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Devon Smith has replaced Chris Gayle in the West Indies squad for his or her forthcoming tour of South Africa.
The lefthander last played a Test three-and-a-half years ago but has experienced good form domestically, scoring a hundred and two half centuries in his last three matches for the Windward Islands.
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Australia skipper Michael Clarke insists he does not have any intention of retiring from Test or one-day cricket despite continuing injury issues.
Clarke is a doubt for the first Test against India next month as he battles to defeat a hamstring injury that kept him out of much of the recent one day series against South Africa, while he continues to get treatment for a chronic back ailment.
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Michael Clarke continues to be named in a 12-man Australia squad for next month’s opening Test against India in Brisbane.
The Australia skipper is comprised subject into a fitness test in the left hamstring he injured in the recent one day series against South Africa in Perth, while he also continues to get treatment for a continuing back problem.
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Glamorgan have signed South Africa batsman Colin Ingram on a three-year deal under the Kolpak ruling.
Ingram, whose deal is subject to clearance from Cricket South Africa, has played 31 one-day internationals for his country, although the last of those was more than a year ago against Pakistan in Dubai.
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Darren Bravo will miss the West Indies’ Test series against South Africa for personal reasons.
Bravo was named in the 15-man squad last week by the West Indies Cricket Board, which gave the players until Tuesday to sign their contracts for the three Tests against the Proteas.
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The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) and Cricket South Africa (CSA) have revealed the dates for England’s 2015/16 winter tour.
The tour will last 72 days and consist of four Test matches – starting with the traditional Boxing Day Test at Kingsmead in Durban – five one-day internationals and two Twenty20 internationals.
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