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ICC Test rankings: India cedes top spot for first time since October 2016

India cricket team lost the top spot in the ICC Test rankings to Australia, dropping to third after its stupendous 2016-17 record was eliminated from the annual update as per rules

AB de Villiers denies reports of being approached to lead South Africa

AB de Villiers has retired from all forms of international cricket in 2018 but there has been talk of a return in the national team

AB de Villiers wants to play ICC T20 World Cup only if he is in top-form

The former Proteas skipper played 114 Tests, 228 ODIs and 78 T20s for the national side before his retirement in 2018

Kohli, de Villiers pick Dhoni as captain of their joint India-SA ODI team

In an Instagram Live session, both the players picked each other in the side and jointly selected the rest of the players in the team

ICC CEC: Test Championship final unlikely in June 2021 over Covid-19 fears

But the T20 World Cup is on course even though Cricket Australia CEO Kevin Roberts said that his board is ready for any eventuality

South Africa would welcome back Kolpak players: CSA director Graeme Smith

Dozens of South African cricketers have signed lucrative contracts with county cricket sides over the years but this automatically disqualifies them from playing for the national team

ICC to discuss Test championship, ODI league in executive meet on April 23

The ODI league was to start in June but first series under it -- South Africa's away three-match rubber against Sri Lanka in the first week of June -- was cancelled on Monday due to the pandemic

Quinton de Kock won't be South Africa's Test captain, confirms Graeme Smith

Burdening De Kock by giving him the captaincy in all three formats will not be beneficial for the team, says Graeme Smith

CSA appoints Graeme Smith as director of cricket, to serve till Apr 2022

In December last year, Smith was appointed as the acting director of cricket until the Indian Premier League

Covid-19: ICC explores all options amid speculation over T20 World Cup

ICC T20 World Cup is scheduled to be held in Australia from Oct 18 to Nov 15 but with all sporting events either postponed or cancelled over coronavirus, the fate of the tournament remains uncertain

Ngidi praises bowling coach Langeveldt, says Proteas are in right direction

South African pacer Lungi Ngidi feels that he can still do a lot better than what he has done since making a return to the international arena.

ABD not playing in ICC T20 WC? Says 'don't want to create false hopes'

I can't see six months into the future and if ICC T20 World Cup is postponed to next year a whole lot of things will change, says AB de Villiers

ICC T20 World Cup: 'Is it even going to happen' in Oct-Nov, asks Dale Steyn

Asked during the #AskDale session on Twitter about his best bowling spell in international cricket, the Proteas pacer said Nagpur (7 wickets against India) and Wanderers (6 vs Pakistan) were his best

South Africa to include fitness clauses in players contracts: Mark Boucher

Two back-to-back T20 World Cups will be played in the next two years, so Boucher would be hoping for some consistency from the Proteas.

South African Paterson seeks Kolpak deal despite coronavirus uncertainty

Paterson's Kolpak deal with Nottinghamshire, scheduled for March 23, was postponed due to the covid-19 or coronavirus pandemic

KKR's costliest player Cummins prioritises ICC T20 World Cup over IPL 2020

Former England skipper Kevin Pietersen believes the IPL should happen

ICC T20 WC: Organisers unfazed despite potential clash with other sports

The men's T20 World Cup, slated to be played from October 18 to November 15, has come under doubts due to the coronavirus outbreak which has brought the entire sporting calendar to a grinding halt

Coronavirus: SA players test negative, no symptoms in those not tested

The Proteas, who returned from India on March 18, completed a 14-day period of self-isolation on Thursday, but will remain in lockdown for the next two weeks just like the rest of the country

Here are controversial cricket matches that were affected by D/L method

The Duckworth-Lewis method was introduced in 1997 and adopted by the International Cricket Council two years later, with Steven Stern becoming the custodian of the method when mathematicians Duckworth

Tony Lewis of 'DLS method' used for limited over cricket passes away

Tony, alongside fellow mathematician Frank Duckworth, devised the Duckworth-Lewis method which was introduced in 1997 and adopted officially by the International Cricket Council in 1999