County News

Glamorgan announce big loss

Mar 30, 2006: Glamorgan have announced a loss of £175,000 for last season, more than three times the amount they lost in 2004

Zimbabwe Cricket chairman's angry reply to criticism

Chingoka comes out all guns blazing

Mar 30, 2006: Peter Chingoka, Zimbabwe Cricket's embattled chairman, has launched a stinging attack on those who have criticised the way that the game is being run in Zimbabwe

No coverage inside team bus or dressing-room

No change in TV coverage, says BCCI

Mar 30, 2006: The Indian board (BCCI) has said that its policy on television coverage of matches will not change. The current policy is that TV coverage will start ten minutes before the game and end after the post-match presentation

Former Canterbury captain to stay involved as coach

Stead announces retirement

Mar 30, 2006: Gary Stead, the former New Zealand and Canterbury batsman, has announced his retirement from the game

Beige Brigade Annual Awards 2005-06

A less than reverent accolade

Mar 30, 2006: The Beige Brigade, New Zealand's official unofficial supporters group, have revealed their own less serious annual gongs

New Zealand Cricket Awards 2005-06

Vettori retains NZ Player of the Year title

Mar 30, 2006: Daniel Vettori was named The National Bank Player of the Year for the second consecutive time at the New Zealand Cricket Awards Dinner in Auckland

New Zealand tour of South Africa 2005-06

Fleming to steer clear of verbal bash with Smith

Mar 30, 2006: Stephen Fleming says that he will not resort to a verbal spar with Graeme Smith when his side arrives in South Africa next week for a three-Test series

South Africa v Australia, 2nd Test, Durban

South Africa unhappy over playing in poor light

Mar 30, 2006: Brian Basson, the United Cricket Board's operations director, has said that South Africa are unhappy with the way umpires Steve Bucknor and Billy Doctrove applied the bad light laws

Indian captain speaks

Doors not closed on Ganguly: Dravid

Mar 30, 2006: Rahul Dravid has once again reiterated that the doors had not been closed on Sourav Ganguly's return to the team

Veteran cites Auckland loss as biggest blow

Lara keen on nurturing youngsters

Mar 30, 2006: Tony Cozier on West Indies' performane in New Zealand and Brian Lara's role in a young and inexperienced side

Australia in Bangladesh 2005-06

Dan Cullen given one-day call up

Mar 30, 2006: Dan Cullen, the South Australia offspinner, has replaced Mick Lewis as the only change in Australia's one-day squad for the tour of Bangladesh beginning in April

India look to play at neutral venues

Today India, tomorrow the world

Mar 29, 2006: The Indian cricket board has announced that India could soon be playing home matches at a number of overseas venues as far a field as the USA, Malaysia and England

Kenya v Netherlands, Nairobi, 1st day

ten Doeschate gives Dutch flying start

Mar 29, 2006: Netherlands took a firm grip on the first day of their Intercontinental Cup match against Kenya at Nairobi Gymkhana. At the close they had scored 326 for 7

Latest player rankings

Ponting increases lead at No. 1

Mar 29, 2006: Ricky Ponting has pulled further ahead at the top of the Test batting rankings

South Australian awards

Luke Williams wins Bradman Medal

Mar 29, 2006: Luke Williams, the captain of the Adelaide Buffalos, has won the 2006 Bradman Medal for South Australian grade cricketer of the year

testing

Harbhajan Singh: I am happy to back

Mar 29, 2006:

Kenyan keeper angry at omission

Axed Otieno threatens to quit

Mar 29, 2006: Kenyan top-order batting veteran Kennedy Otieno has vowed to quit international cricket after being dropped

England's 2006 season

Bristol sell out for Twenty20

Mar 29, 2006: England's Twenty20 International against Pakistan at Bristol, on August 28, is already a sell out

State Championship, Round Eight, 4th day

Wellington to meet Central Districts in finals

Mar 29, 2006: A round-up of the State Championship matches that took place on March 29

South Africa v Australia, 2nd Test, Durban

Ponting sends out Ashes warning

Mar 29, 2006: Ricky Ponting, the Australian captain, feels that Australia are better prepared now to reclaim the Ashes which they surrendered last year, after their 2-0 series-clinching win at Durban