England have called up teenage leg-spinner Rehan Ahmed for their second Ashes Test against Australia as cover for Moeen Ali.
The Springboks will start their 2023 season in front of a packed house at Loftus Versfeld in Pretoria on Saturday, 8 July after SA Rugby and hosts, the Blue Bulls Co (BBCo.), announced on Friday that all tickets for the opening Test in the Castle Lager Rugby Championship against Australia have been sold out.
Australia travel to South Africa for an eight-match white-ball tour later this year that will include three Twenty20 matches and five One-Day Internationals in a pre-World Cup tune-up.
Wallabies coach Eddie Jones believes he was afforded enough time to transform his side into a World Cup winning team.
David Warner and Mitchell Marsh are among 17 players who have been included in Australia's squad for the first two Ashes Tests and the World Test Championship final.
Manchester City teenage sensation Alex Robertson has been called up by the Australian national team as he is set to become the third generation of his family to play for the Socceroos.
Australia won the Women's T20 World Cup for the sixth time after they defeated South Africa by 19 runs in the final at Newlands on Sunday.
South Africa denied Australia a 3-0 series clean sweep with a draw in the rain-disrupted third test at the Sydney Cricket Ground on Sunday.
Australian batsman Usman Khawaja says it would be "harsh" for his side to declare their third Test against South Africa and deny him the chance to claim his first Test double century.
Kagiso Rabada and Keshav Maharaj claimed two more wickets on the second day of the third and final Test as Australia remained in control over the Proteas at the SCG in Sydney on Thursday.