Cricket News

Pakistan have refused to play cricket at neutral venues again, complaining that the financial losses are too great at the ICC executive meeting at Colombo on Tuesday.

The International Cricket Council (ICC) is to send a delegation to Zimbabwe before the end of the year to assess safety and security in the country prior to the 2003 World Cup.

Somerset County Cricket Club licensee and bar manager Mike Smith has rounded off his season in style by winning the Courage Golf Day

Victoria led Western Australia by 135 runs on the first innings in their drawn two-day match in Perth.

Western Australia bounced back late in the day after starting offstrongly then being under the pump during the middle session of their pre-season match with Victoria.

Pre-season warm-ups for the six first-class associations and the end-of-year match programme for the New Zealand Academy which were due to start next week have been cancelled

The spectre of industrial action loomed over the New Zealand sporting scene today when the country's first-class cricketers, including internationals, told their national body they were not free to take part in an intensive programme of warm-up

A double-century from the prolific Dinesh Karthik ensured that the three-day Cooch Behar league match between the Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh under-19 teams ended in a draw at the SPIC-YMCA grounds in Chennai on Monday

Bangladesh in their first real test of the tour, and under trying batting conditions, was comfortably beaten by South Africa `A' in a limited overs match at the Soweto Oval today

From an Indian viewpoint there was one inescapable conclusion driven home by events in the ICC Champions Trophy

The International Cricket Council (ICC) established a formal process to resolve disputes over player terms before next year's World Cup at an executive meeting at Colombo completed on Tuesday.

COLOMBO - Steve Waugh is not entirely sure whether he will know some ofthe players who turn out for Pakistan in the first cricket Test startinghere on Thursday.

Research into youth health will benefit from an Otago Cricket fund-raising initiative to be launched next week

The sense of déjà vu was palpable throughout the day

After two days of one innings play and second session rain, the ICC Champions Trophy 2002 was shared between Sanath Jayasuriya's Sri Lanka and Sourav Ganguly's India

Indian captain Sourav Ganguly defended the performance of batting star Sachin Tendulkar during the ICC Champions Trophy, telling his critics to get off his back.

Jo Betsworth, the popular membership secretary at Somerset County Cricket Club, was married to John Arnold on Saturday at the church of St Thomas at Cricket St Thomas near Chard

His room is full of gear that would have you believe he was maniacal about fitness

Resolving sponsorship issues and players' concerns are a priority for International Cricket Council administrators

Glamorgan have released batsman Alun Evans and all-rounder Keith Newell