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With Zimbabwe not currently included among the nine teams competing in the World Test Championship (WTC), a revitalised scheduled will do much to plead their case to be included among the top nations in the future.
The Six Nations Championship kicked off with dramatic performances from France, Ireland, and Scotland. From France's emphatic return to form to England's concerning slide, here are the crucial talking points from an action-packed opening weekend.
French captain Antoine Dupont marked his return to Six Nations action after a year's hiatus, a successful gamble on winning Olympic sevens gold in Paris, in impressive style creating three tries in 22 minutes.
Despite South Africa topping the ICC World Test Championship table, Proteas stars Temba Bavuma and Kagiso Rabada were overlooked in the ICC Test Team of the Year.
In a historic moment at Galle, Steve Smith became just the 15th player in Test cricket history to reach 10,000 runs, joining an elite group of batting legends including Sachin Tendulkar and Ricky Ponting.
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South Africa successfully completed their journey to the 2023-25 World Test Championship final following their 2-0 series whitewash of Pakistan at home over the past two weeks.
Kwena Maphaka’s rise to being South Africa’s youngest Test debutant has certainly been on the cards ever since Shukri Conrad also sent him a SOS to join the SA A side in Sri Lanka.
All-in-all, Bavuma scored 504 at an average 72 over the course of the four Tests against Sri Lanka and Pakistan, scoring two centuries and three half-centuries in seven innings.
The fire in Kagiso Rabada’s belly would have been further lit when ex-Australia coach Darren Lehmann questioned the legitimacy of the Proteas reaching the World Test Championship final.
Shukri Conrad's plans since taking over the Proetas red-ball team a couple of years ago mirrors Rassie Erasmus at the start of his tenure as Springboks coach.
South Africa eased to a 10-wicket victory over Pakistan in the second Test on Monday in Cape Town to secure a 2-0 series win.
Pakistan were 213 for one in their follow-on innings at close of play, still 208 runs short of making South Africa bat again.
Indian cricket fans and pundits questioned the future of several veteran players after their team lost 3-1 to Australia.
Their six-wicket victory in Sydney ensured the hosts clinched the series 3-1, rallying after an emphatic 295-run defeat in the first game at Perth.
Stand-in skipper Jasprit Bumrah said it was frustrating that he missed the crunch finale to their Test series against Australia on Sunday.
At the close in Sydney, India were 141-6 with Ravindra Jadeja on eight and Washington Sundar six after they dismissed Australia for 181 in reply to their first-innings 185.
Regular captain and opener Rohit Sharma was rested, India said, after failing to get past 10 runs in any of his five innings during the series, which Australia lead 2-1.
Maphaka is one of three changes to the Proteas team that sensationally won the first Test by two wickets last week at Centurion.
Proteas captain Temba Bavuma is backing the youngster Kwena Maphaka to step up against Pakistan in the festive occasion at Newlands.
India coach Gautam Gambhir declined to confirm Thursday whether embattled skipper Rohit Sharma would play in the decisive fifth Test against Australia.
Wiaan Mulder says he finally feels like he belongs in the Proteas Test side after a stop-start Test career.
Speaking on the For The Love Of Rugby podcast with Dan Cole and Ben Youngs, Springboks No 10 Handre Pollard says there is more to Rassie Erasmus than meets the eye.
The ICC has been contemplating a two-tier system for years to keep the format competitive but the plans have never got off the ground.
Former Proteas Test captain Graeme Smith is extremely proud of Temba Bavuma and the Class of 2024 for qualifying for the World Test Championship final at Lord’s next year.