Cricket News

Our two-month break is fast coming to an end and we're looking forward to getting back into the international fray

The Board of Control for Cricket in Sri Lanka has made arrangements to facilitate the sale of tickets for the Triangular One-Day International Tournament between Sri Lanka, India and New Zealand, by making them available ten days ahead of the start

For the three months since the end of the home cricket season, all I have thought about has been building towards this tour to Sri Lanka

New Zealand cricket fans could be in for a bonanza of viewing this year as SKY Television lines up its busiest year yet

New Zealand's cricketers heading to Sri Lanka for the Coca-Cola Cup series with the host nation and India have been surprised by comments that pitches are being doctored for the series

A good game is a quick game they say in many sports, but New Zealand Cricket analyst Zach Hitchcock has developed the ability to reduce a day's play to 30-35 minutes

New CLEAR Black Caps coach Denis Aberhart will have no qualms about seeking expert advice to address any technical deficiencies among his players

Grant Bradburn's started playing first-class cricket in 1985/86, but he says the last three months have been the greatest learning period of his career

Just as former Central Districts bowler Denis Aberhart followed David Trist as coach of the highly-successful Canterbury team of the 1990s, he will follow him as coach of the CLEAR Black Caps

A good personal week but one of frustration for the Crusade

The Indian team for the Triangular One-Day International Tournament will arrive on Monday the 16TH of July 2001 at the Bandaranaiake International Airport on Flight Number UL 192, at 03:35am

Grant Bradburn's started playing first-class cricket in 1985/86, but he says the last three months have been the greatest learning period of his career

Having played in 235 One-Day Internationals, Sri Lankan captain Sanath Jayasuriya should know a thing or two about the game

New Zealand One-Day International opener Mathew Sinclair finished the first part of his summer with Yorkshire club Cleethorpes on Saturday with a resounding win which lifted the club to fourth place in the Yorkshire premier league

Dav Whatmore National Coach The Sri Lankan squad picked for the forthcoming Coca Cola Cup provides an indication of the increasing and welcome importance attached to medium pace all rounders by the national selectors as we look towards the 2003

Thilan Samaraweera's impressive performance in the recently concluded Pakistan A series failed to earn him a place in the senior side, but that does not mean the selectors have forgotten him completely

New Zealand's cricketers who have wintered at home go into a pre-tour camp at Lincoln University this week before flying to Sri Lanka on Saturday for a tri-series with Sri Lanka and India

The New Zealand Sports Turf Conference ended in Rotorua yesterday, with the focus on how the country's most well-known venue for major sport, Eden Park, is leading the way in exploring the use of technology to expand the potential of a major stadium

Cricket administrators may be worried that the major rugby season in New Zealand is now stretching from late February to early November -- perhaps squeezing cricket out of its traditional share of grounds that cater for the two sports

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