Cricket News

Sri Lanka Cricket's (SLC) 200 houses Cricket Aid program, spearheaded by the indefatigable Thilanga Sumathipala, is well on course to complete its project within the set time-limit

Cricket Aid programme on course

Sri Lanka Cricket's (SLC) 200 houses Cricket Aid program, spearheaded by the indefatigable Thilanga Sumathipala, is well on course to complete its project within the set time-limit

Cricket Aid programme on course

The future of the picturesque and historical Galle International Stadium as a Test and one-day international venue is at stake following the aftermath of the Boxing Day tsunami disaster

Future of Galle stadium in doubt

The ABC's opening bid for secondary rights to broadcast the Ashes has been rejected by the ECB, a Senate committee in Canberra heard today

ECB rejects ABC's Ashes bid

If evidence were needed that Bennett King's all-too-brief honeymoon period as West Indies coach is over, it came courtesy of a stinging attack which lambasted him for not returning to the Caribbean after West Indies exit from the VB Series

King beginning to feel the heat

Barbados ended a four-match losing streak in the Carib Beer Cup, beating Windward Islands by 8 wickets

Barbados record much-needed win

Deb K Das takes a trip around some of the less-publicised hotbeds of cricket in the USA ..

Elsewhere in USA

14-Feb-2005•Deb K Das

British Council sponsors Carnival of Cricket

The British Council, in conjunction with the Bangladesh Cricket Board, has launched a week-long Cricket Carnival at the at the BKSP Sports Academy near Dhaka

As the Zimbabwe squad prepares to travel to South Africa for the forthcoming Test and ODi series, Dean du Plessis, a local analyst, claimed that most players are not fit enough for the demands of international cricket

Zimbabwe players 'not fit enough'

Glenn McGrath has jumped in five months early to set his always-eager sights on a target for the Ashes and is torn between Michael Vaughan and Andrew Strauss

McGrath eyes Strauss and Vaughan

The future of the picturesque and historical Galle International Stadium as a Test and one-day international venue is at stake following the aftermath of the Boxing Day tsunami disaster

Future of Galle stadium in doubt

Victoria staged a dramatic come-from-behind series victory to seal the Women's National Cricket League trophy against New South Wales at Bankstown Oval

Victoria show winning spirit to claim series

Graeme Smith, the South African captain, has marked out Steve Harmison as one of England's weak links in the forthcoming Ashes

Smith reckons Harmison could be weak link

Inzamam-ul-Haq has sent out warning signals to the Indian camp ahead of the tour, saying that his team should not be underestimated

Inzamam warns India against complacency

Ashwell Prince overcame a testing spell from Steve Harmison, and Jacques Kallis continued to tick off the runs in his own unhurried manner, as South Africa survived a mid-innings blip to secure a comfortable three-wicket victory

Prince trumps Pietersen to secure SA victory

13-Feb-2005•The Bulletin by Andrew Miller

Wilson included in New Zealand squad

Jeff Wilson has been included in New Zealand's 13-man squad to play Australia in a one-off Twenty20 international on February 17 at Eden Park in Auckland

Lots of readers wrote in with their views on the umpiring issue in Australia, and here is a selection of them

Call for more technology - Your views on the umpiring controversy

Glenn McGrath and Stuart MacGill shared eight wickets to end Victoria's ambitions for a berth in the final

McGrath and MacGill seal Victoria's fate

The Pakistan Cricket Board wants to hear Bob Woolmer's comments on the umpiring decisions in Australia, according to Dawn

Pakistan board wants Woolmer's comments