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India will not play day-night Test during tour down under, BCCI informs Cricket Australia
•James Sutherland had told a radio station in Australia that India's reluctance to play the pink ball Test was primarily because of their urge to win the series.
South Africa vs Australia: Visitors' misery in fourth Test ends with an embarrassing 492-run loss
•Vernon Philander took a career-best six for 21 as Australia were bowled out for 119, giving South Africa victory by 492 runs, a record runs margin for South Africa.
Australia ball-tampering scandal: Mickey Arthur backs Steve Smith to come back stronger, but says he's not sure about David Warner
•Mickey Arthur behaviour had sunk to "abysmal" levels in world cricket and needed rapid improvement, after a series of flare-ups in recent months.
Highlights South Africa vs Australia , 4th Test, Day 1 at Johannesburg: Markram's 152 leads hosts' charge but late wickets puts day in balance
Firstcricket Staff •When Australia take the field at the Wanderers in Johannesburg for the fourth and final Test against South Africa, it will be a very different-looking side which was trounced in the ill-fated match at Cape Town.
Australia ball-tampering scandal: Ravichandran Ashwin expresses solidarity with Steve Smith, David Warner
•Cricket Australia banned Warner and Smith for one year while Cameron Bancroft was handed a nine-month suspension after all three admitted to ball-tampering in the third Test against South Africa in Cape Town.
Sandpapergate: Daryl Harper had warned about Steve Smith, David Warner's ball-tampering ways during Sheffield Shield 2016
•Daryl Harper said the pair were not engaging in fair play while representing New South Wales in a match against Victoria in November 2016
Australia ball-tampering scandal: British religious broadcast likens Steve Smith's ban to resurrection of Jesus
•BBC radio's highly-respected 'Thought for the Day' slot, aired Thursday on the eve of Easter, likened Steve Smith's fate to that of Christ.
Australia ball-tampering scandal: 'Devastated' Cameron Bancroft says he is most disappointed to 'give up his spot for free'
•Cameron Bancroft, who was caught on camera pulling out sand paper to scruff up the ball during the third Test against South Africa in Cape Town, said he is disappointed with himself.
IPL 2018: Sunrisers Hyderabad name Kane Williamson as captain for upcoming season in place of deposed David Warner
•Kane Williamson said, "I've accepted the role to stand in as captain for this season. It's an exciting opportunity with a talented group of players. I look forward to the challenges ahead."
Australia ball-tampering scandal: Sunrisers Hyderabad to decide on David Warner's role after CA report, says VVS Laxman
•VVS Laxman, Sunrisers Hyderabad mentor, said, "It's very unfortunate what has happened in the Cape Town Test. As far as Sunrisers is concerned, it's too early for us to comment."