Cricket News

Paul Hitchcock and Chris Nevin have been the unlucky players to miss out on New Zealand's World Cup side announced today

The first of January saw the Barmy Army's largest fundraising event of the tour so far

The ICC World Cup Trophy was unveiled here on Wednesday at Marriott Hotel

It might not have escaped Nasser Hussain's attention that the only time he has led England to a Test success against Australia was at Headingley in 2001 when Mark Butcher recorded a magnificent hundred and the captain himself shared a third wicket

Auckland lifted themselves off the bottom of the State Shield ladder after a solid three-wicket win over Canterbury on the much-maligned Boxing Day portable pitch at Eden Park in the third round of the Shield

With a wry grin on his face, Otago captain Craig Cumming commented late today that cricket is not a game that one should try to understand

During the press conference at the close of play of the first day of the Sydney Test, it emerged that England wicket-keeper Alec Stewart went into this match with suspected chicken-pox

SYDNEY, Jan 2 AAP - Mark Butcher and Nasser Hussain made Australia pay for a raft of missed opportunities to steady England after a worrying start to the fifth Ashes Test at the Sydney Cricket Ground today.

SYDNEY, Jan 2 AAP - Australia dropped two catches to let England off the hook on the opening morning of the fifth Ashes Test at the Sydney Cricket Ground.

The 2003 edition of the Deodhar Trophy kicks off on January 3, with West Zone and East Zone facing off in Chennai, while South Zone and Central Zone take the field at Hyderabad

Records may have tumbled during the Second Castle Lager/MTN Test between South Africa and Pakistan in Cape Town, but the day belonged to Herschelle Gibbs who walked off the lush Newlands turf on cloud nine as he waved to an appreciative crowd

In a major form reversal for both sides, Wellington have comprehensively beaten Northern Districts today at a sun-drenched Basin Reserve

Three changes have been made to the New Zealand team for the fourth match in their seven-game series against India in Queenstown on Saturday

SYDNEY, Jan 2 AAP - England captain Nasser Hussain won the toss and elected to bat on the opening day of the fifth Ashes cricket Test against Australia at the Sydney Cricket Ground today.

Allied Bank Limited (ABL) are the only side in the 24-team Quaid-i-Azam Trophy National Cricket Championship to maintain a clean sheet after two rounds of matches

West Indies selectors have preferred the promise of the future rather than the experience of the past in the five players they named yesterday as back-ups for their already chosen World Cup squad of 15

It might not have escaped Nasser Hussain's attention that the only time he has led England to a Test success against Australia was at Headingley in 2001 when Mark Butcher recorded a magnificent hundred and the captain himself shared a third wicket

Cricket remains a remarkable game

PERTH, Jan 2 AAP - Under-fire allrounder Andrew Symonds was in danger of having a restraining order brought against him by Lady Luck tonight.

Australian physiotherapist, Errol Alcott has confirmed that fast bowler Andrew Bichel has suffered a slight fracture to the tip of his left index finger