Cricket News

The International Cricket Council (ICC) announced on Monday in Cape Town that Sri Lanka would host the ICC Champions Trophy in September

Chief Executive Peter Anderson was full of praise for Somerset paceman Andrew Caddick in the wake of England's victory in the first Test Match against New Zealand in Christchurch

At a very wet County Ground this morning the Somerset players reported back for pre-season training ahead of the start of the 2002 season next month

New Zealand's selectors have not panicked after the loss of the first National Bank series Test for the William Jordan Rosebowl in Christchurch yesterday and have named two new players only in a 13-man squad for the second Test starting in Wellington

The greatest tragedy of Nathan Astle's world record innings at Jade Stadium on Saturday was that it was watched by so few Cantabrians

Judging individual batting efforts by New Zealand, and world, batsmen will be changed forever as the dust settles on the amazing and remarkable double century scored by Nathan Astle on Jade Stadium yesterday

Warwickshire's 19 year-old batsman Ian Bell has been called up to join the England Test squad in New Zealand as cover for the injured Mark Butcher and captain Nasser Hussain

A Somerset author has just published a book entitled "And Hitler Stopped Play" which will transport readers back across the years to an age when cricket was a leisurely pursuit played in a gentlemanly spirit by all who took part in the game

New fast bowler Simon Francis is fully fit and has set his sights on a first team spot with the Cidermen this season

New Zealand supporters had their worst fears realised today when it was announced that all-rounder Chris Cairns is out for the remainder of the National Bank Series

England top-order batsman Mark Butcher has a slight crack to his right thumb but a best case scenario would have him fit to play in the second National Bank Test starting on Thursday in Wellington

England went one-up in the National Bank Test series when achieving a 98-run win over New Zealand at Jade Stadium in Christchurch today, but not before some heart-stopping moments inspired by New Zealand batsman Nathan Astle

Measures to revise the role of Test match referees following last November's notorious

Nathan Astle wrote one of the greatest pages in New Zealand's Test cricket history today at his home ground Jade Stadium in Christchurch with an innings as powerful, audacious and innovative as anything seen before

Peter Hartley has accepted an invitation from Hampshire Cricket's Director of Cricket Tim Tremlett to become a part-time bowling advisor and coach for the forthcoming season.

Christchurch's Jade Stadium contributed another chapter to the book of cricket records after another day of run scoring on the third day of the first National Bank series Test

New Zealand's weary bowlers, on the receiving end of an English rewriting of the record books, could be excused if they asked Christchurch ground authorities to rename their stadium Jaded Stadium

New Zealand all-rounder Chris Cairns' latest knee injury is being assessed by his surgeon Paul Armour tonight

Sri Lanka's cricketers have barely just returned home after winning the Asian Test Championship (ATC) but coach Dav Whatmore is not allowing his players to wallow in glory

No sooner is all-rounder Chris Cairns back performing for New Zealand than he is afflicted with another injury problem