South Africa have now won four tests in a row and remain on course for a place in the World Test Championship final. They must win at least two of their three remaining tests in the 2024-25 cycle against Sri Lanka next week in Gqeberha and Pakistan shortly afterwards in Pretoria and Cape Town.

South Africa’s lanky speedster Marco Jansen took the last two wickets as the hosts won the first Test against Sri Lanka by 233 runs yesterday but had to toil hard to break

South Africa has wrapped up a 233-run win over Sri Lanka and medium-pacer Marco Jansen has finished with 11 wickets in the first test in Durban.