South Africa's batting woes
While the Proteas bowling has been exceptional, their batting needs to improve to draw the series.
The journey of the Fab 4 to captaincy
The challenges facing Virat Kohli, Steve Smith, Joe Root and Kane Williamson as captains of their cricket teams.
Morris + Philander = Kallis
No one can replace Jacques Kallis, but a combination of Vernon Philander and Chris Morris comes close.
Getting ready for the Oval
What England and South Africa need to do to get the upper hand in the 3rd Test.
England vs South Africa at the Oval
From Hashim Amla's 311* to Devon Malcolm's 9/57, stats from Poms vs Proteas at the Oval.
300 at home for Jimmy
James Anderson has taken 300 wickets at home, becoming the first fast bowler to achieve this feat.
Faf du Plessis: The Great South African Wall
Faf du Plessis and his ability to overcome any situation has always given hope to the Proteas.
South Africa at Trent Bridge
A brief statistical preview of the 2nd Test at Nottingham between the Proteas and England.
4 issues facing South Africa
Before the 2nd Test against England, the Proteas urgently need to sort out these issues.
Joe Root and centuries on captaincy debut
A look at 4 great, modern batsmen who scored a hundred in their first Test as captain.
South Africa need to play a new brand of Test cricket
The Proteas' problems are more to do with attitude, though they need to get their personnel and players right.
The huge challenge awaiting South Africa's batsmen
The Proteas' inexperienced batting will have to survive a powerful England bowling attack in difficult conditions.
South Africa's opening conundrum
Which one of these 4 players will open the batting in the Tests against England with Dean Elgar?
The rise of Dean Elgar
One of South Africa's best batsman, the opener and now captain should seize his chance at Lords.
Alastair Cook in numbers
The English opener and former captain is one of the best English batsmen of all time.
England, South Africa and Lords
There is a long and storied history between the two teams at the Home of Cricket.
The new Lance Klusener?
Chris Morris could well be the ideal hard hitting, fast bowling all rounder for South Africa.
England (4th Test) : Joe Root (Captain), Alastair Cook, Keaton Jennings, Jonny Bairstow, Ben Stokes, Moeen Ali, Liam Dawson, Toby Roland-Jones, Stuart Broad, Jimmy Anderson, Gary Ballance, Steven Finn
England (3rd Test) : Joe Root (Captain), Alastair Cook, Keaton Jennings, Jonny Bairstow, Ben Stokes, Moeen Ali, Liam Dawson, Toby Roland-Jones, Stuart Broad, Mark Wood, Jimmy Anderson, Dawid Malan, Tom Westley (replaces Ballance), Gary Ballance (ruled out with an injury)
England (2nd Test) : Joe Root (Captain), Alastair Cook, Keaton Jennings, Gary Ballance, Jonny Bairstow, Ben Stokes, Moeen Ali, Liam Dawson, Toby Roland-Jones, Stuart Broad, Mark Wood, Jimmy Anderson
England (1st Test) : Joe Root (Captain), Alastair Cook, Keaton Jennings, Gary Ballance, Jonny Bairstow, Ben Stokes, Moeen Ali, Liam Dawson, Toby Roland-Jones, Stuart Broad, Mark Wood, Jimmy Anderson
South Africa (Test) : Faf du Plessis (Captain), Hashim Amla, Temba Bavuma, Theunis de Bruyn, Quinton de Kock (wk), JP Duminy, Dean Elgar, Heino Kuhn, Keshav Maharaj, Aiden Markram, Morne Morkel, Chris Morris, Duanne Olivier, Andile Phehlukwayo, Vernon Philander, Kagiso Rabada
England (T20I) : Eoin Morgan (Captain), Jonathan Bairstow (available for first two matches of series), Sam Billings, Jos Buttler, Mason Crane, Tom Curran, Liam Dawson, Alex Hales, Chris Jordan, Liam Livingstone, Dawid Malan, Craig Overton (available for last two matches of series), Liam Plunkett, Jason Roy, David Willey, Mark Wood (available for the first match of the series)
South Africa (T20I) : AB de Villiers (Captain & wk), Farhaan Behardien, Reeza Hendricks, Imran Tahir, David Miller, Morne Morkel, Chris Morris, Mangaliso Mosehle (wk), Wayne Parnell, Dane Paterson, Andile Phehlukwayo, Dwaine Pretorius, Tabraiz Shamsi, JJ Smuts
England (ODI) : Eoin Morgan (Captain), Moeen Ali, Jonny Bairstow, Jake Ball, Sam Billings, Jos Buttler (wk), Alex Hales, Liam Plunkett, Adil Rashid, Joe Root, Jason Roy, Ben Stokes, David Willey, Mark Wood, Chris Woakes
South Africa (ODI) : AB de Villiers (Captain), Hashim Amla, Farhaan Behardien, Quinton de Kock (wk), Faf du Plessis, JP Duminy, Imran Tahir, Keshav Maharaj, David Miller, Chris Morris, Wayne Parnell, Andile Phehlukwayo, Kagiso Rabada, Dwaine Pretorius, Morne Morkel