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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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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The West Indies have contained off-spinner Sunil Narine in their provisional World Cup squad for Australia and New Zealand next year.
Narine was pulled in the ill fated tour of India in October after being reported for a suspect bowling action through the Champions League Twenty20 series.
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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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England will take to the West Indies and Pakistan in World Cup warmup matches.
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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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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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Talks are progressing between the West Indies Cricket Board and their Indian counterparts after cutting short their tour last month, the WICB has announced.
An internal contractual dispute led to the West Indies squad leaving India midway through their tour despite having three Tests, a fifth ODI and one Twenty20 match scheduled.
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Opener Chris Gayle will return to the West Indies squad for their tour of South Africa after recovering from a back injury.
Gayle was not involved in the ill-fated trip to India last month during which a dispute between players and the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) led to the tour being abandoned.
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The Board of Control for Cricket India (BCCI) says they WOn’t back down inside their decision to claim damages from your West Indies Cricket Board (WICB).
The BCCI are seeking damages totalling in the area of £26.2m after the West Indies left their recent tour of India with five matches still to finish.
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The crisis now engulfing West Indian cricket may be close to an ending, according to reports in the Caribbean.
The West Indies squad dramatically left their tour of India last month as a result of disputes over a contract arrangement signed by the West Indies Cricket Board as well as the players’ organization (WIPA).
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James Anderson believes England can develop their self-confidence for next year’s World Cup having an optimistic performance in Sri Lanka later this month.
England started the year having a substantial one-day international series defeat in Australia before rallying from an opening defeat against the West Indies to clinch a 2-1 triumph.
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Misbah-ul-Haq equalled the record for the quickest Test hundred on day four of the 2nd Test between Pakistan and Australia.
The Pakistan captain reached three figures from 56 balls in Abu Dhabi, matching the mark set by West Indies great Viv Richards against England in 1986.
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India’s cricket board (BCCI) have written to their West Indies counterparts (WICB) demanding damages, following the team in the Caribbean left a tour of India last month.
A spokesman for the WICB affirmed they had received a letter in the BCCI “summarizing what the BCCI approximations as its losses in the early ending of the West Indies tour of India.”
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Brian Lara has called for enormous changes inside the West Indies cricket board following a payment dispute pushed the tour of India to be cut short.
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Organisers are assured West Indies will take part in the World Cup early next year regardless of the disaster due to their withdrawal in the tour of India earlier this month.
Caribbean cricket was plunged into chaos on October 17 after the show in India was aborted over a protracted payment dispute involving the players as well as the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB).
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