Cricket News

Scott Styris v Sri Lanka (141 off 125 balls), Stephen Fleming v South Africa (134* off 132 balls), Nathan Astle v Zimbabwe (102* off 122 balls), Andre Adams v West Indies (35 off 24

Former international batsman and coach Glenn Turner will be coach of the Otago team for the next season

The Barbados Cricket Association (BCA) is set to lose another two days of gate receipts

The Duleep Trophy match between Elite B and Plate B, held at the Guru Nanak College Grounds, Chennai, turned out to be a veritable run-fest, with only the 18-run difference in first-innings totals giving the former five points and the latter three.

On paper there is no contest: cricketing superpower Australia, unbeaten during their past 15 matches, versus Sri Lanka, a side whose form has seesawed throughout the tournament and who limped into the last four

Australia and India have been without doubt the top two teams in this World Cup with Australia holding a slight advantage over India after their win in the head-to-head clash involving the two teams

Lord MacLaurin, the past chairman of the England & Wales Cricket Board, will open the Isle of Wight's state-of-the-art indoor cricket academy overlooking Ventnor's unique "superbowl" at Steephill on Friday July 25 2003

Kenya opening batsman Kennedy Otieno is planning a return to the Southern Electric Premier League cricket scene with BAT Sports this summer - after the small matter of playing in the World Cup semi-finals

Steve and Mark Waugh hail from Bankstown and are ardent followers of the Sydney Bulldogs rugby league team which also come from the region

Wacken Hut CC lifted the glittering Abdul Quddoos Sheikh Memorial cricket trophy, after inflicting a heavy 92-run defeat over Dawn Group, at the UBL Sports Complex on Sunday

Rawalpindi Express Shoaib Akhtar was thrashed for 73 runs by National Bank batsmen but his KRL team still won by three wickets in the NBP One-day Patron's Cup Pool 'C' match at KRL Stadium on Sunday

Phew

Monde Zondeki, the South African pace bowler and a World Cup squad member, was injured in a motor accident over the weekend

"Waqar was being criticised for things that were not his fault and as the tournament unfolded I really felt for him

Consistent individual displays of batting from Plate A's willow-wielders gave their side the slight edge in their drawn encounter against Elite A in the Duleep Trophy match at the MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai

Article: Adeel Javed on Pakistan cricket one-day strategy

The West Indies Cricket Board has re-scheduled the outstanding fixture between West Indies B and India A in the Carib Beer 2003 Cricket Series, as well as the semi-finals and final

Some interesting calculations await the members of the New Zealand cricket team as next season's contracts are discussed by the national selectors

Simon Katich, Hampshire's Australian overseas star, will miss the start of the English domestic season, as he has been called up to represent Australia `A' in their upcoming home series against South Africa `A', starting on April 4.

Essex star overseas player Andy Flower has confirmed that he will be available to play for the County for all of the 2003 season