Cricket News

On South Africa's day We didn't have a good day today

Smith - 'The pressure is on us now'

Mohammad Naeem, treasurer of the Pakistan Cricket Board for over four years, handed in his resignation on May 13, but details of the four-page document containing the reasons behind his departure were made public at the ongoing probe by the Senate

Pakistan board drawn in to further mire

13-Aug-2004•Osman Samiuddin

BCCI set to rake in the money

The Indian board is expected to add about Rs1500crore (approx US$326million) to its coffers by auctioning out the rights for broadcast of matches in India for the next three years

Zimbabwe have named their 14-man squad for the Champions Trophy next month

Zimbabwe name inexperienced side

Kenya continued their impressive run, beating India A by 20 runs to register their second consecutive win in the triangular tournament in Nairobi - they had earlier beaten Pakistan A by two runs

Kenya triumph despite Powar blitz

In a move thought to be unprecedented in county cricket, Worcestershire's Ben Smith has resigned the county captaincy in the middle of a match

Smith resigns captaincy in mid-match

13-Aug-2004•Steven Lynch

Smith - 'The pressure is on us now'

On South Africa's day We didn't have a good day today

On South Africa's day We didn't have a good day today

Smith - 'The pressure is on us now'

This was Sri Lanka's day by a mile

Jayasuriya and Herath wreck South Africa

A solid performance with the bat, backed up by some very economical bowling, has handed New Zealand's women a win in the third one-dayer at Northampton after England won the first two games of the five-match one-day series

New Zealand stroll to victory

Northamptonshire have been warned about the pitch they prepared for the National League match against Gloucestershire at Northampton on August 8

Northamptonshire warned about 'poor' pitch

Two Championship wins in two games and Surrey are suddenly displaying some of the strut that we're used to

Surrey regain the strut

13-Aug-2004•Emma John at Whitgift School

Mubarak to captain SLC President's XI

Jehan Mubarak, the Sri Lanka A team captain during their recent successfultour of England, has been appointed captain of the Sri Lanka CricketPresident's XI that will play a one-day warm-up match against South Africa

Mubarak to captain SLC President's XI

Ravi Shastri believes that Muttiah Muralitharan is being needlessly victimised mainly because he is an Asian

Murali being victimised, says Shastri

After an excellent innings from Kumar Sangakkara handed the initiative to Sri Lanka on the second day, Eric Simons, South Africa's coach, and John Dyson, his Sri Lankan counterpart, spoke to the press

Simons - 'Sangakkara's contribution was massive'

12-Aug-2004•Charlie Austin

Simons - 'Sangakkara's contribution was massive'

Getting their remaining wickets for 167 runs was not bad

12-Aug-2004•Charlie Austin

Flintoff the best, says Vaughan

Ahead of the Old Trafford Test, Michael Vaughan went out on a limb and admitted that he agreed with those who were referring to Andrew Flintoff as the world's best cricketer

Mubarak to captain SLC President's XI