Cricket News

BRISBANE - Australia's cricketers will play in Sri Lanka next month eventhough three New Zealanders have withdrawn from the Champions Trophy forsafety reasons.

Former Australian player Adam Dale will make his long-awaited returnfrom a shoulder injury in Darwin later this month.

Rahul Dravid's first Test century against England has taken India a crucial step towards saving the second Test at Nottingham

Wasim Akram is set to topple another record Monday when he becomes the highest capped player in One-day Internationals by usurping former Indian captain Mohammad Azharuddin's 334 appearances

A new structure for the award of central contracts to England cricketers was today backed virtually unanimously (18-1) by a meeting of the First Class Forum (FCF) at the ECB's offices at Lord's Cricket Ground

Just 16 teams remain in the 2002 Sun Bank Under 15 National Club Championship from a record entry list of 1,517 and this will be reduced to only four teams following the completion of the Regional Finals in the coming two weeks

In the absence of a beneficiary for 2003, Lancashire County Cricket Club have decided to stage a fundraising year in favour of the Club's new Academy which opens its doors in September

Hampshire welcome back skipper Robin Smith and John Crawley for the must-win Frizzell County Championship Division One match against fellow strugglers Somerset at the Rose Bowl, starting on Wednesday (August 14)

Somerset Sabres took another step closer to relegation to the second division of the NUL when they slumped to another disappointing defeat at Canterbury last weekend

A rapid half century by Sachin Tendulkar, his first of the series, revived India's ailing fortunes in the second Test at Trent Bridge

Burridge threw themselves a lifeline in the ECB Southern Electric Premier League relegation scrap with a timely 55-run win over Calmore Sports at Botley Road

It's a good thing the strong Pakistan speedster left Trent Bridge in a hurry in a Land Rover shortly before the start of the second day's play

Somerset Sabres will be looking to continue their winning one-day form in the NUL League when they take on Kent Spitfires at the St Lawrence Ground at Canterbury today

Trojans are facing almost certain relegation from Southern Electric Premier League, Division 2 after crashing to an eight-wicket defeat at Rowledge

New Milton's Southern Electric Premier League, Division 3 promotion bid has received a severe setback

A wonderful game of cricket at Hove ended in great tension as Sussex crept home by four wickets in the key game of the Frizzell County Championship

Glamorgan Dragons' fire proved too much for Yorkshire Phoenix at Cardiff in their Norwich Union League Division One encounter

The world's newest international cricket venue, the 141st to stage one-day cricket, will be unveiled on Monday in a most unlikely location, at Tangiers in French-speaking northern Africa

With India scheduled to have a lean season following the World Cup in South Africa, all counties in England are bracing themselves for a massive influx ofcricketers

It's hotting up at the top of the Norwich Union League