Cricket News

Four-day cricket in England finally allowed Stephen Fleming to show his true colours to the Yorkshire faithful

The baggy green worn by Don Bradman during his final tour as Australia's captain to England in 1948 has been sold at auction for a world-record sum of Aus$425,000 (£175,000)

Surrey v Kent, The Oval A rainy final day against Middlesex denied Surrey the chance to push for their third consecutive Championship victory, but they will be strong favourites to make amends against Kent, who have yet to record a Championship

Swansea: Wales 140 & 407-5 v Cornwall 386-5d Match drawn Wales 6pts, Cornwall 12pts

Two additions have been made today to the South Australia squad for 2003-04 that was announced earlier this month

On a day of frustration, with bad weather postponing the start until 3.50pm, Headingley was briefly given a taste of the Twenty20 Cup - or Twentyfive25 to be precise

Jacques Kallis's second century in 24 hours was an innings of two distinct parts

The Championship match between Glamorgan and Worcestershire at Cardiff ended in a draw as the visitors, set a target of 309 runs, adopted a safety first policy, ending on 175/6 from 79.4 overs

Alan Mullally with a strained hamstring, Wasim Akram with an injured toe and Ed Giddins rested are all absent for Hampshire's next Frizzell Championship match against Northamptonshire starting on Wednesday (2nd July - 11.00am).

Swansea: Wales v Cornwall Wales 140 & 155-2 v Cornwall 386-5d

Middlesex 370 and 218 for 2 drew with Surrey 568 at Lord's Scorecard Andy Strauss and Sven Koenig batted Middlesex to safety in a rain-affected last day against Surrey at Lord's

Hampshire's second eleven scraped to their fourth straight One Day Trophy victory by the skin of their teeth against Glamorgan on Friday.

Shane Warne, who is banned from playing cricket until next February after failing a drugs test prior to the World Cup, has joined the Channel Nine commentary team for next month's series against Bangladesh

What's in a name

An anonymous Australian buyer has paid a record Aus$425,000 (US$283,000) for the baggy green cap worn by Donald Bradman when he ended his legendary Test career

Pakistan supporters awoke from this year's World Cup with a giant-sized hangover: a thumping headache and overpowering nausea without much sense of when those horrible feelings would give way to normality

Geoffrey Boycott has announced that he is on the road to recovery from his throat cancer ordeal

Jacques Kallis hit his second century in as many days as he anchored South Africa to an emotional win against Zimbabwe

India A's hopes of forcing victory on the final day against Durham were scuppered by the weather

Hampshire had dominated the first two days of this Frizzell Championship Division Two match against Gloucestershire at The Rose Bowl, but they were left hanging on to a draw at the end of the match after rain and some tight bowling went against the