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From one end of Africa to the other - that could be the case for the TelstraClear Black Caps this year

Sunny days are here again for Indian cricket with the senior batsmen in fine nick and the bowlers doing a remarkably good job so far

An Englishman is set to try his hand at saving the West Indies' fledgling cricket fortunes

"Sachin Tendulkar's current form is the stuff nightmares are made of, speaking as a bowler

With a little more than four weeks to go until the start of the new cricket season one of Somerset's closed season signings James Bryant is putting the finishing touches to his packing before leaving the sunshine of South Africa to fly back to the

Australia's right to favouritism for the World Cup has never been in doubt

Inexperienced Australian spinner Brad Hogg faces his sternest World Cuptest when New Zealand's big-hitters target him in the Super Six grudgematch at St George's Park.

JOHANNESBURG, March 9 AFP - Sri Lanka's star spinner Muttiah Muralitharan will not target Sachin Tendulkar in Monday's World Cup Super Sixes clash against India at the Wanderers here

Aravinda De Silva (1028) needs 56 runs to become the second leading World Cup run-getter, current record holder is Javed Miandad (1083)

ADELAIDE, March 9 AAP - South Australian skipper Greg Blewett says his youthful side can approach next summer with confidence after finishing this season with a big outright Pura Cup victory over Tasmania at Adelaide Oval today.

So we meet again

MELBOURNE, March 9 AAP - Victoria showed heart but lacked voice here today as it beat Western Australia by 10 wickets in the season-ending Pura Cup cricket match at the MCG.

Nathan Astle's 13th century in One-Day Internationals but, more importantly, his second in his World Cup career, assured New Zealand of a six-wicket Super Six victory over Zimbabwe at Bloemfontein today

England opening batsman Marcus Trescothick, one of the leading contenders to take over the England one-day captaincy from Nasser Hussain, has said that while he welcome the opportunity to do the job, a long and difficult winter has taken its toll and

Article: Taha Noor on Pakistan cricket re-structuring

The long-awaited Chilean club cricket championship got underway on Sunday, at the Grange School, with a 40-over game between Santiago and Prince of Wales Club (PWCC).

A trio of fitness checks this week will determine the ultimate make-upof the XXXX Queensland Bulls team to tackle NSW in the Pura Cup Final atthe Gabba starting on Friday.

SYDNEY, March 8 AAP - New South Wales will go into next week's Pura Cup final with the psychological edge over Queensland after crushing the defending champion by 241 runs at the Sydney Cricket Ground today.

Nathan Astle was in no doubt about the significance of New Zealand's six-wicket win over Zimbabwe, although he insisted that his team still had little margin for error despite his match-winning century.

Kenya did New Zealand a big favour today when reminding them that no team in the Super Six can be taken for granted on the eve of New Zealand's match with Zimbabwe