Cricket News

Yorkshire have confirmed the signing of Yuvraj Singh as their second overseas player for the 2003 county season

Vusi Sibanda, the youngest and least experienced of the Zimbabwean tourists, had never been out of Southern Africa before

Grant Flower has broken the restriction on any of the Zimbabwe touring side speaking about anything other than cricket to publicly support the action of his brother, Andy, during the recent World Cup

Wisden Asia Cricket, launched in December 2001, is a full-colour magazine produced and published in India

County cricket's new Twenty20 Cup competition received a major boost with the announcement of new commercial sponsors for the tournament

Warwickshire County Cricket Club today announced that they have signed a new agreement with the England & Wales Cricket Board which will bring International cricket annually to Edgbaston, the City of Birmingham and the West Midlands for the next 7

Gloucestershire have signed the up-and-coming New Zealand fast bowler, Ian Butler, as a temporary replacement for their allrounder, Ian Harvey, who has been selected for Australia's forthcoming one-day series in the Caribbean

The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) today announced that Michael Vaughan had been appointed England's new One-Day captain

Carl Hooper is set to join for Lancashire this week and could make his county debut against Middlesex at Lord's on Friday (May 9)

Michael Vaughan of Yorkshire was today confirmed as England's one-day captain, following Nasser Hussain's decision to step down from the role after the World Cup

Darren Gough limped off with a leg injury early in Yorkshire's National League match against Essex at Headingley today

Nasser Hussain has stepped down as a national selector, to allow someone who watches more county cricket to take his place

Zimbabwe have named their team for the opening fixture of their tour of England, against British Universities at Edgbaston, starting on May 3

The ECB Management Board has granted Essex and Sussex County Cricket Clubs extended use of their floodlights for the 2003 season

Peter Chingoka, the chairman of the Zimbabwe Cricket Union, said at Lord's today that the Zimbabwean players, who arrived for their two-Test tour of England this morning, should be allowed to get on with playing cricket

Nasser Hussain has always been too intense to inspire mass affection

Michael Vaughan began 2002 keenly aware of the impatience for him to prove his worth as a Test batsman

Shaun Pollock has not had an outstanding year

The England and Wales Cricket Board today announced that Lancashire's James Anderson and Durham's Stephen Harmison have been awarded six month summer contracts to cover this summer's international programme.

Jonty Rhodes led the South African challenge in the latest round of county matches with his first century of the season, 128 in Gloucestershire's drawn County Championship match against Northamptonshire