Cricket News

The fixtures for the first half of the 2007-08 Intercontinental Cup have been released by the ICC

Scotland's selectors have left out some familiar faces in their squad for the opening three rounds of their Friends Provident campaign

South African left-hander Arno Jacobs will join Australian George Bailey as the two permitted overseas professionals for the Scotland in this year's Friends Provident Trophy campaign

Ryan Watson has been confirmed as Scotland's new captain, in a widely anticipated move. He replaces Craig Wright

South Africa and West Indies will contest the opening game of the inaugural Twenty20 World Championship

Ryan Watson is set to be named as Scotland's new captain after Craig Wright resigned following the team's disappointing performance in the World Cup

The Dutch have now won two World Cup matches in three tournaments and the success of players with county experience shows what they can achieve

The Dutch have now won two World Cup matches in three tournaments and the success of players with county experience shows what they can achieve

Plays of the day

Bas Zuiderent and Ryan ten Doeschate batted solidly to stave off a John Blain-led Scottish fightback to take the Netherlands to 61 for 2 at the lunch break in St. Kitts

The end of a one-sided fortnight is nigh. On March 22 in St Kitts, the first competitive fixture of a lop-sided Group A gets underway, when Holland and Scotland square up to each other in their minnow's Cup final

As you might expect from members of an old-boys network, Graeme Smith and Ryan Watson talked up the prospects of the other team

Interesting moments and sidelights of the day's play

South Africa might have harboured hopes of a demolition act with the ball, after they chose to bat first in their first ever ODI against Scotland, but it was their batsmen who completed the dismantling job, completing an seven-wicket rout at Basseterre

One last mismatch presents itself tomorrow, when the high-flying South Africans take on the undaunting Scots

India and Pakistan have been drawn together in the group stage of the inaugural Twenty20 World Championship while England and Australia will also face each other in South Africa during September

Graeme Smith, the South Africa captain, says his side will come out with all guns blazing against Scotland

Scotland's stand-in captain Ryan Watson will be seeing a few familiar faces when his team takes on South Africa on Tuesday

Scotland's captain, Craig Wright, has flown home from the World Cup following the sudden death of his maternal aunt

Ricky Ponting carved out an authoritative hundred as Australia beat Scotland by 203 runs