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A magnificent 224 from Lou Vincent, the seventh highest score by a New Zealander, left Sri Lanka looking down the barrel of a series defeat as their opponents piled up a mountainous 522 for 9 declared

Vincent's 224 cracks frustrated Sri Lanka

13-Apr-2005•Charlie Austin

Vincent's 224 cracks frustrated Sri Lanka

13-Apr-2005•Charlie Austin

Jayawardene leads Sri Lanka A's fightback

Prasanna Jayawardene and Jehan Mubarak ran into form at a crucial juncture and steered Sri Lanka A to an imposing position at the end of an absorbing third day of the second Test at Dambulla

Australia's women cricketers arrived back in Perth with a record fifth World Cup in their possession, and Belinda Clark admitted that it was the defeat in the 2000 tournament that spurred them on in South Africa

Australia's World Cup heroes return home

Makhaya Ntini has disclosed that he had predicted his own success in the second Test against the West Indies in Trinidad

Ntini rejoices, King frets

A round-up of all the action on the opening day in Division One of the County Championship.

Giles takes six as Warwickshire begin in style

13-Apr-2005•Andrew McGlashan

Yardy and Prior steady Sussex

Only 48.5 overs were possible on the opening day of Sussex's Championship match against Surrey at The Oval, as rain delayed the start and bad light curtailed the end with more than an hour-and-a-half of scheduled overs yet to be bowled

13-Apr-2005•Andrew Miller at The Oval

Hussey and Jefferson hit big centuries

A round-up of all the action from the opening day in Division Two of the County Championship

13-Apr-2005•Andrew McGlashan

Test ends in draw despite Bazid century

The second Test between Sri Lanka A and Pakistan A at Dambulla ended in a draw, despite a late burst of wickets from Charitha Bandara and Jehan Mubarak

Chris Schofield will have to wait until at least April 22 to discover whether his claim for unfair dismissal against Lancashire has been successful

Schofield must wait for decision

Lou Vincent and Stephen Fleming strengthened New Zealand's grip on the second Test by reaching 253 for 4 on a day that started under clear autumn skies and ended 16 overs early due to thick fog

NZ sneak ahead with Vincent and Fleming

Lou Vincent and Stephen Fleming strengthened New Zealand's grip on the second Test by reaching 253 for 4 on a day that started under clear autumn skies and ended 16 overs early due to thick fog

NZ sneak ahead with Vincent and Fleming

Adam Gilchrist considers retirement "almost daily" and could bow out at the 2007 World Cup in the West Indies

Gilchrist 'excited' by retirement

India won the toss and elected to bat first at the Sardar Patel Gujarat Stadium after early morning dew had delayed the start by an hour, reducing the contest to 48 overs a side

India bat after delayed start

12-Apr-2005•The Bulletin by Dileep Premachandran

Sri Lanka's selectors rewarded with second term

Ashantha de Mel has been retained as Sri Lanka's chairman of selectors for a second year

Sanath Jayasuriya, Chaminda Vaas and Upul Chandana have had their countycontracts reconfirmed by Somerset, Worcestshire and Gloucestshire after thepostponement of Sri Lanka's five-match ODI tour to India

Sri Lankan trio reconfirm County contracts

The Surrey cricket club has confirmed to host an all-star Twenty20 game between an Asian XI and International XI on June 20 at The Oval to provide aid to disaster victims

Surrey to host all-star charity game

Sri Lanka's cricket board crisis is set to continue for several weeks after the Court of Appeal restrained Jeewan Kumaratunga, the sports minister, from dissolving or cancelling Sri Lanka Cricket's registration without a hearinguntil the completion

Sri Lanka cricket board crisis no closer to solution