Cricket News

NAIROBI - Queenslander Jimmy Maher will be given the nod to fill thebatting spot vacated by the injured Darren Lehmann when Australia namesits team to take on Pakistan in their one-day international at Nairobion Friday.

NAIROBI, Aug 28 AAP - The much-maligned rotation system, which Steve Waugh defended staunchly until his last days in the Australian one-day cricket team, is now a thing of the past.

NAIROBI - Australia this week starts the first leg of itsAfrica-Asia-Arabia cricket tour in Nairobi against the team most likelyto stand in its way when the world championship kicks off on thiscontinent in February.

Worcestershire County Cricket Club's overseas Player, Shane Lee, is returning home to Australia as a result of a knee injury picked up during the NUL match against Warwickshire at Edgbaston

BRISBANE - Ricky Ponting and Adam Gilchrist expect some tough questionsto be answered during a busy nine-month examination of Australia's Testand one-day cricket sides.

KARACHI - The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) today announced minorchanges to the schedule of the Test series against Australia which hasbeen shifted to Sri Lanka and Sharjah because of security fears.

Australian coach John Buchanan will not lead Australia on the Travelex Tour of Kenya after sustaining a back injury this weekend during the team's training camp in Brisbane.

BRISBANE - Prolific Test run-getter Matthew Hayden is ready to deliverfor Australia in one-day cricket.

The playing return of XXXX Queensland Bulls pace bowler Adam Dale hasbeen postponed until next month.

The Tasmanian Selectors have today announced the squad to travel to Sydney on a pre-season tour to prepare for the 2002-2003 Season.

MELBOURNE - Australia will send a full-strength cricket team to theupcoming ICC Champions Trophy in Sri Lanka.

HOBART - A youthful Tasmanian cricket team will go to Sydney for matchesagainst New Zealand and New South Wales early next month.

BRISBANE - One-day cricket captain Ricky Ponting was unable to rule outAustralian players boycotting future international tournaments becauseof controversial sponsorship contracts being forced upon them.

BRISBANE - Australian Cricket Board chief executive James Sutherland wastonight unable to guarantee a full-strength side would contest nextmonth's Champions Trophy in Sri Lanka.

Graham Thorpe has ruled out a return to first-class cricket with Surrey for the remainder of the season

LONDON - England looked set to start life without Graham Thorpe soonerrather than later after his county side Surrey said the class batsmanwas

CANTERBURY, England - Steve Waugh wants to rediscover the beauty ofcricket.

SYDNEY - Darren Lehmann's place on the Australian limited overs crickettour to Kenya remained in jeopardy after he failed to secure a medicalclearance today.

Cricket officials have confirmed that Australia's three-Test tour of Pakistan will now be played in Sri Lanka and Sharjah

New Zealand's campaign in the triangular Academy tournament in Townsville ended with a five-wicket defeat by South Africa yesterday