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South Africa Women 163/5 * v England Academy Women

Paul Grayson, Essex’s head coach, has defended the club’s signing of South Africa opener Alviro Petersen for the first two months of the season

South Africa Test captain Graeme Smith will undergo ankle surgery on Tuesday which will rule him out of this year’s Indian Premier League. However, the left-handed opener should be fit for the summer tour of England.

When the cricketing annals look back at the 2011-12 summer, they might rate the recent test series against South Africa as a turning point for New Zealand cricket; a door opening to a firmer era of test stability.Such a contention…

South Africa defeated India by 11 runs in a one-off Twenty20 international at the Wanderers on Friday on the Duckworth/Lewis method after their batsmen had plundered 219 for four.

South Africa 219/4 v India 27 *

Half-centuries from Colin Ingram and Jacques Kallis lifted South Africa to their second-highest T20I total, and the fourth-highest ever

Jacques Kallis and Colin Ingram struck impressive half-centuries as South Africa defeated India by 11 runs on the Duckworth/Lewis method in the one-off Twenty20 international at Johannesburg.

Australian pace bowling prodigy Pat Cummins, who bagged a six-wicket haul on test debut in South Africa last year, will return to action next week after a four-month injury layoff.

ESPNcricinfo previews the one-off Twenty20 between South Africa and India at the Wanderers