South Africa were tottering at 150-6 early in the final session.

England spin spearhead Jack Leach will miss the rest of their five-match test series against India due to a left knee injury, the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) said on Sunday.

The series is level at 1-1 after two matches that Kohli also missed, and will resume without him in Rajkot for the third Test starting Thursday.

Williamson was out for a rapid 109 as the home side reached 179-4 in their second innings, extending their overall lead to 528 runs by stumps

Sri Lanka wrapped up a comfortable 10-wicket win in the one-off Test match against Afghanistan in Colombo on Monday.

Fast bowler Jasprit Bumrah took a match haul of nine wickets to lead India's 106-run win over England in the second Test on Monday and level the five-match series.

India claimed five wickets in the morning session of day four to reduce England to 194-6 and stay on course for a series-levelling victory in the second Test on Monday.

Brand claimed 6 for 119 in the first innings with his left-arm spin bowling and is now the holder of the best figures on Test debut while also captaining the team

Rachin Ravindra top-scored with a career-high 240 while Proteas captain Neil Brand finished with figures of 6-119 with his left-arm spin on Test debut.

The left-hander, who began the day on 118, took 340 balls to reach 200, striking 21 fours and one six as New Zealand reached 396-5

Sri Lanka collapsed from 427 for six to 439 all out on the third day of their one-off Test against Afghanistan on Sunday, with one of their batsmen forced off the field after being hit on the helmet.

Rachin Ravindra and Kane Williamson ground out unbeaten centuries as New Zealand punished a second-string South Africa on the opening day of the first Test at Mount Maunganui on Sunday.

Taskin had sat out the Tests at home against New Zealand recently and the subsequent white-ball tour of New Zealand.

The 22-year-old turned an overnight 179 into his first double ton with 209 on Saturday in the second match of the high-profile series.

England were still 241 behind India at the break with Jonny Bairstow, on 24, and skipper Ben Stokes, on five, batting in Visakhapatnam.

The hosts were leading by 89 runs in Colombo after elegant stroke play by the two experienced batsmen

Jaiswal turned an overnight 179 into the first double century of his Test career before veteran pacer James Anderson finally got him out for the eighth wicket

“The first time I saw him was on Twitter. I think the County Championship [account] put a little clip together of him bowling against Sir Alastair,” Stokes told cricket website ESPNcricinfo

"(I'm) going back home with this joy in my heart and mind. I'm so happy," Joseph said in a video posted on the team's social media on Tuesday.

"Seeing @BrianLara in tears in the comm box tells you everything you need to know about Test cricket and what it means," former England captain Michael Vaughan wrote on X, formerly known as Twitter.