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Kevin Pietersen is eagerly counting the months to his potential return to international cricket with South Africa - 2 years from now and 5 years after he was unceremoniously dropped from the English team. He will be playing extensively in South Africa from now on to further his cause.

England Test skipper Joe Root has termed Michael Vaughan's criticism of the England side as "unfair" and added that he couldn’t believe the comment came from Vaughan, his boyhood hero. But the 340-run loss to South Africa forced him to admit that they have to adapt the rigors of Test cricket better.

Kagiso Rabada will miss South Africa’s second Test against England after he notched up a fourth demerit point on ICC's code of conduct for using foul language against Ben Stokes, after dismissing the Englishman. Rabada already had 3 demerit points for his spat with Niroshan Dickwella in February.

Brendon Mccullum and Mike Brearley have expressed their concern over Test cricket's ongoing loss of ground to T20s and cited AB de Villiers' withdrawal from the Test side as a symptom of the trend. McCullum has urged the ICC to institute a Test Championship to stop the slide and revive Test cricket.