Match facts January 20, 2016 Start time 1420 local (0320 GMT) Catch-22: Will R Ashwin get a recall or will India play with two half bowlers again? © AFP Big Picture By the way of losing the series so abysmally India have given themselves a golden opportunity at limited-overs regeneration. Hardly ever do they get a chance to play international cricket with little exception; now they have two matches coming…

Nathan Hauritz ended a playing career of 15 years following his Big Bash team Melbourne Renegades’ exit this season © AFP Nathan Hauritz has announced his retirement from competitive cricket. The 34-year old former Australia offspinner had played 17 Tests, 58 ODIs and three T20s and completes a career that began 15 years ago. Hauritz made his decision following the end of his Big Bash season with the Melbourne Renegades….

Nathan Hauritz ended a playing career of 15 years following his Big Bash team Melbourne Renegades’ exit this season © AFP Nathan Hauritz has announced his retirement from competitive cricket. The 34-year old former Australia offspinner had played 17 Tests, 58 ODIs and three T20s and completes a career that began 15 years ago. Hauritz made his decision following the end of his Big Bash season with the Melbourne Renegades….

Steven Finn has been ruled out of the remainder of the tour of South Africa after he felt discomfort on day two of the third Test and scans revealed a left side strain. Finn, who had been selected in both the ODI and T20 squads, will stay in South Africa for a week to begin his rehab before returning to the UK at the end of the Test series. He…

Liam Plunkett is ready to make the most of an unexpected chance with England in South Africa after being called into the squad for the one-day and Twenty20 series in place of the injured Steven Finn. Plunkett only arrived in Dubai last week and has been preparing for England Lions’ series against Pakistan A which starts on Wednesday. Now he will be heading back to the airport over the weekend…

Joe Root has recalled the “fantastic moment” he hit the winning run at the Wanderers to secure England a series triumph over South Africa with one Test to play. The Yorkshireman, at the crease alongside James Taylor, clipped a single into the leg side off part-time spinner Dean Elgar to complete a seven-wicket victory that was beyond the tourists’ wildest dreams at the start of play on day three. England…

By Olawale Kuponipe James Taylor was pleased to see the rewards of catching practice pay off during England series-clinching victory over South Africa in Johannesburg. Stuart Broad’s outstanding spell, which saw him take 6-17 in the second innings of the third Test, stole the show as the England wrapped up the win inside three days. But Taylor aided the cause with two superb catches at short-leg including a full-stretched dive…