Imran Tahir has been added to the Proteas Test squad as cover for Robbie Peterson for the first Sunfoil Test match against Pakistan which starts at the Bidvest Wanderers Stadium on Friday, 1 February 2013.

England selectors today announced a 15-man Test squad for the three match series against New Zealand beginning in Dunedin on March 6. Chris Woakes is the only player in the squad who was not part of England’s recent Test series against India and is yet to be capped at Test level.

The five players not taking part in the ODI series (Compton, Onions, Panesar, Pietersen, Prior) will arrive in New Zealand for a training camp led by England Team Director Andy Flower ahead of the four-day game against a New Zealand XI.

England last travelled to New Zealand for a Test series in 2008, winning the three match series 2-1.

Vernon Philander makes his expected return to the Proteas squad for the first Sunfoil Test match against Pakistan to be played at the Bidvest Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg, from Friday, February 1 to Tuesday, February 5.

The second and third Sunfoil Test matches follow at Sahara Park Newlands and SuperSport Park, Centurion.

The Proteas were denied a rare, two-day victory in the first Sunfoil Test match when New Zealand survived 52 overs to reach 169-4 at the close of play, still requiring another 133 runs to make South Africa bat again.

An unbeaten 69 from Dean Brownlie, dropped twice in the 20s, helped New Zealand take the game into a third day once Graeme Smith had declared soon after lunch with a total of 347-8, a lead of 302 runs.

Vernon Philander and Alviro Petersen led South Africa on a day of complete dominance as the two-test Sunfoil series began at Sahara Park Newlands on Wednesday with the tourists dismissed for a dismal total of just 45 before the Proteas closed the day on 252-3, a commanding lead of 207 runs.

Philander took the new ball and completed his eighth five-wicket haul in just his 13th Test match in the space of his first 25 deliveries to finish with an astonishing analysis of 6-3-7-5 as New Zealand crashed to 27-5. Morne Morkel (3-14) and Dale Steyn (2-18) then claimed the next five wickets between them as the tourists crashed to their third lowest total in Tests and the eighth lowest of all time.

Mike Hussey has today announced that the third Vodafone Test against Sri Lanka in Sydney will be his last Test.

Australia's 393rd Test Cap, Hussey will play his 79th and final Test in Sydney but noted he will play out the remainder of the 2012-13 Australian summer, as well as be available for the WA Warriors and Perth Scorchers. He will review his availability for the Warriors and Scorchers at the end of the 2012-13 season.

CA Chairman Wally Edwards said he had followed Hussey's career with admiration at Wanneroo, Western Australia and, after 10 years of fine state cricket, as an Australian player.

Australia are on the verge of a comfortable series win, having taken control of the second test against Sri Lanka on the opening day itself by bowling out their visitors for a paltry first innings score of 156 runs. Sri Lanka were knocked over even before the sides went off for tea after which Australia practically erased that total, posting 150 runs by the end of the day. Mitchell Johnson was the pick of the Australian bowlers as he took 4 wickets, with Peter Siddle, Nathan Lyon, and debutant Jackson Bird also picking up two wickets apiece.

The toss seemed to be the only thing that went in Sri Lanka's favour, with the visitors deciding to bat first. Dimuth Karunaratne and Tillakaratne Dilshan seemed to start off quite comfortably, but Jackson Bird soon struck for Australia with the new ball, making Karunaratne his first victim in international cricket. The Lankan opener caught an outside edge, and was caught behind by Matthew Wade for just 5 runs. Mitchell Johnson struck a few overs later, as he bowled the in-form Dilshan for 11. The batsman caught an inside edge that went on to hit the stumps.