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John Crawley wiil have a fitness test on the morning of the second Ashes Test before England name their team

John Crawley wiil have a fitness test on the morning of the second Ashes Test before England name their team

Four key members of Nottinghamshire¹s promotion-winning team have agreed one-year contract extensions to keep them at Trent Bridge until the end of the 2004 season

Sussex bowler, James Kirtley, has been called up for England's one-day squad, which will compete in the triangular VB Series against Australia and Sri Lanka in December and January.

Whatever the personnel when the sides are announced prior to the start of the second Ashes Test in Adelaide, Australia will start the match as firm favourites to go two-nil up in the series

Aaron Laraman Photo © Somerset Somerset gave their chances of a quick return to the top flight next season a further boost when they announced the signing of former Middlesex player Aaron Laraman on a three year contract

Western Province and Border moved closer to the top of their respective groups with wins against Eastern Province and Griqualand West in the second round of the Standard Bank Cup

MELBOURNE - The Australian cricket team has been acclaimed as the bestin living memory by a member of Don Bradman's Invincibles.

ADELAIDE, Nov 19 AAP - Australian paceman Jason Gillespie won't know until at least tomorrow whether he will be passed fit for the second cricket Test against England starting at Adelaide Oval on Thursday.

England's injury problems in Australia deepened today as their left-arm spinnerAshley Giles was ruled out for for up to six weeks.

South Africa captain Shaun Pollock admitted there was a "dressing room flutter" during a dramatic run chase on the final day of the second Test against Sri Lanka at SuperSport Park on Tuesday.

ADELAIDE, Nov 19 AAP - Shattered England faces another Ashes disaster in Adelaide after left-arm spinner Ashley Giles was tonight ruled out for six weeks with a broken wrist.

As the reality of Scotland's entry into the English NCL comes ever closer, Scottish Cricket's Chief Executive, Gwynne Jones, announced the first squad of players to go into winter training

With the Ashes action switching to Adelaide, Somerset all rounder Ian Blackwell who is in Australia with the England Academy finds himself in the thick of things

1) As a result, England has been granted an automatic wicket keeper, freeing up wicket keeper Alex Stewart to defend the boundary

The Tasmanian Selectors have today announced the Cascade Tasmanian Tigers team to play the New South Wales Blues in the Pura Cup match from Friday, 22nd November to Monday, 25th November 2002 at the Bellerive Oval in Hobart.

Rajasthan made a confident start to their reply after dismissing Railways for 384 on the second day of their elite group encounter at Jaipur

Every time the rain-gods put in a little overtime, Frank Duckworth and Tony Lewis are invoked for their system of modifying the parameters of the one-day international to get past the interruption

A hint of what might be a more permanent future as Otago's wicket-keeper has been offered with Brendon McCullum's selection in the role for the opening State Championship match against Central Districts in Wanganui on Saturday

Canterbury have named four new caps in their side to compete in the State League programme this season