AB gets Boucher's vote

Australia's David Warner's batting exploits in the third and final Test against South Africa earned him a career-best fifth in the latest ICC Rankings for Test batsmen, even as India's Cheteshwar Pujara and Virat Kohli dropped to No 8 and 10 respectively.Warner, who slammed 135 and 145 in each innings of the series-deciding Cape Town Test, which Australia won by 245 runs, rose five places and is now the highest-ranked Australia batsman. His skipper, Michael Clarke, occupies ninth place.The ...

Australia celebrate the wicket of South Africa's AB de Villiers during the fifth day of the third and final Test (Reuters) Summary Not even a controversial third umpire decision could derail Australia's victory charge. Australia's Ryan ...

AB de Villiers continued to stonewall Australia as South Africa went to lunch on 122-5 on day five of the third test at Newlands with a chance of holding out for the draw. De Villiers batted through an extended morning session, advancing his score ...

Cape Town, South Africa: AB de Villiers and Faf du Plessis fell in the second session of day five but South Africa still went to tea on 201-7 against Australia to keep alive its hopes of avoiding defeat in the third test at Newlands. While De Villiers was ...

INDO-ASIAN NEWS SERVICE Cape Town, 5 March AB de Villiers is not sure he will take over as South Africa's Test captain succeeding Graeme Smith, who will be retiring from international cricket after the third and the final Test against ...

World's No.1 batsman AB de Villiers is not sure he would take over as the South African Test captain succeeding Graeme Smith, who will be retiring from international cricket after the third and the final Test against Australia. De Villiers is the ...

South African batsmen AB de Villiers and Faf du Plessis are the only candidates to replace retiring captain Graeme Smith as the Test skipper of their team, according to a report. Cricket South Africa (CSA) has reportedly said that there is no special rush in naming the successor, after almost 11 years of virtually uninterrupted and often inspiring leadership from Smith, as the winter tours to Sri Lanka and Zimbabwe are still several months away. According to Sport24, Du Plessis will be closely ...

AB de Villiers, Graeme Smith's likely successor, expressed shock over his captain's sudden retirement. Smith will hang up his boots at the end of the ongoing Test series decider in Cape Town against Australia, and only told players of his decision ...

JP Duminy, AB de Villiers and South African coach Russell Domingo praise Graeme Smith following the South African skipper's