Cricket News

South Africa routed minnows Netherlands by an overwhelming margin of 221 runs in a day when batting records tumbled

Zimbabwe's national one-day competition, the Faithwear Cup, will begin on March 22 and will run until March 28. All matches will be staged at Harare Sports Club and the Academy ground

Adam Gilchrist believes New Zealand could be the team to beat in the World Cup

Manjural Islam, who played six Tests and 25 Odis for Bangladesh between 2003-04 and 2005-06, has been killed in a road accident

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

A fine allround display from Scott Styris, and an unbeaten stand of 138 with Jacob Oram, handed New Zealand the bragging rights, and more importantly, the points from the main clash in Group C

Rain may force a one-hour delay at St Kitts says Andy Atkinson, the ICC Grounds consultant

India get their first chance to show everyone just how serious contenders they are for World Cup glory when they play their opening match of the tournament on Saturday against Bangladesh

Having lost their first game of the World Cup to West Indies, Pakistan will have no option but to take Ireland seriously

Coach Bob Woolmer has said that Pakistan may open with Kamran Akmal instead of Mohammad Hafeez to lengthen their batting order

Chris Rogers capped off his outstanding season with the Pura Cup Player of the Series award, edging out rival openers Michael Di Venuto and Phil Jaques

Glenn McGrath and Brad Hodge have joined the Australian backlash over Sunil Gavaskar's linking of David Hookes' death to poor on-field behaviour

Dan Marsh will return from a calf injury to captain Tasmania in their first Pura Cup home final against New South Wales starting next Monday

Irvine Romaine looks at the bright side of Bermuda's heavy defeat to Sri Lanka

Wayne Phillips, the South Australia coach, has resigned after a poor season for the Redbacks

Daniel Vettori's eyes might well have lit up when he saw the impact spin had in the first match at New Zealand's group venue

Brydon Coverdale chooses his best Pura Cup and Ford Ranger Cup performers for 2006-07

For two years Brad Hodge has been the nearly man of Australian cricket

Andy Flower, the former Zimbabwe captain whose black-armband protest was one of the highlights of the 2003 World Cup, has called on sporting authorities to impose sanctions against Zimbabwe

Alex Kountouris, Australia's physiotherapist, does not want Andrew Symonds to play against The Netherlands