Cricket News

As long as they had taken the precaution of packing sunscreen as well as a coat, and perhaps even an umbrella for the journey home, spectators at the opening of this Pura Cup match between Victoria and Queensland couldn't have had too many grounds

Cold, and sometimes wet, weather struck the second one-day match between New Zealand's Cricket Academy and the Commonwealth Bank Cricket Academy of Australia at Lincoln University today

New Zealand top-order batsman Mathew Sinclair today became the third player to reach a century in the three-day tour match against the ACT President's XI at Manuka Oval.

The XXXX Queensland Bulls will field the same team that got their oneday season off to a flying start last week when they take on theVictorian Bushrangers at Punt Road in the ING Cup on Sunday.

New Zealand's bowling attack looks as fragile as Daniel Vettori's ankle after the left-arm spinner was forced home from the cricket tour of Australia just two weeks before the first Test in Brisbane.

The Scorpions team for the first national league womens match to play NSW in Wollongong on November 3 & 4 is as follows:

The SACA Second XI will play the ACT Second XI in an ACB Cup match atAdelaide Oval from Monday 29- November 1, 2001.

Daniel Vettori's injury woes continued today with news that he is to come home from Australia after suffering a slight tear in his syndemosis ligament which runs across the front of his ankle

New Zealand's Cricket Academy suffered a thumping 151-run loss at the hands of the Commonwealth Bank Cricket Academy of Australia at Lincoln today

New Zealand batsmen Mathew Sinclair and Matthew Bell have both scored centuries in the tour match against the ACT President's Eleven at Manuka Oval in Canberra.

New Zealand manager Jeff Crowe has learnt to be philosophical about bad days in cricket but he can't have suffered many worse than today's effort against a lowly ACT President's XI at Manuka Oval.

New Zealand has dawdled to no wicket for 35 at tea on the second day of the cricket tour match against the ACT President's Eleven at Manuka Oval inCanberra.

his old state after being included in the Tasmanian squad which will visit Perth for ING and Pura Cup matches this week.

Victorian Bushrangers skipper Paul Reiffel has been ruled out of tomorrow's Pura Cup clash with the Queensland Bulls at the Punt Road Oval

New Zealand bowlers have taken a hammering in the opening session on day two of their three-day tour match against the ACT President's at Manuka Oval in Canberra.

Queensland cricket's most talked-about teenager Mitchell Johnson has been chosen for his Pura Cup debut in Wednesday's clash with Victoria at Punt Road.

Former Test tearaway Jeff Thomson has urged injury-plagued Brett Lee to go back to doing what he does best - bowling as fast and frighteningly as humanly possible.

New Zealand Test spinner Daniel Vettori has been taken to Canberra Hospital with a severe leg injury following a fall in the three-day match against the ACTPresident's X1 at Manuka Oval.

Andrew Symonds led Queensland to another victory over Western Australia today in the ING Cup one-day match at the Gabba.

South Australian captain Darren Lehmann led with bat and ball, spurring his team to an emphatic seven-wicket win over Victoria in the one-day cricket match at Adelaide Oval today.