A shoulder injury, a run drought and a bout of pleurisy have given Matthew Hayden a wretched summer, but entering the second Test tomorrow he feels as hungry as when he was pushing his way back into the Australia side five years ago

Ray Jennings, the current coach of the South African team, has reportedly not been favoured by some of the players for the position of a full-time coach

Michael Bevan's record-breaking season was officially rewarded when he was named the Pura Cup Player of Year at the state awards in Brisbane

Leicestershire have entered a new era with the signing of an agreement with Investors in Cricket (IC) to drive the commercial side of the club

Michael Vaughan will miss the first month of the domestic season

Free tickets are being offered for the eighth women's World Cup which is being held in and around Pretoria and gets underway on Tuesday (March 22)

The USACA elections have sent a clear message to the existing administration that their time in charge is drawing to a close

Australia's skills training is neglected on tour and is one of the reasons for a spate of dropped catches, according to the coach John Buchanan

Brett Lee will not now play for New South Wales in the Pura Cup final, after the possibility of a last-minute dash from Wellington to Brisbane was ruled out

In a bid to streamline the selection process, the United Cricket Board of South Africa (UCBSA) has extended contracts to only 13 players, down from last year's 20

Sri Lanka A tied the unofficial two-match Test series 1-1 despite a heroic fightback from Matthew Prior, England's Sussex-based wicketkeeper, who cracked 104 from just 106 balls to revitalise a run-chase that had been in terminal decline

Neil McKenzie, the South African batsman, is joining The Hague Cricket Club in Holland for the 2005 season

Shane Warne's intention of relocating to England have been set back by his wife, Simone, who said the family would not move anywhere

Bobby Refaie has reacted to the decision at the weekend to suspend him as secretary of the USA Cricket Association with a stinging attack on Gladstone Dainty, the USACA's president, as well as a refusal to accept the action

Sri Lanka A tied the unofficial two-match Test series 1-1 despite a heroic fightback from Matthew Prior, England's Sussex-based wicketkeeper, who cracked 104 from just 106 balls to revitalise a run-chase that had been in terminal decline

Australia routed New Zealand 3-0 to lift the Rose Bowl in style and confirm their place as World Cup favourites ahead of New Zealand, the current holders

Brett Lee might miss out on a place for the second Test which starts on Friday, but there are suggestions he might rush home in time to appear for New South Wales against Queensland in the Pura Cup final which starts at Brisbane on the same day

Sri Lanka A tied the unofficial two-match Test series 1-1 despite a heroic fightback from Matthew Prior, England's Sussex-based wicketkeeper, who cracked 104 from just 106 balls to revitalise a run-chase that had been in terminal decline

The tit-for-tat war of words between the West Indies board, Digicel and Cable & Wireless escalated today when the WICB issued a press release vehemently denying claims made yesterday by C&W

K Hariharan, one of the three representatives from India in the ICC's International Panel of umpires, is all set to make his Test debut as an on-field umpire