Cricket News

Noel Cantwell, who won fame as captain of Manchester United in the 1960s, has died at the age of 73

Double international Noel Cantwell dies

Bad light and nearby thunderstorms ended play early with Australia on 112 for 0 in reply to England's 373

Rain stalls Australia after century stand

09-Sep-2005•The Bulletin by Andrew McGlashan

Weerakoon gives Sri Lanka A control

Sajeewa Weerakoon took 4 for 28 to reduce South Africa A to 108 for 6

Mashrafe Mortaza has been sent home with a persistent back injury

Mortaza sent home

A round-up from the latest matches in the County Championship

Hutton and Shah defy Kent while Sussex sink Glamorgan

Ricky Ponting has conceded that his side "may cop a hammering" at home

Ponting expects to cop a hammering at home

Shane Warne believes Australia hold a marginal advantage after his 5 for 118 left England 319 for 7 at The Oval

Warne says Australia hold the edge

08-Sep-2005•AFP

Ebrahim hammers claim for Test place

Dion Ebrahim hit a superb unbeaten 163 for the Zimbabwe Board XI on the opeing day of the Indians' tour match at Mutare

Jeevan Mendis (95) and Gihan de Silva (74) powered Sri Lanka Cricket Development XI (SLC) to 412 gaining a lead of 217

Bangladesh taken to the cleaners

Ashish Nehra is returning home after being forced out of the Test series against Zimbabwe because of a back problem

Back injury forces Nehra out of Test series

A number of Zimbabwe players have signed a petition calling on Peter Chingoka, the board's chairman, and Ozias Bvute, the managing director, to resign

Players call for Chingoka and Bvute to quit

Shoaib Akhtar has told the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) that he is fit and ready

Shoaib keen to end hibernation

Mohammad Rafique, the Bangladesh left-arm spinner, has been fined 75% of his match-fee after a verbal duel with Dav Whatmore, the coach, during the current tour of Sri Lanka

Rafique fined over bust-up with Whatmore

08-Sep-2005•AFP

The Strauss and Warne show

Andrew Strauss and Shane Warne dominated a gripping opening day of the fifth and deciding Test at a sun-drenched Oval

08-Sep-2005•The Bulletin by Andrew McGlashan

Kent boosted by vital last stand

A round-up from the latest matches in the County Championship

Rod Marsh has been appointed director of coaching at the ICC Global Cricket Academy in Dubai.

Rod Marsh takes up ICC post

South Africa A's allrounder, Zander de Bruyn, scored an undefeated 100

De Bruyn stands alone for South Africa A

Michael Vaughan and Ricky Ponting both faced the media in the eve of the final Ashes Test

Vaughan and Ponting ready for the showdown

07-Sep-2005•Andrew McGlashan at The Oval

Chappell blasts Buchanan

Former Australian captain criticises John Buchanan