Cricket News

The President and the Secretary General of Pakistan Women Cricket Association are pleased to invite all Sports Journalists and Photographers for a Press Briefing at 12:30PM on 3rd July 2002 at Paradise Hotel, Liberty Market, Gulberg, Lahore

Colin Miller, the hero of every sporting thirty-something still waitinghopefully by the phone for a call from the national selectors, hasretired from first-class cricket.

Somerset Under 12' have enjoyed mixed fortunes over the last few days

Somerset Under 13's got their season underway in style on June 23rd when they beat Dorset at Kings Bruton

England seem to bat better in the dark

Grenada's inaugural Test was slipping back into an increasingly deep sleep when it was roused from its slumber in the final 25 minutes of the fourth day Monday, reawakening West Indies' hopes of a dramatic victory on the final day Tuesday (the day

Somerset Under 17's got their season off to a winning start when they beat Bath Cricket Club recently

With the last Benson & Hedges final, due to the ban on tobacco sponsorships, having been played at Lords on 22 June 2002 Shaun Pollock and Neil Carter now hold winner medallions as Warwickshire beat Essex by five wickets

Somerset lost their Second XI Trophy match against Hampshire today at the County Ground in Taunton by 7 wickets

The Somerset Under 12's lost their opening match of the season when they went down by four wickets to Dorset at Dean Park in Bournemouth

© CricInfo The current Indian team seems to be showing a lot of character and a real hunger to win

Durham County Cricket Club is offering all cricket fans the chance of a lifetime - to play for Durham in one of the biggest games of the season

Kathryn Leng and Sarah Collyer, originally selected for the England women's squad, were unable to commit to the full England training schedule ahead of the one-day international series against New Zealand and India which starts in Jersey on 10th July

Darren Gough has declared himself fit to play for England against Sri Lanka at Headingley in the fourth match of the NatWest triangular series

Hampshire return to Frizzell County Championship action for the first time in two weeks, when they take on neighbours Sussex starting at The Rose Bowl on Wednesday 3rd July.

Former first-class cricketer Jeff Freeman was appointed chairman of Northern Districts at their annual general meeting at the weekend

Rain again on the second day prevented play until 5.30 after tremendous efforts by the groundsmen to clear surface water from the surrounds

Arnold - middle order specialist

Tamworth: Bedfordshire 364-5 (Shankar 104, D J Roberts 80, J A Knott 62) Staffordshire 172-8 (M W Patterson 5-41)

The number of Hawke Cup challenges each summer will be reduced if a recommendation to a forum of district associations of New Zealand Cricket is accepted this weekend