Ray Jennings, the South Africa coach, is looking to inflict a 4-0 whitewash on the West Indies when the first Test begins on March 31 in Guyana

Rain severely disrupted the opening day of the 2005 World Cup, with all four matches washed out after heavy rain lashed Pretoria

Stuart MacGill, the No

Plate Group semi-finals

Northern Districts hung on for a draw on the final day of their State Shield match against Canterbury at the Village Green in Christchurch

Shaun Pollock has been ruled out of the first Test against West Indies, which begins in Guyana on March 31, after failing to recover from a long-term injury to his left ankle

Daily life in Zimbabwe throws up some bizarre stories, but few as odd as the one doing the rounds this week concerning the Zimbabwe Cricket Union's new logo

Colin Gibson, the former director of communications at the Football Association, has been appointed in the equivalent role at the England & Wales Cricket Board, as the successor to John Read, who left the post last year

Wage negotiations between Cricket Australia and the players' union are at a stalemate after the Board rejected a proposal endorsed by Tim May, the Australian Cricketers' Association chief executive

Ray Jennings has targetted a whitewash in the forthcoming Test and one-day series against West Indies

Jamaica were on the verge of a Carib Beer final victory at Alpart after Runako Morton, who struck his second hundred of the season and grittily stood in the bowlers' way, was dismissed on the last ball of the third day

A thrilling late assault from Rikki Clarke and Alex Gidman, who smashed an unbeaten 63-run partnership from just 39 deliveries, guided England A to a five-wicket victory over their Sri Lankan counterparts with just seven balls to spare, in the

A thrilling late assault from Rikki Clarke and Alex Gidman, who smashed an unbeaten 63-run partnership from just 39 deliveries, guided England A to a five-wicket victory over their Sri Lankan counterparts with just seven balls to spare, in the

In 1979 Dennis Lillee strode to the wicket with an aluminium bat, but found his path blocked by the England captain

A thrilling late assault from Rikki Clarke and Alex Gidman, who smashed an unbeaten 63-run partnership from just 39 deliveries, guided England A to a five-wicket victory over their Sri Lankan counterparts with just seven balls to spare, in the

Pankaj Dharmani defied Mumbai with a battling 86 not out as Punjab upstaged Mumbai in a nerve-wracking tussle at the Wankhede Stadium

Rahul Dravid's match-winning performance in Kolkata has lifted him to the top of the ICC Test Player Rankings

Only 29.4 overs were possible on the third day at Christchurch, as Northern Districts and Canterbury - both of whom need an outright win to reach the final - faced up to the prospect of a no-result that would hand Wellington an unexpected lifeline

Lord's will stage a fund-raising match for the tsunami appeal on June 14, when the MCC will take on an International XI

Stan Nel, the Sri Lanka A coach, has blasted some of his players,questioning their commitment and accusing them of