Monday 19 October is a lighter day for international sport. There is one Test match in progress, five tennis tournaments getting going, and no men's international football at all. Here is what is on, with times in IST. This is a list of the major international events we could confirm, not every match in the world.
Cricket: South Africa v Australia, 2nd Test, day 2 (Gqeberha)
Play is scheduled to start at 10:00 local time, which is 1:30 PM IST. Rain wrecked most of day 1. After a 90-minute delay, only 12.2 overs were possible, and South Africa ended on 20 for 2. Scott Boland, who came in for Nathan Lyon, took two wickets in consecutive balls to remove Aiden Markram and David Bedingham, leaving captain Temba Bavuma and debutant Marques Ackerman at the crease. It was the first time since 2013 that Lyon missed a Test he was available for (Cricinfo match report, Fox Sports).
Australia lead the three-Test series 1-0 after winning in Durban by 214 runs. The forecast offers some hope of play later in the day, so the start time can slip. The match runs to 22 October (ICC).
Tennis: five tournaments begin
The week of 19 to 25 October has three ATP 250 events, the Almaty Open in Kazakhstan, the Grand Prix Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes in Lyon and the European Open in Brussels, plus two WTA events, the Ningbo Open in China (WTA 500) and the Japan Open in Osaka (WTA 250). The ATP pages show qualifying under way on Monday, and the WTA lists both of its events as running from 19 October. In Lyon, the first session on Centre Court is scheduled to start at 11:00 local time, which is 2:30 PM IST. Orders of play change late in the day, so use the official pages for exact match times: Lyon, Almaty, Brussels, Ningbo and Osaka.
What is not on today
There are no India matches today. India Women play Zimbabwe in the third T20I tomorrow, Tuesday 20 October, at 7:00 PM IST in Raipur, and Pakistan face England in the tri-series at 1:30 PM IST in Rawalpindi the same day. Men's international football is on a break until the window of 9 to 17 November. Both dates are on our Schedule page, which we update every morning.
Times and conditions can change, especially with rain in Gqeberha, so check the official links before you plan around anything.
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