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West Indies 243 & 345

England 398 & 10/2 (4.0 ov)

England require another 181 runs with 8 wickets remaining

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England batsman Kevin Pietersen has announced his retirement from international limited-overs cricket.

The 31-year-old, who made his debut in 2004, played 127 one-day internationals and 36 Twenty20 internationals

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The switch-hit has been declared a legitimate shot by an International Cricket Council (ICC) committee.

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South Africa wicketkeeper Mark Boucher is a doubt for the Test series against England after suffering a serious eye injury.

The 35-year-old was struck by a bail while standing up to the stumps on day one of the tour match with Somerset.

He underwent surgery on a lacerated eyeball at 19:00 BST on Monday.

"It is a significant injury. I don't think he will be ready for the first Test, if the series," said South Africa team manager Dr Mohammed Moosajee

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India and Pakistan will resume bilateral ties with a "short series", comprising three ODIs and two Twenty20 internationals, in December and January. The matches, which are likely to be held between the Test and one-day legs of England's tour of India, will form the first bilateral series between the two sides since Pakistan toured India in end-2007.

The decision was taken by the BCCI at its working committee meeting on Monday. Rajiv Shukla, a senior BCCI official, said the plan was to hold the three ODIs in Chennai, Delhi and Kolkata, and the Twenty20 matches in Ahmedabad and Bangalore.

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Roll-on Thursday for the first England v South Africa test.


England did well on day one. Apart from losing Andrew Straus in the first over.


England won the toss and decided to bat
England 1st Innings
267 for 3 (90.0 overs)

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Hashim Amla scores a triple century score, 300+.
Not only does he becomes the highest South African scorer
but also the only South African to score a triple century.
In the same innings two other team mates scored centuries.

England at the moment on 4th day trail by 163 runs with only
6 wickets in hand and South Africa still to bat.

Backs against the proverbial wall?

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Backs against the proverbial wall?

I'd rather bury my head in the sand. ..

SA have done so well they, almost, deserve to win

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And they have a well deserved massive win.

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I'm watching a t20 match (between Sussex and Gloucestershire) and Scott Styris hit 38 from one over. Was fun to watch.

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Now if he could do that for England also

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England v South Africa (11:00 local | 10:00 GMT |

West Indies v New Zealand (10:00 local | 15:00 GMT

Today August 2, 2912

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Kevin Pietersen has been dropped for England's third Test against South Africa over reports he sent derogatory text messages about his team-mates.

On Saturday, Pietersen removed his threat to retire but the England and Wales Cricket Board wanted confirmation he had not texted Proteas players.

"This has not been forthcoming despite timelines being set," said England cricket managing director Hugh Morris.

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England
South Africa

Match scheduled to begin at 11:00 local time (10:00 GMT)

To decide who is #1 Test team in the world!

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South Africa 262/7 (87.4 ov)

England

South Africa won the toss and elected to bat

Stumps - Day 1