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SHARJAH--Sri Lanka notched another win, their third out of four in this event, to be the first to make it to the final of this Sharjah Cup 2002, leaving Pakistan and New Zealand to slug it out for the other berth today

A veritable pot of gold awaits the champion team when the Rainbow Nation hosts next year's ICC Cricket World Cup

SHARJAH - It was the best crowd for the event so far, and it was offered a treat throughout the afternoon and early evening, easily the best match of the event

"God made me a supreme athlete

SHARJAH: After a dismal start, Pakistan bounced back by beating New Zealand quite convincingly, by a margin of 51 runs to bring this Sharjah Cup 2002 on an even keel

SHARJAH, April 9: Former cricket captain Wasim Akram has emphasized that without a lot of work, Pakistan team would not do well in the World Cricket Cup 2003

Full of bravado and gumption, Waqar Younis had said before the Sharjah Cup started that his campaign for the 2003 World Cup was to start here

Sri Lanka narrowly avoided an embarrassing defeat against an Emirates Cricket Board (ECB) side on Friday as they limbered up for the Sharjah triangular series with Pakistan and New Zealand starting Monday with a friendly 30 over game at the Dubai

Sri Lanka's cricketers departed on Thursday morning for the United Arab Emirates confident of reclaiming Sharjah's desert crown from a full strength Pakistan side in the bi-annual triangular

As an indication of the problem facing English county clubs with the hiring of overseas players, Warwickshire have come to an agreement with the United Cricket Board of South Africa that Shaun Pollock will not play in Norwich Union League matches for

International cricket will again move indoors when Pakistan visits Australia for a series of three limited-overs matches in June, it was announced in Melbourne today.

Chris Drum's surprise retirement, the elevation of Robbie Hart to the Test wicket-keeping role and the dropping of Otago's Brendon McCullum, are the features of New Zealand teams named today for the tours of Sharjah and Pakistan

Recalled New Zealand leg-spinner Brooke Walker was put through the grinder at Sharjah last year and will be heading back into the cauldron after his selection in teams for Sharjah and both one-dayers and Tests in Pakistan today

The Pakistan team management, in a belated effort to cover up its earlier folly, Thursday agreed to release the players attending the training camp