Vincent Barnes

The regularity with which Shikhar Dhawan hit boundaries off his bowlers made Justin Ontong feel as if he was watching a "highlights package" where only boundaries and sixes are shown.

Former South Africa all-rounder Lance Klusener was on Friday appointed as the assistant batting coach of the national team for the three-match Twenty20 series against India in September.

Former batsman Neil McKenzie has been roped in as South Africa's high performance batting lead coach, the country's cricket board (CSA) announced on Thursday.

Kagiso Rabada is slowly showing signs of getting his mojo back as indicated by his spell in the post lunch session, observed South Africa's bowling coach Vincent Barnes.

On a day when the Indian batsmen held their ground, Kagiso Rabada was South Africa's knight in shining armour, picking up three wickets for 42 runs on the first day of the second Test on Thursday.

Participation of South Africa in an unofficial Twenty20 triangular tournament in Zimbabwe with Bangladesh as the third team ahead of the England tour has been met with mixed reactions.

Cricket South Africa chief executive Gerald Majola stated that some of the possible candidates it wants to consider are still involved in the World Cup.

PCB has denied receiving any letter from the ICC on racism as yet but asserted that it has beefed up measures to eliminate the menace from stadiums in the country.

Prasanna Agoram, the performance analyst of South Africa and the first and the only foreigner in the South Africa support staff, has also worked with the current crop of Indian cricketers during their junior days.