The Champions Trophy Group B fixture between Australia and South Africa in Rawalpindi was abandoned without a ball being bowled on Tuesday after persistent rain kept the players from the field. South Africa top the pool on net run-rate from Australia with both teams on three points after winning their opening fixtures against Afghanistan and England respectively.

Rain washed out the Champions Trophy game between South Africa and two-time winner Australia on Tuesday without a ball being bowled. The pitch remained under covers at the Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium throughout the day because of a persistent light drizzle before umpires called off the game shortly after 5 p.

Double South Africa World Cup-winning prop Steven Kitshoff is forced to retire because of a serious neck injury.

South Africa prop Steven Kitshoff announced his retirement from all rugby Tuesday because of a serious neck injury that he said in an interview last year left him “two millimeters” from death. Kitshoff made the announcement in a statement from his South African domestic team,

He had hoped to return to the pitch in 2025 but has been left with reduced rotation of his neck, making the risk of re-injury high, and Kitshoff has now been forced to retire on medical advice. The prop won 83 caps for South Africa and was a key part of the 2019 and 2023 World Cup-winning squads,