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In the 14 months since the Colombo defeat which cost them their home series against England last year, Sri Lanka have carried virtually all before them

Unfortunate, but largely true - a high-scoring, tamely drawn Test match sometimes produces the most glittering of statistical nuggets

Hampshire toiled throughout the first day of their Frizzell County Championship match at Edgbaston, enduring muggy conditions and a slow, low wicket against Warwickshire.

It is matches such as this that give Test cricket a bad name

The second round of matches in the Norwich Union League season take place this Sunday with several sides who have not yet seen action in the competition making their entry to the fray

Let us for the moment, keep the farcical end to the largely dull proceedings in the drawn fourth Test aside, think in the larger perspective of the entire series and look ahead

The flat track at the Antigua Recreation Ground meant that the fourth Test was always going to yield a high-scoring draw

The Indian selectors announced a 15-man squad for the five-match one-day series against the West Indies, with one-day specialists such as Yuvraj Singh and Ajit Agarkar coming in as expected

There were 1,142 runs scored, five batsmen hit centuries and neither team was bowled out in their first innings

Bangladesh Biman mangled Young Pegasus, the weakest among the teams in Super Six, by a massive margin of 102 runs in a low scoring one-sided match of GrameenPhone Premier League held in Fotullah Stadium today

England have released left-arm spinner Ashley Giles from their 13-man squad, allowing him to travel to Edgbaston to play for Warwickshire in their Frizzell County Championship match against Hampshire.

Somerset have made an impressive start to their Frizzell County Championship clash with Leicestershire at Taunton

Sun Bank has signed a six-figure deal with the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) to sponsor its National Under 15 Club Cricket Championship for the next three years.

Somerset ended the first day of their county championship match against Leicestershire at Taunton in a strong position

A Championship best bowling performance by Darren Thomas put Glamorgan in a strong position on an eventful first day`s play of the county`s Championship match against Durham at Cardiff

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The Ministry of Youth Affairs & Sports has approved the following squad which was chosen by the National Selection Committee of the BCCSL for the three 4-day Unofficial Test Matches and three Unofficial One-Day-Internationals between Sri Lanka `A'

England's hopes of having Darren Gough available for the second Test against Sri Lanka at Edgbaston starting on May 30th were dashed when it was announced that he has suffered a recurrence of an injury to his right knee and has been ruled out of the

With the current Cable & Wireless Test series tied 1-1 heading into the fifth and final Test match which begins on Saturday in Jamaica, the West Indies have named an unchanged 13-man squad to play against India

MONTE CARLO - Australia's cricketers were named the best team in worldsport at sport's Oscars here tonight while Ian Thorpe was beaten to theindividual gong by Formula One world champion Michael Schumacher.