Marco Jansen’s seven-wicket haul put South Africa 281 runs ahead on the second day of their test in Durban as Sri Lanka were dismissed for 42, their lowest Test total.

It was a day Sri Lanka will want to forget as 19 wickets fell, and they had their second-shortest innings, facing just 83 balls.

South Africa started the day on 80-4 and while getting off to a slow start, going 117-7 after 15 overs, Temba Bavuma’s 70-run total helped them to close the first innings with a total of 191.

The South Africa bowling attack then picked up the mantel with Jansen providing the standout performance. He achieved an economy of 1.9 in just under seven overs, taking seven wickets and conceding only 13 runs.

Kagiso Rabada (1-10) and Gerald Coetzee (2-18) also played their part in limiting a tepid Sri Lankan batting line-up, which saw Kamindu Mendis (13) and Lahiru Kumara (10) the only players to reach double figures for Sri Lanka, while five of their batters were out for a duck.

It took just under 14 overs until South Africa were back at the crease for their second innings, where opener Aiden Markram (47) fell just short of reaching a half-century.

They ended the day with Bavuma (24) and Tristan Stubbs (17) back in to bat, with their partnership of 43 so far representing the second-highest of the match. They will start day three on 132-3.

Data Debrief: Jansen destructive in pace attack

The 41 balls Jansen bowled during the innings is the joint-fewest in history to take seven wickets.

His first wicket took his total to 50 for South Africa in men’s Tests. He’s taken at least one wicket in 12 of his 13 Test bowling innings in South Africa.

He also put South Africa well on their way to back-to-back wins in men’s Tests at Kingsmead for the first time since January 2008, following their 220-run victory against Bangladesh in their last match at the venue (April 2022).

Marco Jansen’s seven-wicket haul put South Africa 281 runs ahead on the second day of their test in Durban as Sri Lanka were dismissed for 42, their lowest Test total.

It was a day Sri Lanka will want to forget as 19 wickets fell, and they had their second-shortest innings, facing just 83 balls.

South Africa started the day on 80-4 and while getting off to a slow start, going 117-7 after 15 overs, Temba Bavuma’s 70-run total helped them to close the first innings with a total of 191.

The South Africa bowling attack then picked up the mantel with Jansen providing the standout performance. He achieved an economy of 1.9 in just under seven overs, taking seven wickets and conceding only 13 runs.

Kagiso Rabada (1-10) and Gerald Coetzee (2-18) also played their part in limiting a tepid Sri Lankan batting line-up, which saw Kamindu Mendis (13) and Lahiru Kumara (10) the only players to reach double figures for Sri Lanka, while five of their batters were out for a duck.

It took just under 14 overs until South Africa were back at the crease for their second innings, where opener Aiden Markram (47) fell just short of reaching a half-century.

They ended the day with Bavuma (24) and Tristan Stubbs (17) back in to bat, with their partnership of 43 so far representing the second-highest of the match. They will start day three on 132-3.

Data Debrief: Jansen destructive in pace attack

The 41 balls Jansen bowled during the innings is the joint-fewest in history to take seven wickets.

His first wicket took his total to 50 for South Africa in men’s Tests. He’s taken at least one wicket in 12 of his 13 Test bowling innings in South Africa.

He also put South Africa well on their way to back-to-back wins in men’s Tests at Kingsmead for the first time since January 2008, following their 220-run victory against Bangladesh in their last match at the venue (April 2022).

Real Madrid have confirmed that midfielder Eduardo Camavinga sustained a hamstring injury during their Champions League defeat to Liverpool.

Camavinga was replaced by Dani Ceballos in the 56th minute during Wednesday's 2-0 loss at Anfield, and the club revealed he is expected to spend a period on the sidelines. 

The Frenchman adds to Madrid's already extensive injury list, joining the likes of Vinicius Junior, Rodrygo, David Alaba, Eder Militao, and Dani Carvajal on the injury table. 

An official club statement read: "Following tests carried out today on our player Eduardo Camavinga by the club’s Medical Services, he has been diagnosed with a muscle injury in the femoral biceps of his left leg. Pending evolution."

This growing list of absentees has raised serious concerns about the team’s depth and their ability to compete effectively both domestically and in the Champions League. 

The loss against Liverpool has already left Madrid’s Champions League qualification hopes hanging in the balance, finding themselves 24th in the new 36-team table after five games.

Carlo Ancelotti's side welcome Getafe to the Bernabeu this Sunday, hoping to close the gap to rivals Barcelona at the summit of the LaLiga standings, who are just four points ahead, with Madrid having played a game less. 

Real Madrid have confirmed that midfielder Eduardo Camavinga sustained a hamstring injury during their Champions League defeat to Liverpool.

Camavinga was replaced by Dani Ceballos in the 56th minute during Wednesday's 2-0 loss at Anfield, and the club revealed he is expected to spend a period on the sidelines. 

The Frenchman adds to Madrid's already extensive injury list, joining the likes of Vinicius Junior, Rodrygo, David Alaba, Eder Militao, and Dani Carvajal on the injury table. 

An official club statement read: "Following tests carried out today on our player Eduardo Camavinga by the club’s Medical Services, he has been diagnosed with a muscle injury in the femoral biceps of his left leg. Pending evolution."

This growing list of absentees has raised serious concerns about the team’s depth and their ability to compete effectively both domestically and in the Champions League. 

The loss against Liverpool has already left Madrid’s Champions League qualification hopes hanging in the balance, finding themselves 24th in the new 36-team table after five games.

Carlo Ancelotti's side welcome Getafe to the Bernabeu this Sunday, hoping to close the gap to rivals Barcelona at the summit of the LaLiga standings, who are just four points ahead, with Madrid having played a game less. 

Charles Leclerc said he has cleared the air with Ferrari team-mate Carlos Sainz ahead of this weekend's Qatar Grand Prix. 

Leclerc was left furious after Sainz overtook the Monegasque driver for the final place on the podium at the Las Vegas Grand Prix, despite being told to hold his position. 

The 27-year-old vented his frustrations to his team in an explosive rant on the team radio, missing out on valuable points to close the gap to Lando Norris in the drivers' standings.

And while not keen to dwell on last Sunday, Leclerc said he and Sainz had talked about what happened and there were no problems between them.

"I don't want to go back to what happened in Vegas," said Leclerc.

"The last two races of the season, and we need to do absolutely everything in order to get that Constructors' Championship. That's all that matters and whatever happened in Vegas we discussed it.

"I have a really good relationship with Carlos, and we've sometimes had races where things don't go exactly the way we want, but the most important thing is that we discuss it, and we go forward.

"It's very clear for both of us that we just want to win the constructors' and it's by working as a team that we achieve that. I'm sure there won't be any problems with it."

This weekend's penultimate round at the Lusail International Circuit marks a huge one for the Scuderia in their quest for their first constructors' title since 2008. 

Ferrari find themselves 24 points behind McLaren at this stage of the season, but have reason to be confident in their two drivers who have impressed so far this campaign. 

Leclerc has now finished on the podium 11 times in 2024. If he achieves one more, it will be the Monegasque's best year on the podium in Formula 1 (also 11 in 2022).

With his fourth place finish in Las Vegas, Leclerc is already enjoying the best season of his career in terms of points scored (319, surpassing 308 in 2022).

Sainz, meanwhile, has 26 podiums in his Formula 1 career, eight of which have come in 2024. If he achieves one more, he will equal his best year in the competition (nine in 2022).

Arne Slot believes Pep Guardiola is still "the best manager in the world" despite Manchester City's recent struggles ahead of their blockbuster clash at Anfield on Sunday. 

City are without a win in their last six games in all competitions, the latest of which saw them squander a three-goal lead to draw with Feyenoord in the Champions League. 

For the first time in what was the 942nd game of his managerial career, Guardiola watched his side fail to win a match after leading by three goals.

And up next for the Citizens is Slot's Liverpool, who dispatched Real Madrid 2-0 on Wednesday to become the first team to qualify for the Champions League knockout stages. 

Though City have lost their last three Premier League games, as many as they had in their previous 47 combined (W35 D9), Slot was confident Guardiola could turn things around.

"Everybody is looking at their results but if you face them, you analyse it. They were 1-0 up against Brighton and could have scored one or two more," Slot said.

"They could have been two or three goals up against Tottenham and against Feyenoord - that has not happened many times.

"They are still a very, very good team and one of the reasons why I think Pep Guardiola is one of the best managers in the world - I think he is the best - he always comes up with solutions for his problems.

"We all know he will come up with a solution, but hopefully after Sunday."

Slot was also able to provide an update on defensive duo Conor Bradley and Ibrahima Konate, who looked to have picked up injuries in the win over Madrid. 

No player made more tackles (four), won more duels (eight), won more fouls (three) or provided more assists (one) than Bradley against Los Blancos. 

Konate also impressed on Wednesday, making more interceptions (two) than any of his Liverpool team-mates, with Slot saying the pair were still being assessed ahead of City's visit to Anfield on Sunday. 

"They are still being assessed so it is difficult to know where they are," Slot said.

"Let's wait and see but it's never a good sign if players - Conor I had to take him off and Ibou didn't walk off the pitch as he should after such a fantastic game.

"He should have made a round and clapped to the fans but unfortunately he couldn't so that's not a good sign."

There was, however, good news on the fitness of Trent Alexander-Arnold, who returned to the bench for the Reds on Wednesday but was an unused substitute. 

The England international has missed the last three games for club and country with a hamstring injury.

Only Mohamed Salah (22) has created more chances than Alexander-Arnold in the Premier League for Liverpool this season, with Slot confirming he would be fit to start against City. 

"Like I've just said, they are still being assessed. We have to wait and see where they are this weekend and after that. Trent [Alexander-Arnold] will be fit to start," Slot added. 

Arne Slot believes Pep Guardiola is still "the best manager in the world" despite Manchester City's recent struggles ahead of their blockbuster clash at Anfield on Sunday. 

City are without a win in their last six games in all competitions, the latest of which saw them squander a three-goal lead to draw with Feyenoord in the Champions League. 

For the first time in what was the 942nd game of his managerial career, Guardiola watched his side fail to win a match after leading by three goals.

And up next for the Citizens is Slot's Liverpool, who dispatched Real Madrid 2-0 on Wednesday to become the first team to qualify for the Champions League knockout stages. 

Though City have lost their last three Premier League games, as many as they had in their previous 47 combined (W35 D9), Slot was confident Guardiola could turn things around.

"Everybody is looking at their results but if you face them, you analyse it. They were 1-0 up against Brighton and could have scored one or two more," Slot said.

"They could have been two or three goals up against Tottenham and against Feyenoord - that has not happened many times.

"They are still a very, very good team and one of the reasons why I think Pep Guardiola is one of the best managers in the world - I think he is the best - he always comes up with solutions for his problems.

"We all know he will come up with a solution, but hopefully after Sunday."

Slot was also able to provide an update on defensive duo Conor Bradley and Ibrahima Konate, who looked to have picked up injuries in the win over Madrid. 

No player made more tackles (four), won more duels (eight), won more fouls (three) or provided more assists (one) than Bradley against Los Blancos. 

Konate also impressed on Wednesday, making more interceptions (two) than any of his Liverpool team-mates, with Slot saying the pair were still being assessed ahead of City's visit to Anfield on Sunday. 

"They are still being assessed so it is difficult to know where they are," Slot said.

"Let's wait and see but it's never a good sign if players - Conor I had to take him off and Ibou didn't walk off the pitch as he should after such a fantastic game.

"He should have made a round and clapped to the fans but unfortunately he couldn't so that's not a good sign."

There was, however, good news on the fitness of Trent Alexander-Arnold, who returned to the bench for the Reds on Wednesday but was an unused substitute. 

The England international has missed the last three games for club and country with a hamstring injury.

Only Mohamed Salah (22) has created more chances than Alexander-Arnold in the Premier League for Liverpool this season, with Slot confirming he would be fit to start against City. 

"Like I've just said, they are still being assessed. We have to wait and see where they are this weekend and after that. Trent [Alexander-Arnold] will be fit to start," Slot added. 

Kamran Ghulam’s maiden ODI ton helped Pakistan to beat Zimbabwe by 99 runs as they came from behind to win the third and final match of their series in Bulawayo.

It was the second consecutive ODI Series in which Pakistan have made a comeback to win 2-1, having defeated Australia in similar fashion earlier this month.

Pakistan ran up a total of 303-6, having got off to a strong start as opener Abdullah Rafique made his fifth half-century off 68 balls before Ghulam's 103 from 99 deliveries put the tourists in the ascendency. 

Zimbabwe’s bowling attack left much to be desired as Pakistan were able to plunder 69 runs from the last five overs, leaving the Chevrons with an uphill task of claiming an unlikely victory. 

Pakistan’s bowlers were in far better form as, aside from Craig Ervine's half-century, Zimbabwe struggled to find a rhythm at the crease, with Brian Bennett (37) the only other batter to make it past 30 runs. 

Saim Ayub (2-29), Abrar Ahmed (2-45), Haris Rauf (2-45), and Aamir Jamal (2-19) did much of the damage, limiting Zimbabwe to just 204 runs in their chase as their innings finished with just under 10 overs remaining. 

Data Debrief – Unwanted milestone for Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe have become the fifth team to record 400 losses in men’s ODI history, joining Sri Lanka (453), India (445), Pakistan (430) and the West Indies (415) to surpass that total.

They have also won only one of their last eight matches in the format (L7), an 80-run victory against Pakistan in the first game of this series (24 November 2024).

Pakistan, on the other hand, have now won four of their last five men’s ODIs away from home (L1). It’s more than they won across their eight such fixtures prior to that span (W2 L6).

Five-time Grand Slam champion Iga Swiatek has accepted a one-month suspension after testing positive for a banned substance.

The world number two tested positive for trimetazidine, a heart medication known as TMZ, after providing an out-of-competition sample in August 2024. She was world number one at the time.

The International Tennis Integrity Agency (ITIA) have determined the source was a contaminated nonprescription medication, melatonin, used for issues with jet lag and sleeping.

The ITIA thus concluded that Swiatek was not responsible for significant fault or negligence in the test. Therefore, the suspension will last just one month.

ITIA chief executive Karen Moorhouse said: "Once the source of the TMZ had been established, it became clear that this was a highly unusual instance of a contaminated product, which in Poland is a regulated medicine.

"However, the product does not have the same designation globally, and the fact that a product is a regulated medication in one country cannot of itself be sufficient to avoid any level of fault. Taking into account the nature of the medication, and all the circumstances, it does place that fault at the lowest end of the scale."

It is the second high-profile doping case this year, as Jannik Sinner failed two tests for a steroid in March but was cleared in August.

Shoaib Bashir has admitted he’s “not perfect” despite taking four wickets against New Zealand on the opening day of England’s first Test in Christchurch.

He took 4-69 to limit New Zealand to 319-8 at Hagley Oval. Rachin Ravindra, Tom Blundell, Nathan Smith and Matt Henry were all caught off his deliveries.

The 21-year-old made his Test debut against India in February and has impressed ever since. He has sent down the most deliveries (2,745) of any bowler in Tests this year – over 500 more than the next-busiest bowler in Sri Lanka's Prabath Jayasuriya.

Bashir, however, remains keen to improve despite his shining display in New Zealand.

"I wouldn't say I was disappointed but there was a bit of frustration when I was bowling out in Pakistan," Bashir told the Test Match Special podcast.

"I'm still 21, I've still got a lot of learning to do. I'm just enjoying every moment and I'm just so thankful."

Bashir had an economy of 3.45 on the first day, the third-best of the bowling attack, and bowled 20 overs, the most on the squad.

Only Indian bowlers Jasprit Bumrah (49) and Ravichandran Ashwin (46) have more wickets than the 45 that Bashir has claimed this year.

"I knew that if I did come on, I'd have a job to do and thankfully, I controlled the run-rate which was handy," said Bashir.

"I was bowling a touch slower but I was focusing on controlling my line with the wind.

"Because the wind was very strong, I was trying to focus on what I needed to do with my body to get the line I needed to bowl, which was outside off.”

His four-fer on the first day means Bashir is just one wicket away from becoming the only spin bowler to ever claim a five-wicket haul at the Hagley Oval.

But the on-loan Worcestershire bowler remains grounded about his abilities.

"I'm learning on the job and I'm not perfect. Two years ago I didn't have a county. I'm just very, very thankful for what has happened over the last year,” Bashir added.

Australia have called up all-rounder Beau Webster for their second Test against India in Adelaide.

The 30-year-old is currently uncapped and will cover for Mitchell Marsh who is a doubt following injury concerns after Australia were defeated by 295 runs in their first Test in Perth.

Webster won Player of the Year in last season’s Sheffield Shield as he scored 938 runs, averaging 58.62 for Tasmania.

He also showed his capabilities as an all-rounder for Australia A against India in two matches preceding this Test series. He hit 145 runs across the two matches and racked up a six-wicket haul in the second match.

Tasmania captain Jordan Silk was complimentary of his team-mates' abilities.

"He's a special player at the moment. Any time we're in trouble, I feel like I can throw him the ball and he just seems to be able to create something. Any time we're in similar trouble with the bat then he's able to dig us out of it,” he said.

"He's basically playing as our third seamer and top-six batter, which is a pretty good luxury to have in our side.

"He'd probably say it was one of the best career moves of all time to give up his dirty offies and go to seam bowling because it's now looking like it could open many more doors for him."

He demonstrated such quality this week, scoring 61 and 49 for Tasmania and taking five wickets with the ball against New South Wales.

Australia squad for second Test v India: 

Usman Khawaja, Nathan McSweeney, Marnus Labuschagne, Steven Smith, Travis Head, Mitchell Marsh, Alex Carey, Josh Inglis, Pat Cummins (captain), Mitchell Starc, Nathan Lyon, Josh Hazlewood, Scott Boland, Beau Webster.

Rio Ferdinand believes Liverpool are the “best team in Europe” after they comfortably defeated Real Madrid at Anfield 2-0 on Wednesday.

The Premier League leaders earned the three points through two second-half goals from Alexis Mac Allister and Cody Gakpo, while Kylian Mbappe missed a penalty that would have put the visitors level.

Liverpool became just the fifth side to win their opening five games of the Champions League campaign and concede no more than one goal in the process, after Milan (92/93), Juventus (04/05), Atletico Madrid (16/17) and PSG (17/18).

It left Ferdinand impressed with Arne Slot’s influence as he praised his side's tenacity.

"They have put the gauntlet down to all the other teams in Europe. They look like the best team in Europe at the moment," he told TNT Sports.

"They are playing as a team; they look like they have the hungriest individuals about. They are not only getting the results, but they look starving.

"They look like they haven’t been fed for ages. He’s sending them out like Rottweilers on the pitch, hunting teams down.”

Liverpool demonstrably outperformed Real Madrid to go top of the league phase in the Champions League with 15 points.

They racked up an expected goals (xG) total of 2.73 compared to Real Madrid’s 1.22 xG, taking 17 shots compared to the visitors’ eight.

"They’ve got the composure; they’ve got people like Mo Salah who have the killer instinct to finish games off. I thought all their players performed very well,” added Ferdinand.

"I said before the game that Arne Slot would have liked what his team can produce in a game of this magnitude against the Champions League winners, and he got a very positive answer."   

Caoimhin Kelleher has now saved three of the four penalties he has faced for Liverpool in all competitions (excluding shootouts), while this was only the second penalty Mbappe has failed to convert in the Champions League.

Mbappe has just one goal in the competition this season, having struggled since joining Madrid in the summer.

However, former Real Madrid star Gareth Bale backed the 25-year-old to come good in Spain.

"It does happen. I’ve missed penalties, everyone has missed penalties. It’s just unfortunate that at the moment it’s not quite going Mbappe’s way," said Bale.

"But I think on his day he’s the best in the world. It’s just a matter of time before he comes good."