Cricket News

South Africa fought back valiantly in the afternoon with three quick wickets as Pakistan wasted a promising position on the first day at Centurion. And despite Inzamam-ul-Haq going to stumps unbeaten on 35, Pakistan have a lot of hard work ahead of them

The three sides contesting the month-long CB Series, which starts with Australia facing England at the MCG on Friday, still have many experiments to complete as they countdown to the Caribbean

New South Wales will look to Mark Cameron and Doug Bollinger to bolster their fast-bowling stocks in the Pura Cup match against Victoria

Dave Richardson, who was a rock-solid presence in 42 Tests after South Africa's re-admission into the international scene, set the benchmark. He's delighted that Mark Boucher, his understudy, raised the bar even further

Glenn McGrath has waved goodbye to Tests but he is planning a perfect end to his playing career by lifting a third consecutive World Cup trophy

Darren Lehmann could miss the next six weeks of South Australia's season after suffering a hamstring injury in the Twenty20 victory over Queensland

John Bracewell hopes England's string of defeats to Australia will improve New Zealand's chances of a strong CB Series campaign

St Vincent officials slammed contractors working on the Sion Hill ground after being forced to switch two matches to neighbouring St Lucia

Scotland face UAE in Sharjah from Thursday knowing that it is the start of a crucial time for the team. The national side has embarked on perhaps its busiest and highest profile period in their history

Pakistan have included both Shoaib Akhtar and Mohammad Asif in their provisional 30-man squad for the World Cup, despite uncertainty remaining over their doping cases

The final draft of the BCCI players' contracts is likely to be ready as soon as January 13. After it is decided which player is to receive what contract, the board will pass on the draft to the individual players

Bangladesh have named their 30-man squad from which the final World Cup party will be named later this month

Mark Benson, the former England Test batsman turned international umpire, is to undergo minor heart surgery next month

Round-up of the first day of the Plate Group semi-finals in the 2006-07 Ranji Trophy

India have not had a left-arm spinner to play consistently since Venkatapathi Raju played the part but people like Raghuram Bhat are certainly searching hard.

Not so often do you get the opportunity these days to really savour the prospect of a series where pace bowling, in all its glory, will come to the fore

Round-up of the first day of the seventh round matches of the 2006-07 Ranji Trophy Super League

Rahul Dravid, the cynosure of all eyes, helped himself to a typically even-paced fifty and Karnataka ended the first day on 329 for 4.

A fired-up Shaun Tait proved too much for Queensland as South Australia ended the Bulls' hopes of reaching the Twenty20 final

Pepsi has bought sponsorship rights for India's next eight one-day games for Rs16 crores ($3.5 million approx) with a whopping Rs2 crore (half a million dollars approx) per game