The match is on a knife-edge (as are the players!) but one gets the feeling that all South Africa need is another 20 overs. Which prompts this question: Can India last out this match, with two of their most experienced players at the crease. And another: Are the frequent interruptions good for the batsmen?

No indication of when play will start, so here's some theorising: Was accepting the light on Day 1, in a game South Africa had to win to level the series, a tactical error for the host team? Send us your thoughts on this and the laws surrounding light

Day Four, and South Africa hold the key to this game. Graeme Smith has to do a lot of thinking and calculating, and he hasn't always been on the button on that count. How do you see the game panning out?

South Africa begin their innings with a healthy lead, and their brittle batting will require every bit of that lead if they are to press home the advantage. This is also the time for India's bowling attack to strut its stuff; can it be as effective chasing the game?

Day 3 and South Africa make up for their past sins with some excellent bowling. India are at sea and will have to dig themselves out of this one. Finally, a contest in this series

Battle on the cards. South Africa won the first session and then got Dravid but India are slowly inching their way back. This is what Test cricket is all about but do India have someone who can hold the innings while the strokemakers make their strokes?

A big day for the series: South Africa need to score a few and then bowl far, far better than they did at Joburg. Else they risk India running away with this match.

On a slightly different tack now: Players being rested/dropped/sent back for correction. Loud demands to axe Gibbs, now he scores 63. Zaheer was dropped and has come back leaner and meaner. Will Pathan similarly benefit from a spell in the cold? And then there's the problem of GC Smith...

The first session belonged to India but post-lunch play seems to have gone South Africa's way. Dravid may have missed a trick in bringing on Ganguly when he could have gone for pace at both ends. If South Africa can get to 250, with Pollock and Hall in the wings, they'll be pretty happy.

Down by a Test, missing their one reliable player in Jacques Kallis, South Africa have decided to bat first. That's either a bold statement of intent or a chance for India to go for the jugular and pick up from where they left off at the Wanderers. India are unchanged, Munaf's not yet fit; so the same attack that decimated South Africa will be out in a few moments. The pressure's on South Africa; can they bounce back?

Potentially a historic day for India, their first-ever Test win in South Africa just five wickets away. But there's a lot of work to do: Prince can be obdurate, Boucher aggressive and Pollock can bat a bit. Today is as much about the mind as it is about the ball and the bat

Jacques Kallis is one of the best defensive players in the world and so far he has shown his class, resisting India's bowlers stoutly while batsmen around him lost their way. How long can he go on? Will India get the breakthroughs they need? Tell us what you think at Match Vox

Twenty wickets fell on the second day and India took a firm grip on a match they were barely expected to be competitive in. Experts wrote them off before the game even began. But Sreesanth showed the way, with five wickets, and the bowlers all came to the party. Then the batsmen showed guts and determination and a sizeable lead gave India the edge. Can they go on to win a Test is South Africa for the first time ever? You tell us, at Match Vox

A funny old game, cricket. Who'd have thought India would be sitting so pretty so soon? Well, Match Vox did (see our post here) but we won't gloat. Instead, we leave you to ponder just how India should tighten the screws, and what South Africa should do to retrieve this match.

India's fast bowlers have got the team off to a fabulous start. But South Africa bat deep. Can they sustain the intensity right through the innings and finish the job they have begun so well? Or will it be a repeat of Karachi where the bowlers fired but India still lost?

Welcome to Match Vox where we are discussing day three at Perth. Harmison gets Ponting again in the second innings. But will Australia still manage a super-enormous lead, declaring only on fourth evening?

A bad start, a recovery, another wicket. After express pace failed, the intelligence of Kallis unlocked Tendulkar's defence. The pair at the crease has performed several miracles for India in the past; time for another such show

Less than an hour to go before the toss (it's a delayed start), it's time to look at what lies ahead. Conventional wisdom says this is South Africa's match to lose but their own batting is creaking too - and their bowling may lack variety. A good toss to win, then.

So Monty and Harmy got England to 29 runs short of Australia's score. And Hoggard first-ball-bowled Langer. Direct all elation/worries/disgust/predictions here.

Just a reminder, Warne needs six wickets to get to 700. But the fast(ish) bowlers don't look like they'll leave the stage till it's all over - in this first innings that is.

Right no hundred for Collingwood.. in this innings anyway. To safer guesses now. The score at lunch..

Welcome to Match Vox. Day two at Perth. Will Collingwood set it up for England? And how soon will Australia bring on Warne?

It's getting a bit repetitive but here goes. Monty's first Ashes Test, first day, five-wicket haul. Shane Warne in his first Ashes Test got eight in the match - four in each innings. So what will be total haul for the young man as opposed to Warnie in this match?

Monty triple. That after being whacked for 17 by Symonds in one over. Will Hussey still be batting at stumps today? What will Australia's total score be?

...Ashes wicket. Seventh ball of the series for him. Yes yes enthuse here. We're listening.

The run machine is out. Ponting lbw Harmison 2. England have got to feel relieved if not elated. But viewing the Australian batting order can never settle one's stomach. Langer's and Hussey's home ground. Can England get Hussey early? Who will get him then?

Right. "Monty is very excited about playing today", says Flintoff. Many more people are hoping young left-arm spinner can help turn England's fortunes in this possibly decider of a third Test. Sajid Mahmood replaces Anderson. Endless team picking over. Match starts now.

In an ODI situation, Ricky Ponting and Michael Hussey are simply cruising along. It all looks so easy. After the loss of the openers, this one appears a doozy...Ponting is unstoppable. Giles is having zero influence on this duo.

England are all out for 129 before tea on day five, leaving Australia a victory target of 168. Australia don't like chasing small totals. There are 36 overs left in the day. That comes out to about 4.66 an over for the win.

You can't write Australia off. Warne's licking his lips, flipping the ball in his right hand, steely eyes fixed on the batsman. Lee's bowling with his tail up. Game on. Geraint Jones's shot to Lee was, mildly, deplorable. There's been criticism of Duncan Fletcher picking Jones instead of Chris Read and Ashley Giles ahead of Monty Panesar. Changes for Perth?

England are in trouble, with Shane Warne turning it on. One of our readers, Ben, suggested that Glenn McGrath and/or Brett Lee should have been rested on this flat Adelaide pitch and used on one more suitable to their trade, such as Perth. Does Australia have the firepower to come into the next Test without five bowlers?

There have been claims that Australia are the only side that has a realistic chances of winning this Test, but the chances of a result are, frankly, about as likely as an ice cream vendor doing business overtime in hell. Strauss and Bell will resume batting for England, whose goal will be to make sure there is no chance of them losing the game to go 2-0 down in the series. This pitch, which surprisingly hasn't come under as much scrutiny as it should have, is as flat as can be so batting shouldn't be a major deal. Any other notions?

Australia were 38 runs behind when Anderson stole some of Hoggard's thunder with his first wicket of the innings. What score, if he must, will Flintoff feel is safe enough to declare at?

Matthew Hoggard has got seven wickets in this innings. With nine in total (from both Tests), he just needs one more to be tie with Stuart Clark for the top spot. GD McGrath be a sport.

The partnership between Clarke and Warne was worth 118 runs. Predictions are coming in by the hordes about what score Ponting will declare at. Will GD McGrath get to bat today?

Both Clarke and Gilchrist raced to their fifties and England's lead is reducing fast. But Gilchrist is now out - caught slogging to Giles. Australia's tail is not one to collapse easily. So what next?

Steve Harmison's first ball of the day - a killer yorker just missing the edge of Gilchrist's bat. As Flintoff makes fielding changes, a sense of anticipation fills the stands... well at least the Barmy Army seem excited.

Welcome to Match Vox and day four's play of the Adelaide Test. Matthew Hoggard was England's man on day three.Will he be able to break the Clarke-Gilchrist partnership early in the day? or will the two batsman negotiate the first session with ease?

South Africa are on course to whitewash India 4-0 in the one-day series. Today’s win at Centurion will be as comprehensive as any of the other thrashings. They outplayed India with the bat, ball and in the field. Such was the South African domination that the Indian body language in the field was a let down. South Africa hold a tremendous psychological advantage going into the Test series.

15 overs gone, South Africa cruising along nicely. India's early-overs bowling seems to have lost its bite. The body language is off. Have they already given up on this one? What do you think Sehwag should do in the current situation to turn things around?

Led by an outstanding spell from Shaun Pollock, South Africa tied India down to 200 for 9. It’s by no means a daunting target. However, there are a few battles to focus on. Will Graeme Smith overcome his demons against Zaheer Khan? Can India make early inroads and sustain the pressure with their spinners? Or will Jacques Kallis anchor South Africa’s victory?

Sachin Tendulkar's gone for 55 at a crucial stage. What a catch that was by AB de Villiers at cover. Mahendra Singh Dhoni is at the crease with Dinesh Mongia. Shaun Pollock has astonishing figures of 9-4-13-2. Where do you see this innings going?

After a slow start Ten's getting back into some rhythm, Mongia backing him up. And South Africa's change bowlers aren't having it so easy. India's gritty approach, stabilising things on what seems a good backing track, may be a good move

Hello and welcome to Match Vox. The last match in the ODI series with India 3-0 down. India could look at this game as something to get out of the way before the Tests, or they could take heart from their win in the Pro20 match on Friday. And from the return of VVS Laxman. For South Africa, this is a chance to make a clean sweep and go into the Tests with confidence high. Much to play for for both teams, then

Marto, one of our contributers, made an important point about England's bowling depth being tested. That begs the question about England's inability to get a breakthrough in the entire session. And it hurt more, after Ponting made Giles pay dearly for the boundary-drop. With so many runs in the bag, did Flintoff miss a trick by not giving Paul Collingwood or Ian Bell a bowl?

Morning glory for England, butterflies in the stomach for Australia. Hoggard struck twice, tempting the batsmen to play away from the body. They could have had one more - Ponting - had Ashley Giles grabbed that one on the boundary. Flintoff has to be credited for his intelligent field placings. But is it too early for Australia to panic? Did England win the morning session or did Australia lose it?

Day 3 and England have struck early. Andrew Flintoff seems to have got the new-ball combination right by bringing himself and Matthew Hoggard on. Do you think Steve Harmison is better off bowling first change after his nightmare with the new ball at the Gabba? Or is he most lethal when he bangs it in with the new ball, provided he gets his radar right? Remember Jamaica 2004...7 for 12?

So England have finally declared on 551 for 6 but will their bowlers be able to force the issue? Ten overs to go in the day and how will Langer and Hayden be feeling after spending two days in the field. Will Harmison rectify his Gabba nightmare?

Australia have struck back with some quick wickets after tea but what should England's gameplan be now? Do they bat longer and ensure they don't lose (after all they just need a drawn series to retain the Ashes) or do they back their bowlers and go for a series-levelling win? Marto, Train, Boss, Rishi and the rest have commented on Ponting's captaincy but will this period be a test for Flintoff's leadership?

The Poms will be lucky to manage 10 wickets on this pitch, let alone 20, writes Marto. But weren't Australian pitches supposed to be the "sporting" types that had a bit for both batsmen and bowlers? Even the WACA, once the fastest pitch on the planet, has slowed down of late. With Australia having won the first Test, is this going to be the pattern throughout the series? Or will we actually have some more results?

Well, it’s remarkable to see a great bowler like Shane Warne being reduced to an Ashley Giles type of role in bowling outside leg stump to stifle the runs. Before the match there was talk that Pietersen had “got to” Warne’s mind. On the evidence of this afternoon, that seems to be the case. What do you think?

Very much England’s morning, and Australia looked bereft of ideas. What’s the story with Australia’s bowlers? Are they, as many claimed before the series started, either old or not good enough … or have England just got lucky on a flat deck?

For the second match in a row, Paul Collingwood and Kevin Pietersen have combined in an effective partnership. While Collingwood comes with a blue-collar ethic, grafting for runs, Pietersen is the aggressive partner. Is their varying styles a reason for the success? Are they batting in the right spots or should Pietersen come before Collingwood in the batting order?

England start the second day in a good position … but four years ago they were almost 300 for four down overnight and went on to lose the match. What will happen today … can England carry on where they left off or will Australia fight back?

South Africa have set India 127 to win. By Twenty20 standards it's not much at all but keep in mind that the new ball moved around quite a bit and India's batsmen have been in woeful form. Can India notch up their first win of the series of will South Africa trigger another collapse. Send us your thoughts.

Welcome to Cricinfo’s coverage of the Pro20 (known as Twenty20 around the world) international between South Afica and India at Johannesburg. India, interestingly enough, are the last Test-playing nation to make their debuts in the 20-over version of the game. Embraced by the English in grand fashion, this form of cricket has found the most success in England, but is has also caught on in South Africa, New Zealand and Pakistan. But imagine this for a second: Sachin Tendulkar, all of 373 one-day internationals old, will play his first match tonight, against a side that have already played three such games and whose domestic make-up includes a sponsored Pro20 series that has thrown up plenty of exciting talent.

So, this is Cricinfo’s Pro20/Twenty20 for dummies. Twenty20 cricket is the newest, rapidly growing version of the game. Introduced by the English and Wales Cricket Board in 2003, Twenty20, as the name suggests, is a one-day game in which each team bats for a maximum of 20 overs.

The rules are different from the 50-over game, with a bowler only being able to bowl four overs at the most. In Twenty20 cricket, if a bowler oversteps his crease the next delivery is designated a free-hit; that is, a batsman cannot be given out in any other manner except a run-out. As for the field restrictions, there are three basic principles: first, no more than five fielders can be on the leg side at any time; second, during the first six overs, a maximum of two fielders can be outside the fielding circle; and third, after that first six overs, a maximum of five fielders can be outside the ring.

Lastly, and perhaps most interestingly, if the match ends in a tie, the rules permit a bowl-out – akin to football’s penalty shootout rule – with five bowlers from each side bowling two deliveries at one stump. The side that hits the stump the most wins. If both teams are tied for wickets after the first ten deliveries, the bowlers continue to try and hit the stump, in something of a sudden death system.

The format probably suits the likes of Virender Sehwag and Mahendra Singh Dhoni, and this Pro20 match comes at a time when India need a win like never before. Can the aforementioned batsmen cash in in this form of the game? Or will South Africa maintain their dominance, especially in a style of cricket that is so popular at home?

England’s day – up until now they hadn’t even won a session. Paul Collingwood played the anchor role while Kevin Pietersen provided some final-session fireworks. But the pitch is a belter, so have England done as much as they should and are Australia very much in the hunt?

There is talk that Kevin Pietersen has got under the skin of his mate Shane Warne and has him rattled. Certainly, Warne seems and looks far less confident when KP is at the other end. Agree …or is Warne still the master?

England’s session – their first of the series but that’s not saying much. There has been much criticism of their over rate – 2.77 in the afternoon. Are they justified in consolidating and taking their time or should they get a move on regardless? And what about Brett Lee? His average against England is now 46.59. He’s fast .. but is he any good?

As so many pundits noted during the interval, this match is far more like old-fashioned Test cricket … or as Nasser Hussain would have it, “old-fashioned turgid cricket”. And that’s continued after lunch. Have England wasted winning the toss on what is generally considered to be a belter … or is it Australia who have bowled superbly?

Well, it's been a steady start for England who were batting very sensibly until Andrew Strauss's poor, mistimed shot to midwicket. The pitch remains flatter than an ironing board: it's a belter. With slow, low pace, England have won an important toss...but have both teams misjudged their selection? No Monty Panesar for England and no Stuart MacGill for Australia. Leave your thoughts on the first hour's play below