North Central Province are in firm control at the end of day one in Colombo, reducing Central to 6 for 3 by the close

Shahid Afridi has said that he harbours ambitions of making a century while batting in the lower order and has cited Adam Gilchrist's fantastic 113 at Sydney recently, against Pakistan, as a knock that inspired him

Nixon McLean, the former West Indies fast bowler, has been tipped to join Somerset for the upcoming county season

Sachin Tendulkar has announced that he is ready to participate in Pakistan's upcoming tour of India, laying to rest doubts about his fitness

Hopes that Zimbabwe's remaining striking players might soon return to the fold appear to be stalling, according to a report in the local Independent newspaper

Cricket Kenya's plans to of take over the running of Kenyan cricket could have to wait more than a year - at least, in the eyes of the ICC

Younis Khan, recently appointed Pakistan's vice-captain, is upbeat about the Indian tour, and inspired by the memory of his father and the words of Imran Khan

Laxmi Ratan Shukla and Sourav Ganguly cracked hundreds as East Zone made a powerful start on the first day of the Duleep Trophy tie against Bangladesh Cricket Board XI at Nagpur

Ranbir Singh Mahendra, the new president of the Board of Control for Cricket in India, fears that the India-Pakistan series might be cancelled if the television-rights issue is not resolved soon

A round-up of the forth day of the Carib Beer games on February 22, 2005

Waqar Younis, who has been approached to be bowling coach of Pakistan for their tour against India, has indicated that he would be interested in performing that role for the long term

The second day's round-up of the State Championship matches

Nicky Boje could lead the South African one-day side against Zimbabwe, in a bid to provide much-needed rest to Graeme Smith before the start of the Test series

Ramesh Powar, the offspinner, tore the South Zone batting line-up apart with a seven-wicket haul on the opening day of the star-packed Duleep Trophy game at Hyderabad

Steve Bucknor will become the first umpire to stand in 100 Tests when he steps out in the second Test between India and Pakistan at Kolkata on March 16

Bangladesh A completed a convincing victory in the second Test beating Zimbabwe A by 190 runs on the final day at Bulawayo

Shane Warne has admitted that he had to leave his country and fled to Spain to save his marriage, after having an affair with a Melbourne stripper in 2003

Billy Bowden, the New Zealand umpire, has defended his mistakes in the first one-day international between Australia and New Zealand in Wellington

Bob Woolmer, the Pakistan coach, said that his team stood a good chance ofbeating India at home, and that they could draw inspiration from Australiaand South Africa, who have each won a series in India in the newmillennium.

John Bracewell has accused Australia of stopping the game to disrupt New Zealand's chase when players complained of ugly crowd behaviour during the first one-day international at Wellington