Cricket News

The historic first full cricket tour by South Africa to the West Indies has just finished and players on both sides have memories to cherish

The West Indies have just gone through successive series of both Tests and One-Day Internationals against Australia and South Africa, the two strongest, fittest and best prepared teams of the day

The England team management today announced that contracted England players will be available to play for their Counties in this week's Benson and Hedges Cup Quarter-Finals

For almost a year, since they beat Sri Lanka 2-0 in an away Test series, it's been nothing but an unending series of defeats that have come Pakistan's way

Former Australian all-rounder Greg Matthews has issued a warning to England's victorious Test cricketers

Gloucestershire start their Benson and Hedges quarter-final against Durham as clear favourites and buoyed by the return of all-rounder Ian Harvey to their side

New Zealand captain Stephen Fleming's good start to the CricInfo Championship continued at the weekend and he is sitting third on the county run aggregate list for both divisions at the moment

The bifurcated Bihar finally looks towards the "able guidance" of Laloo Prasad Yadav for the development of cricket in the state

Half-century hero Mario Mohammed shelved his normal flamboyant Caribbean style of batting for the day to haul Trojans out of the mire and set up a four-wicket win over arch Southern Electric Premier League rivals Old Tauntonians & Romsey at Stoneham

Sebastianites Cricket and Athletic club won the Premier League Plate competition today when they defeated the Police by eight wickets

The Criclnfo-sponsored Notts Outlaws recorded their second consecutive win in the National League this season, beating the Warwickshire Bears at Trent Bridge by four wickets

Ed: Maria Naureen is our correspondent from Karachi, a FM 101 radio talk-show host, cricket radio commentator and sports journalist

Mudassar's Analysis

Waterlooville 129 (Oliver 29, Wootton 24, Azor 3-18, Lamb 3-22) Paultons 130-5 (Richman 37, Darnton 24, Sergeant 24, Rudder 3-16)

Alton and Winchester KS have maintained their impressive starts in Southern Electric Premier League Division 3

A gradation system of payment based on performance will be in place for Indian cricketers before the end of the year but a contract system may be introduced in the long run, Board President A C Muthiah said in Chennai on Sunday

Graham Thorpe believes that Alec Stewart will captain England in the Second Test against Pakistan at Old Trafford after standing in as deputy at Lord's for the injured Nasser Hussain

Better days are here for Indian cricket

The Mercantile Division A tournament was severely disrupted by wet weather on Sunday

The chairman of the ECB has repeated his call for life bans for cricketers found guilty of match-fixing