Faf du Plessis was found guilty of ball-tampering and fined his entire match fee in the Hobart Test in November last year © Getty Images Faf du Plessis has admitted to being “surprised” that neither Virat Kohli nor Steven Smith were charged with any breaches of the ICC’s code of conduct in the aftermath of the Bengaluru Test. After an intense match, Kohli had accused Smith of looking to the…

Play 01:33 ‘Losing Taylor a big loss’ – Williamson Neil Broom is in line for his Test debut after being called up to replace Ross Taylor who was ruled out of the second Test against South Africa in Wellington due to his calf strain. Taylor will be reassessed ahead of the final match of the series in Hamilton. Kane Williamson and Mike Hesson said that Broom, who returned to the…

South Africa 308 (Elgar 140, Bavuma 64, du Plessis 52, Boult 4-64) and 224 for 6 (Elgar 89, du Plessis 56*) drew with New Zealand 341 (Williamson 130, Raval 52, Watling 50, Maharaj 5-94)Scorcard and ball-by-ball details It was a bleak picture on the final day in Dunedin © AFP As forecast the rain swept into Dunedin and washed out what could have been an intriguing final day to the…

Faf du Plessis drew confidence from Dean Elgar’s knocks © Getty Images South Africa felt they had the better chance to win the Dunedin Test had play been possible on the final day. South Africa, who were 191 runs ahead, with four wickets in hand and Faf du Plessis at the crease, expected to set New Zealand a target of around 250, and then put the hosts under pressure in…

Play 00:23 David Warner on why he did not try the switch-hit off R Ashwin in Bengaluru David Warner is among the few batsmen in the world capable of successfully executing a switch-hit. It was an option he could have used against R Ashwin in Bengaluru, when the offspinner bowled over the wicket to him, targeting the rough outside his leg stump. Warner, however, has said he chose not to…

Faf du Plessis was found guilty of ball-tampering and fined his entire match fee in the Hobart Test in November last year © Getty Images Faf du Plessis has admitted to being “surprised” that neither Virat Kohli nor Steven Smith were charged with any breaches of the ICC’s code of conduct in the aftermath of the Bengaluru Test. After an intense match, Kohli had accused Smith of looking to the…

Play 01:33 ‘Losing Taylor a big loss’ – Williamson Neil Broom is in line for his Test debut after being called up to replace Ross Taylor who was ruled out of the second Test against South Africa in Wellington due to his calf strain. Taylor will be reassessed ahead of the final match of the series in Hamilton. Kane Williamson and Mike Hesson said that Broom, who returned to the…

South Africa 308 (Elgar 140, Bavuma 64, du Plessis 52, Boult 4-64) and 224 for 6 (Elgar 89, du Plessis 56*) drew with New Zealand 341 (Williamson 130, Raval 52, Watling 50, Maharaj 5-94)Scorcard and ball-by-ball details It was a bleak picture on the final day in Dunedin © AFP As forecast the rain swept into Dunedin and washed out what could have been an intriguing final day to the…

Faf du Plessis drew confidence from Dean Elgar’s knocks © Getty Images South Africa felt they had the better chance to win the Dunedin Test had play been possible on the final day. South Africa, who were 191 runs ahead, with four wickets in hand and Faf du Plessis at the crease, expected to set New Zealand a target of around 250, and then put the hosts under pressure in…

Play 00:23 David Warner on why he did not try the switch-hit off R Ashwin in Bengaluru David Warner is among the few batsmen in the world capable of successfully executing a switch-hit. It was an option he could have used against R Ashwin in Bengaluru, when the offspinner bowled over the wicket to him, targeting the rough outside his leg stump. Warner, however, has said he chose not to…