Suranga Lakmal led Sri Lanka's fightback in Port Elizabeth with 4 for 62 after South Africa had posted a century opening stand
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Three steps forward, three steps back

2016 in review: West Indies' year began brightly with a trio of world titles, but then predictable bad blood between players and administrators affected results

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#PoliteEnquiries: Do Lakmal's parents approve of his haircut?

#politeenquiries: Andrew Fernando and Firdose Moonda answer your #PoliteEnquiries at the end of day 1 of the first Test between South Africa and Sri Lanka

Advantage Sri Lanka as Lakmal grabs four

Suranga Lakmal picked up four wickets in an innings for only the second time in a 32-Test career as South Africa ended the first day of their Test series against Sri Lanka at a vulnerable 267 for 6...

Latham and Munro topple Bangladesh

Tom Latham and Colin Munro set up New Zealand's 77-run win in Christchurch, after their 158-run fifth-wicket stand pulled the hosts out of a difficult position...

Australia claw ahead before the rain

A fine delivery from Jackson Bird and a better catch by Nic Maddinson at short leg put Australia in control of Pakistan's first innings before rain arrived at the MCG...

Faf du Plessis drives handsomely, South Africa v Sri Lanka, 1st Test, Port Elizabeth, 1st day, December 26, 2016 © Getty Images

JP Duminy saw his team past 200, South Africa v Sri Lanka, 1st Test, Port Elizabeth, 1st day, December 26, 2016 © AFP

New Zealand v Bangladesh at Christchurch

Dec 26 New Zealand won by 77 runs

India v England at Chennai

Dec 16-20 India won by an innings and 75 runs