Cricket News

The Tasmanian Selectors have today announced the Cascade Tasmanian Tigers ACB Cup team to play the Southern Redbacks 2nd X1 in Adelaide on the Adelaide No: 2 ground, on Monday, 21st - Thursday, 24th October 2002.

SHARJAH - The Australian cricket team is

MELBOURNE - Victoria will go into this first-class cricket season with abowling attack short on experience but big on ambition.

SYDNEY, Oct 13 AAP - Queensland cricket captain Jimmy Maher expects Michael Slater will fight his way back into the NSW team.

New Queensland captain Maher felt 240 was a very achievable target on a small ground with a good wicket and fast outfield and felt the Bulls contributed to their downfall.

SYDNEY, Oct 13 AAP - Michael Bevan has ensured New South Wales recovered from the worst possible start to post a competitive target in its season opening ING Cup cricket match against Queensland at North Sydney Oval today.

Australia's captain Steve Waugh admits he struggled to find pleasure in his side's crushing win over a young and fragile Pakistan in Sharjah on Saturday.

The cards keep falling the wrong way for the Waugh twins but their longest serving ally in the Australian cricket team believes it's only a matter of time before the pair put a redemptive century next to their names.

SYDNEY, Oct 12 AAP - A Law-less Queensland will be out to heal an eight month old scar when it plays defending ING Cup champion NSW in the opening interstate cricket match of the new season at North Sydney Oval tomorrow.

Former New South Wales batsman Graeme Rummans and paceman Shane Harwoodwill make their Pura Cup cricket debuts next week for Victoria.

Rival captains Steve Waugh and Waqar Younis have contrasting opinions onthe first act of the second cricket Test starting in Sharjah.

The Pura Cup champion XXXX Queensland Bulls will open their 2002-03season campaign at the Gabba next week.

The South Australian Cricket Association (SACA) has named a fourteen-man squad for the first cricket matches of the season to be held at AdelaideOval.

SHARJAH - Australia is considering axing a batsman and playing fivebowlers to cope with extreme conditions in the second cricket Test against Pakistan starting in Sharjah tomorrow.

BRISBANE - Stuart Law will break a Queensland cricketing record next week after selectors retained faith in the veteran batsmen by naming him for the opening Pura Cup clash against NSW at the Gabba.

After a month in Colombo, the Australian cricket team heads to Sharjahtoday for an historic first Test in the United Arab Emirates.

SYDNEY, Oct 9 AAP - Michael Slater's prospects of being named in the first NSW Pura Cup side of the summer suffered a blow today when he was comfortably outscored by both of his major rivals.

The Tasmanian Selectors have today announced the following teams to participate in trial matches being held at the NTCA Number 2 Ground in Launceston on Friday 11th, Saturday 12th and Sunday 13th October 2002.

SYDNEY - Newly appointed NSW Cricket captain Simon Katich today found itstrange to comprehend he would be leading a team he had never played forand said he still had to earn the respect of his players.

MELBOURNE - Paceman Damien Fleming will miss South Australia's openingPura Cup cricket match against his former state, Victoria, next week.