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Confident de Villiers poised to fill breach

Rob Barnett

AB de Villiers believes his wicketkeeping is stronger than ever and he is ready to take the gloves in the Investec Tests with England.

Flower excited by all-round England

England can switch attentions from NatWest Series success back to Test cricket, with a glowing endorsement from team director Andy Flower that they remain on an upward curve in all formats.

Episode 80

There's a joyous ODI review after England 4 Australia 0 in the NatWest Series with captains Cook and Clarke, plus Steven Finn, Ravi Bopara, Ian Bell, Graham Gooch and podcast pundit Mike Gatting; also Graeme Smith on South Africa's prospects, Kevin Pietersen on the upcoming Investec Test series, retiring Mark Ramprakash - and a Friends Life t20 group review featuring Paul Grayson and Jimmy Adams.

Tsolekile replaces Boucher in Proteas party

South Africa have called wicketkeeper Thami Tsolekile up for their Test tour of England following the retirement of Mark Boucher.

England player availability

ECB announced the following England player availability ahead of the first Investec Test against South Africa for all centrally contracted and non-contracted players in the current NatWest one-day international squad.

Boucher ends South Africa career

South Africa wicketkeeper Mark Boucher has been forced to to retire from international cricket by the eye injury that earlier ruled him out of the tour of England. On Monday he had surgery on a laceration to the left eyeball.

Amla prospers for Proteas

Hashim Amla top-scored with 64 in South Africa's 282 for nine declared, but their two-day tour match with Somerset at Taunton petered out into a draw.

Fears for Boucher following eye injury

South Africa wicketkeeper Mark Boucher is a major doubt for the Investec Test series against England after he underwent surgery on his left eye, having been hit by a bail on the first day of the tour.

Trego and Hildreth pummel Proteas

Peter Trego and James Hildreth launched an impressive counter-attack while South Africa were left to sweat over an eye injury to Mark Boucher.

Trego and Hildreth pummel Proteas

Live images from Taunton where Peter Trego and James Hildreth launched an impressive counter-attack while South Africa were left to sweat over an eye injury to Mark Boucher.