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Stand in skipper Simon Katich celebrated his Australia A call-up but fell short of proving it should have been to the national senior squad in Western Australia's 42 run one-day victory over Queensland at the WACA.

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The England Under 19 team narrowly won its first warm-up game, in advance ofthe ICC Under 19 World Cup, against South Australia Under 19 in Adelaide today.

Nantie Hayward, Jacques Rudolph and Claude Henderson have all been cut from the South African squad for the one-day triangular series against Australia and New Zealand which will follow the third and final Test match against Australia in Sydney

The WA Selectors have named South Perth all-rounder Darren Wates in theWestern Warriors team for tomorrow's day/night ING Cup game v the QLDBulls at the WACA ground, as a replacement for Stuart Karppinen.

Like Matthew Hayden and Justin Langer before him, Australia's Damien Martyn knows the experience of having plumbed the depths of an international cricket career

The crisis in South African cricket sparked by United Cricket Board president Percy Sonn's intervention in the team to play Australia in the third Test deepened on Thursday as rifts along racial and political lines became ever more clear

Otago opening batsman Brendon McCullum has forced his way into the CLEAR Black Caps side to compete in the VB tri-series with Australia and South Africa starting next week

The dateline might have changed but there wasn't too much difference in the look of the scoreline as openers Justin Langer and Matthew Hayden combined to hand Australia early command of the Third Test against South Africa in Sydney today.

Victorian Cricket earlier this week lost a fine player and administrator with the passing of former Victorian and St Kilda batsman Gordon Tamblyn.

Victoria have announced the following team to play New South Wales in the ING Cup at the MCG on Sunday:

Pace bowler Joe Dawes will continue his domestic one-day career for the XXXX Queensland Bulls in Friday's ING Cup day/night match against the Western Warriors.

South African cricket board president Percy Sonn today admitted he forced the Proteas to include coloured player Justin Ontong in their team for the third Test against Australia which started here today.

Nothing is like it should be at the Sydney Cricket Ground

Just three weeks ago, it seemed foolhardy to imagine that the Third Test between Australia and South Africa at the Sydney Cricket Ground would be a dead rubber

The following players have been named by the WA Selectors, to representthe Western Warriors in the day/night ING Cup game v the QLD Bulls atthe WACA ground, this Friday 4th January 2002.

With South Africa having conceded the psychological and public relations advantage to Australia during the current Test series already won by the home team, the United Cricket Board of South Africa has taken the unprecedented step of issuing a vote

Statistical review - 2001

The NSWIS Blues have booked a place in this season's National Women's Cricket League finals series after storming to dual wins over the Western Fury in Perth this weekend.