Cricket News

The National Secondary Schoolgirls' Competition started yesterday in Palmerston North as well, with their games being transferred to artificial pitches on Ongley Park as well

Hawke's Bay and Wanganui have moved to the top of the Zone 2 Hawke Cup elimination series after this weekend's round of matches

CANBERRA, Dec 9 AAP - The England team's injury woes have continued with captain Nasser Hussain being ruled out of Tuesday's one-day game against the Prime Minister's XI at Manuka Oval in Canberra

If the World Cup picture got any clearer for the Australian selectors after this weekend, that would have been 'clear as mud'.

Wicket-keeper batsman Romesh Kaluwitharana and left-arm fast bowler Nuwan Zoysa have been recalled for Sri Lanka's forthcoming one-day tour of Australia

At least Zimbabwe's bowlers turned in their best performance of the series in the final one-day international in Harare last Sunday

Zimbabwe national team coach Geoff Marsh has been with the side for just over a year now

Canterbury's team for their next State Championship match, against Wellington, starting at Rangiora's Dudley Park on Tuesday was named today

Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and Goa have made winning starts to their campaign for the South Zone limited overs championship

Indian coach John Wright is not too concerned with the poor first innings batting, and the inability to finish off the Central Districts tail, in the drawn National Bank tour match in Napier which ended early today after a thunderstorm

Ahead of the First Class Forum meeting that takes place on Tuesday Somerset chief executive Peter Anderson has once again highlighted the dangerous plight of the six non test match hosting counties

Northerns B ended the first day of the UCB Bowl match at Newlands at a slight advantage after dismissing the home team for 246, of which they had knocked off 23 by close of play

SYDNEY, Dec 8 AAP - England blew it.

There was a time when it looked as if England would break their duck and register the first win of their ill-fated Australian tour by beating Australia A under the Sydney lights

Fine contributions from Muhammad Fayaz (67) and Amir Ishfaq (45) helped Pakistn beat India by 31 runs in a league match in the 2002 World Cup for the Blind, which was played at the CPT-India Pistons Ground, Chennai on Sunday

An annoying light but steady afternoon rain caused the first one-day international between Zimbabwe and Kenya to be abandoned as a draw, depriving Zimbabwe of a probable victory as they were set a none too taxing target of 211 to win

Jonty Rhodes single-handedly played Pakistan right out of the first Standard Bank One-Day International at Kingsmead in Durban setting up a convincing 132- run win for South Africa

A haul of five for 28 by left-arm spinner Inder Shekar Reddy helped Hyderabad coast to a four-wicket win over Karnataka in their low-scoring Ranji South Zone one-day encounter at Bangalore on Saturday

The Indians came to Napier with huge reputations to play Central Districts, and they will leave without those enhanced

Left-arm spinner Anderson Sealy snared six scalps for the BNB Western Blasters, who grounded Caribbean Star Southern Blazers for a modest total on an easy-paced pitch in bright, sunny conditions