Mithali Raj will spearhead India's World Cup campaign as she continues in the captaincy role for the tournament in South Africa which starts in March

A seven-wicket haul from Chaminda Vaas rushed Western Province to a 10-wicket win against Southern Province, confirming Central province's place in next week's final

Abdul Razzak's quickfire 58 delayed the inevitable but Bangladesh crashed to a massive defeat, by an innings and 149 runs, in their opening game of the Duleep Trophy at Nagpur

The Pakistan Cricket Board has exonerated Bob Woolmer for criticising the umpiring in Australia during Pakistan's recent tour

Otago's batsmen were rewarded with a draw after a solid day's batting put any hopes of an Auckland victory way beyond doubt

Zimbabwe A and Bangladesh A lock horns in the third and final four-day Test match, which gets underway at Kwekwe Sports Club on Friday

Thilan Samaraweera piled up a massive hundred and Thilina Kandamby helped himself to his second successive hundred as Central Province recovered from a perilous overnight position to leave themselves in pole position for a place in next week's final

Scotland have confirmed that the Pakistani allrounder Yasir Arafat will return as their overseas player for their third and final season in the National League

Michael Clarke is ready to step back in as Australia's opener if Matthew Hayden fails to recover from a shoulder injury for Saturday's third one-day match against New Zealand

Australia have subjected New Zealand's batsmen to so much mental pressure that some of them used a day off to see the team's psychologist

A round 100 from Dominic Thornely helped New South Wales overcome a moderate start on the first day of their top-of-the-table Pura Cup match at the WACA

The Eagles were crowned the 2004-05 Standard Bank Cup champions after an exciting a seven-wicket win over the Titans at Goodyear Park in Bloemfontein

Waqar Younis's spell as Pakistan's bowling coach has ended before it even began

South Africa go into the first ODI against Zimbabwe at The Wanderers without Shaun Pollock and with Andre Nel and Graeme Smith both sweating on last-minute fitness tests

Dan Cullen, the 20-year-old offspinner, captured his first five-wicket haul as he kept South Australia in the match against Queensland at the Gabba

Zimbabwe's selectors are reported to be considering making last-minute changes to their squad in South Africa in the light of unimpressive performances in the warm-up matches

Baroda's Satyajit Parab stroked a back-to-the-wall century as West Zone cruised to a comfortable nine-wicket win against South at Hyderabad and stayed in contention for a spot in the Duleep Trophy final

Keith Dutch has rejected the offer of a one-year contract with Somerset

Martin van Jaarsveld has joined the steady trickle of players turning their backs on South Africa to take advantage of European employment laws by terminating his contract with the South African board and heading north

Brad Hodge enhanced his prospects for a place on the New Zealand Test tour with an unbeaten 140 as Victoria's batsmen dominated the opening day against Tasmania