South Africa 34 Scotland 16: Stand-off Duncan Weir hopes his stunning second-half burst against South Africa on Saturday will help seal his place in coach Vern Cotter’s plans as Scotland look to book their place in the World Cup quarter-finals.

South Africa have recalled World Cup winners JP Pietersen and Schalk Burger among five changes for Saturday’s QBE International against England at Twickenham.

Geoffrey Boycott believes an England comeback for Kevin Pietersen is a non-starter because captain Alastair Cook "can’t handle" him.

South Africa have beaten Scotland 55-6 in their Test in Port Elizabeth.

South Africa 38 Wales 16

Australia delighted captain Michael Clarke by showing significant resilience to turn a losing position in Melbourne into another crushing Ashes victory after all.

Scotland 0 South Africa 28

Ian Bell’s third hundred in successive Ashes Tests underpinned England’s partial recovery from their false start on an eventful first day at Lord’s.

Ireland 12 South Africa 16

Ireland 12 South Africa 16

Ask a Kiwi, Aussie or Springbok to talk about Ireland and the response is guaranteed to mention Brian O’Driscoll and/or that hoary old nod to passion. Beyond that, the well of platitudes tends to dry up.

Andrew Trimble hopes JP Pietersen will be only too aware of his name by the end of Saturday’s Guinness Series opener between Ireland and South Africa.

Kevin Pietersen holds the key to whether he ever plays for England again, England coach Andy Flower said yesterday.

All-rounder John Mooney is out of Ireland’s squad for the next month’s World Twenty20 in Sri Lanka due to a fractured finger.

South Africa 14 England 14

England scrum-half Ben Youngs could be out for up to three months following surgery on his injured shoulder.

South Africa 36 England 27

South Africa 22 England 17

SOUTH AFRICA head coach Peter de Villiers believes his side are ready for the World Cup knockout phase after advancing from Pool D with a 100% record following a bruising win over Samoa at North Harbour Stadium.

CRICKET IRELAND chief executive Warren Deutrom admits the board are putting in place contingency plans should coach Phil Simmons quit before the end of the year.

IRELAND wicketkeeper Niall O’Brien believes his brother Kevin must learn to manage the expectation that comes with his new role as a fans favourite.

Ireland's Kevin O'Brien hit the fastest hundred in World Cup history to sentence shell-shocked England to an astounding three-wicket defeat at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium tonight.

EOIN MORGAN yesterday revealed that he does not require surgery on the broken finger that ruled him out of England’s World Cup squad — and that he could have been fit before the end of the tournament.

Kevin Pietersen was today fined for speeding after taking a loaned Lamborghini for a drive on his day off from England training.

Connacht 16 Bayonne 13

Ian Poulter’s million followers on Twitter will have to make do without his many thoughts on the Ryder Cup at Celtic Manor this week, with all 24 players having been told to focus on the match instead.

KEVIN PIETERSEN was one of two cricketers fined for their foul-mouthed Tweeting yesterday.

A post on Kevin Pietersen’s Twitter account has said the England batsman has been dropped from the one-day international squads for the series against Pakistan.

South Africa 44 Australia 31

ANDREW STRAUSS is confident his new-look England are about to go places in one-day cricket – and is hoping they can start by wrapping up their series against South Africa 3-1 today.

Ireland bring down the curtain on their autumn internationals with one eye on avenging the Lions’ Test series defeat by South Africa.

JP Pietersen and Andries Bekker are to return home from Australia after sustaining injuries during South Africa’s 32-25 Tri-Nations victory over the Wallabies in Perth on Saturday.

ENGLAND’S quest to regain the Ashes will have to be completed without Kevin Pietersen after he was forced into undergoing surgery on his chronic achilles injury.

ENGLAND face an anxious wait to see whether key batsman Kevin Pietersen will be fit to withstand another battle with Australia in next week’s third Ashes Test.

KEVIN PIETERSEN reflected on a satisfying day for England after their most positive start to an Ashes series for years.

Springboks 28 Lions 25

South Africa 26 British and Irish Lions 21

TOMMY BOWE won more than the man-of-the-match award in Durban on Saturday – he also cemented his place for Saturday’s first test against South Africa in Durban.

Western Province 23 British and Irish Lions 26

New England captain Andrew Strauss began his permanent term of office with the backing of fallen predecessor Kevin Pietersen.

KEVIN PIETERSEN last night resigned as England captain while coach Peter Moores was sacked on a dramatic day for English cricket.

Kevin Pietersen has quit as England captain, according to reports this morning.

ENGLAND recovered from a pedestrian start to yesterday’s opening match of the NatWest Series with Andrew Flintoff and Kevin Pietersen propelling them to a competitive total against South Africa.