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Justin Langer and Ricky Ponting, a surprise choice as his opening partner with Matthew Hayden getting a rest, gave Australia a solid start in their three-day tour game against a Sri Lanka Cricket President's XI at the Colombo Cricket Club

Justin Langer and Ricky Ponting, a surprise choice as his opening partner with Matthew Hayden getting a rest, gave Australia a solid start in their three-day tour game against a Sri Lanka Cricket President's XI at the Colombo Cricket Club

Justin Langer and Ricky Ponting, a surprise choice as his opening partner with Matthew Hayden getting a rest, gave Australia a solid start in their three-day tour game against a Sri Lanka Cricket President's XI at the Colombo Cricket Club

Thilanga Sumathipala, the President of Sri Lanka Cricket, has urged his successor to continue with the Five Year Plan on which his administration embarked in June 2003

Thilanga Sumathipala, the President of Sri Lanka Cricket, has urged his successor to continue with the Five Year Plan on which his administration embarked in June 2003

If the England A squad were looking for comforting words from Rod Marsh, their coach, following their poor performance in India, they were out of luck

Zimbabwe's major opposition party, the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC), has called on the Australians to cancel their planned visit to the country.The plea came as Australian cricket officials arrived in Harare to inspect facilities and

Cricket Australia have sent a three-man delegation to Zimbabwe to inspect facilities, and take a look at security ahead of Australia's tour in May

Simon Katich and Darren Lehmann gave the Australian selectors the proverbial headache on the opening day of their tour match against the Sri Lanka Cricket President's XI

Justin Langer and Ricky Ponting, a surprise choice as his opening partner with Matthew Hayden getting a rest, gave Australia a solid start in their three-day tour game against a Sri Lanka Cricket President's XI at the Colombo Cricket Club

A heroic unbeaten 127 by Vinayak Mane wasn't enough to take his side to victory, as North Zone, helped by Sarandeep Singh's 4 for 99, squeaked to a 21-run win in a tense, low-scoring thriller and booked a place in the final

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A look at what the newspapers are saying about the India-Pakistan series - March 2, 2004

UAE and Netherlands notched up their second consecutive win to go on top of the points table, while Scotland recorded their first win of the tournament

Justin Langer and Ricky Ponting, a surprise choice as his opening partner with Matthew Hayden getting a rest, gave Australia a solid start in their three-day tour game against a Sri Lanka Cricket President's XI at the Colombo Cricket Club

Close on the heels of reports of flare-ups and sledging in the series between South Africa and New Zealand comes the news that the South Africans are the most badly behaved team in world cricket

The West Indies Cricket Board has named the University of the West Indies Vice-Chancellor's XI to face England in a three-day match starting on Friday (March 5)at UWI, Mona, Jamaica

England struggled with the ball on the second day of their tour-opener against Jamaica at Sabina Park, but the on-field action was overshadowed by a freak injury to Mark Butcher in the morning session

Stuart Carlisle's second Test hundred was the highlight of the final day of the second Test at Bulawayo's Queens Sports Club - but there were no other challengers for the champagne moment on a day where both sides did little more than go through the

Barbados narrowly missed out on an eighth straight win in the Carib Beer 2004 Cricket Series, but went through to the final against Jamaica as a result of having gained a first-innings lead