Kusal Perera's unbeaten 158 took Sri Lanka to a stunning 1-wicket victory against South Africa as he put up a 78-run partnership for the last wicket to seal a sensational win in Durban.
After years of lobbying, Canberra will host its first Test match as Manuka Oval becomes Australia's 11th Test venue.
Matthews was Sri Lanka's highest run-scorer in their two-Test series against New Zealand, during which he was dismissed once while scoring 258 runs.
Ind vs Aus, Fourth Test: Match draws after Sydney Test called off due to rain. India win series by 2-1 for the first time in Australia
India took giant strides towards winning their first ever Test series on Australian soil in seven decades by retaining the Border-Gavaskar Trophy with a comprehensive 137-run win in the third Test on Sunday.
Having secured a 292-run lead in the first innings, India finished Day 3 at 54/5 extending the overall lead to 346 runs. But the MCG pitch is deteriorating faster than anyone expected and we are set for what could be the last day.
Steyn's one wicket of the day took him to 422 in Tests and past Shaun Pollock as South Africa's leading wicket-taker of all time.
Team India coach Ravi Shastri revealed that lead spinner Ravichandran Ashwin and his deputy Ravindra Jadeja are not fully fit yet. With the Boxing Day Test in three days time, Shastri said Ashwin will be monitored over the next 48 hours.
Captain Virat Kohli became the second fastest to 25 Test centuries before India's pacers made Australia labour for an overall 175-run lead, leaving the second match evenly poised on Sunday.
The series win in the UAE, New Zealand's first over Pakistan away from home in 40 years, will have given it confidence for the coming matches against Sri Lanka.
Former Australia captain Ian Chappell said that the Cummins, Hazlewood and Starc will be coming at India with all guns blazing in the Test series.
Pakistan lost a winnable match by 4 runs after New Zealand made an impressive comeback to see off a sensational collapse to win the 1st Test.
There's no stopping Indian skipper Virat Kohli as the ICC No.1 ODI batsman is close to breaking another record set by great Sachin Tendulkar. Kohli has been on a record-breaking spree since his debut in international cricket
India coach Ravi Shastri saw in Prithvi Shaw's batting, glimpses of two of the greatest batsmen of modern era and a non-conformist who redefined batsmanship. An overwhelmed Shastri on Sunday, in one breath, mentioned the names of three legends
Shaw was the man of the series in the two Tests that India won comfortably against West Indies as he notched up his maiden Test ton on his debut.
Before Kohli, senior off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin has also spoken about how he felt better bowling with the Kookaburra than 'SG Test'.
India's previous highest innings victory came in June when they beat Test debutants Afghanistan by an innings and 262 runs at Bengaluru within two days.
While saying that the ongoing two-Test series against India is going to be a great challenge for the West Indies Kaif said that India still need to improve their overseas Test record.
Shaw (134 off 154) and Cheteshwar Pujara (86 off 130) laid the foundation for a big score with a 206-run partnership after the early loss of K L Rahul (0).
Pakistan are slated to play their first Test against Australia at Dubai, starting from October 7, followed by the second and final Test at Abu Dhabi beginning October 16.
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