Cricket News

Australia Under-19 fully tested the workings of the Carisbrook scoreboard in their 430-run win in their opening game of the ICC Under-19 World Cup against Kenya today

Players competing in the ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup in New Zealand were given a traditional welcome at the formal opening ceremony held in Christchurch today

New Zealand gained one of the plums of world cricket, the staging of the 16-team ICC Under-19 World Cup event, more or less by popular acclaim

The Soweto Cricket Oval became the focus of international attention on Thursday when it was turned into dazzling scene of colour and song for the official launch of the eighth ICC Cricket World Cup to be staged in South Africa in February and March

World Cup champions Australia will start their defence of their title in a repeat of the 1999 final against Pakistan at the Wanderers in Johannesburg on February 11 according to the 2003 World Cup schedule released in Durban on Saturday

It was a vintage performance from Sachin Tendulkar and Sourav Ganguly that guided India to an easy win over Kenya in the land of vineyards, Paarl, on Wednesday

What a difference a week makes

South Africa swept to an overwhelming 208-run victory over Kenya at Newlands on Monday night, underlining the difference in quality between the two teams, but all is not lost for the Kenyans who meet India in what has effectively become the Standard

The South African selectors have retained their 15-man squad for the Standard Bank One-Day International against Kenya at Newlands on Monday

Kenya will stage two matches at cricket's 2003 World Cup, joining Zimbabwe as South Africa's co-hosts for the four-yearly showpiece, organizers said

Anil Kumble is not bowling a lot in the nets, but that is with a good reason

South Africa eased ahead of India in the Standard Bank One-Day series at Buffalo Park in East London on Friday night, winning the third meeting between the two teams in the tournament by 46 runs

Without a win in the Standard Bank Series and without their captain, Kenya lit up St George's Park on Wednesday night with a quite astonishing 70-run victory over India

The manager of the visiting Kenyan cricket team, Mehmood Quraishy, has been admitted to the Greenacres hospital in Port Elizabeth and is expected to undergo heart bypass surgery within the next couple of days

Kenyan captain Maurice Odumbe's criticisms of umpire Dave Orchard have earned him a two match ban from International Cricket Council match referee Justice Ahmed Ebrahim

Kenyan captain Maurice Odumbe has charged that umpire Dave Orchard, one of South Africa's most senior officials, was "not friendly" towards the east Africans during Sunday's Standard Bank One-Day International in Kimberley

South Africa have retained their 14-man squad for the Standard Bank One-Day International against India in East London on Friday

For once in this Standard Bank One-Day series Kenya were not utterly outclassed in Kimberley on Sunday

Gary Kirsten and Andre Nel will both miss South Africa's Standard Bank One-Day international in Kimberley on Sunday, it was learned on Friday

As if anxious to spend as little time as possible at Goodyear Park, India took just 11.3 overs to sweep to a 10-wicket victory over Kenya in their Standard Bank One-Day International on Friday evening