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As expected, the Zimbabwe selectors have picked an inexperienced squad for the first one-dayer against Sri Lanka at Bulawayo next Tuesday (April 20)

Last year I outlined the role of The Members' Committee, where a key element was to listen to your wishes and represent them to Rose Bowl Plc.You've been saying that it is about time that parts of the Rose Bowl be named after Hampshire stalwart

ECB central contracts been awarded to England's pacemen Steve Harmison, Simon Jones and Matthew Hoggard - who shared 47 wickets between them - as well as the veteran batsman, Graham Thorpe, who scored 274 runs in the series, including a matchwinning

A monumental 270 by Rahul Dravid took India to a score of 600, and a lead of 376, as India made sure that the platform they had built of the first two days of this crucial deciding Test was not wasted

The Zimbabwe Cricket Union has agreed to Heath Streak's demand to change the selection committee, and has replaced two of the four selectors

Kadeer Ali will miss the start of Worcestershire's season after fracturing his elbow

Marvan Atapattu, leading the Sri Lankan Test team for the first time, has called for his batsmen to accept greater responsibility and take a leaf out of Brian Lara's book

Brian Lara has reclaimed top spot of the PricewaterhouseCoopers batting ratings in the wake of his record-breaking 400 not out

As expected, the Zimbabwe selectors have picked an inexperienced squad for the first one-dayer against Sri Lanka at Bulawayo next Tuesday (April 20)

As expected, the Zimbabwe selectors have picked an inexperienced squad for the first one-dayer against Sri Lanka at Bulawayo next Tuesday (April 20)

John Wright preferred to stay in the background and heap all the plaudits on the players after India reached a comfortable position in the third Test

Sri Lanka cricket has appointed a bowling review committee to assess the report on Muttiah Muralitharan's doosra

Michael Vaughan produced a captain's innings of 140, to put his personal seal on an historic 3-0 series victory in the Caribbean

Mike Hendrick, the former England seam bowler, has signed a two-year contract to return to Derbyshire, his first county, as their bowling coach

Clive Lloyd is to deliver the 2004 Cowdrey Lecture at Lord's on July 19

This week a preview of the Papua New Guinea national championships; the culmination of the Lagos League competition in Nigeria and a review of Argentina's tradition-steeped North-South match

Rahul Dravid made 133 not out as India took the upper hand against Pakistan at Rawalpindi, leading by 118 runs, with six wickets still in hand

Thirteen members of the Zimbabwe cricket team have released an open statement airing their concerns about the state of cricket in their country

Available as paperback, £6.99 The Playfair Cricket Annual 2004 is, as always, an exhaustive guide to the previous and upcoming seasons

Michael Vaughan was delighted with his team's performance after England had dug deep to secure a draw on the final day of their series in the Caribbean