Kanitkar, Hirwani rise to dizzy domestic heights

Feb 26, 2003: Hrishikesh Hemant Kanitkar is one of those players who could never hold on to his place in the Indian team

Make or break at Harare for the Indian batsmen

Feb 15, 2003: After surrendering so meekly on the lively tracks in New Zealand, skipper Sourav Ganguly sounded philosophical about the dismal performance by the Indian batsmen

The seven-batsman theory might be in jeopardy

Feb 14, 2003: Ever since that spectacular run chase against England in the NatWest final at Lord's, India has firmly believed in playing seven batsmen with Rahul Dravid doing the duties of a wicketkeeper too

Week of disgrace for Australian cricket

Jan 21, 2003: Cricket has been shamed for the second time in a week

Darren Lehmann deserves no sympathy

Jan 16, 2003: The long hand of justice sometimes gets a bit too short, letting the guilty escape from the deserved punishment

West Indies take command of Chittagong Test

Dec 16, 2002: After the debacle in the first Test in Dhaka, not much was expected of the young and inexperienced Bangladesh team that squared up to the West Indies in the second Test at the MA Aziz Stadium in Chittagong

Ranji one-dayers kick off in North Zone

Dec 5, 2002: There were wins for Delhi, Punjab and Haryana in the first round of the Ranji one-day North Zone league matches played on Wednesday

Canny Kapali fails to stave off defeat

Dec 3, 2002: West Indies are on a roll, winning their second ODI series in the space of ten days

Sarwan, Drakes shine in West Indies victory

Dec 2, 2002: Good things certainly come to those who wait

Sarwan scripts thrilling last-ball win

Nov 6, 2002: The Keenan Stadium in Jamshedpur witnessed the coming of age of Ramnaresh Sarwan, who played a memorable knock to pull of a sensational last-ball win for West Indies

Parthiv Patel - Eyes on the ball

Oct 23, 2002: Every nation needs its icons, and in the Indian ethos, the rise to fame is particularly meteoric - here today, gone tomorrow, as it were

Australia and Pakistan prepare for the desert storm

Oct 10, 2002: Australia hold the advantage going into the second Test against Pakistan at Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium.

ICC determined to resolve sponsorship issue by November

Sep 29, 2002: Resolving sponsorship issues and players' concerns are a priority for International Cricket Council administrators

Cultural issues cloud player representation issue

Sep 29, 2002: Any player representative recognition by the International Cricket Council (ICC) has to be when all Test players are represented by that body

Ponting confident Australia has found its all-rounder

Sep 26, 2002: Australia's one-day captain Ricky Ponting is convinced that Shane Watson's progress is such that the search for a quality all-rounder is almost over for the world champions

Shane Bond sees McGrath and Pollock as role models

Sep 23, 2002: After demolishing Bangladesh with a brilliant spell of fast bowling and capturing four wickets, Shane Bond told the media that he was not too happy with his rhythm

Fleming: We would like to leave the tournament with a good result

Sep 22, 2002: With Australia having confirmed their place in the semi-finals from Pool 1, the winners of ICC KnockOut 2000, New Zealand, already find themselves out of this edition of the Champions Trophy

Afridi blitz hurries Pakistan to consolation win

Sep 21, 2002: Pakistan stormed to a consolation win over Netherlands in the ICC Champions Trophy as firebrand Shahid Afridi came close to beating Sanath Jayasuriya's world record of the fastest ODI fifty, making 55 not out off just 18 balls

Pitch suits India more than England: Pollock

Sep 20, 2002: After completing an emphatic win over Kenya and qualifying for the semi-final of the ICC Champions Trophy, South African skipper Shaun Pollock said that it doesn't really matter who their opponents are going to be

Australia book place in semi-finals crushing Bangladesh

Sep 19, 2002: Australia have secured their place in semi-finals of the ICC Champions Trophy following a comprehensive nine-wicket win over Bangladesh at the SSC Ground in Colombo on Thursday.