Live Cricket Blog: Joe Root's poor form in Roses clash continues

6:30pm – Rangana Herath the master of the fourth innings

Sri Lanka thumped South Africa  by 199 runs in the second Test at Colombo on Monday to complete a 2-0 series win over the visitors. There were plenty of talking points from the fourth day’s play at Colombo but perhaps none bigger than Rangana Herath’s six-wicket burst to extinguish all South African hopes.

Read more about the veteran’s fine display and more in our talking points from the clash.

6:00pm – The end seems near for all-time pace great Dale Steyn

South Africa’s Test series against hosts Sri Lanka ended in a 0-2 defeat after the 199-run loss at Colombo on Monday. The spotlight was on Dale Steyn who went wicketless for the first time in his 88-Test career. That means the pacer remains level with Shaun Pollock as South Africa’s highest Test wicket-taker with 421 scalps to his name.

Ashish Peter takes a closer look at how the end could be fast approaching for Steyn here.

4:30pm – Joe Root’s poor form in Roses clash continues

England Test skipper Joe Root’s struggles in the ongoing Roses clash between Lancashire and Yorkshire continued on Monday with the batsman dismissed for just three runs by James Anderson.

The Englishman had been dismissed for 22 in the first innings as Jordan Clark claimed a sensational hat-trick. Read more on Root’s troubles here.

4:00pm – Sri Lanka suspend Danushka Gunathilaka from all forms of international cricket

Even as Sri Lanka were marching towards victory in the second Test against South Africa at Colombo, there was bad news for batsman Danushka Gunathilaka. The opening batsman has been suspended from all forms of international cricket pending an inquiry.

This is not the first time that Gunathilika has run into disciplinary issues. Read more on this developing story here.

3:00pm – Mohammad Kaif has no regrets over his India career

Mohammad Kaif recently called time on all forms of cricket and the former India batsman has no regrets at all on how his international career panned out. The 37-year-old has said that he is proud to have played alongside India’s ‘golden generation’ which included the likes of Sachin Tendulkar, Sourav Ganguly and Rahul Dravid among others.

Read Kaif’s full quotes as he looks back on his career here.

2:00pm – Ishant Sharma lauds India’s pace bowling depth ahead of England series

India might be struggling with injuries to key pacers Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Jasprit Bumrah but Ishant Sharma remains in confident mood ahead of the five-Test series against England.

Read what the India man had to say about India’s pace bowling depth here.

1:00pm – Sri Lanka beat South Africa to complete 2-0 series clean sweep

Sri Lanka beat South Africa by 199 runs in the second and final Test at Colombo to complete a 2-0 series win. The hosts faced some resistance from Theunis de Bruyn who scored a maiden Test ton but Rangana Herath’s six-wicket haul completed another big win for Suranga Lakmal’s men.

This is the islanders’ first Test series victory over South Africa since 2006. Read more on how the match panned out in the report.

11:00am – Alec Stewart believes Tests will be a different ball-game for Kuldeep Yadav

Former England skipper has given his say on India’s young left-arm arm wrist-spinner Kuldeep Yadav. The youngster was included in India’s 18-man squad for the upcoming five-Test series against England after some excellent displays in the limited-overs clashes.

However, Stewart believes the transition to red-ball cricket in English conditions will not be so easy for the spinner. Read the former wicketkeeper-batsman’s full quotes on Kuldeep here.