Cricket News

Graeme Smith, South Africa's captain, has insisted his side will be going back to basics for the remainder of their one-day series against New Zealand, starting with the rescheduled fourth one-dayer tomorrow

England leave for the Test series in the Caribbean with genuine hopes of winning the Test series

John Dyson, Sri Lanka's coach, has praised his team for pulling off a nail-biting one run victory against Australia, a result which he believes will be a major confidence-booster for the rest of the series

The Sri Lankan selectors have retained the same 15-man squad for the third andfourth one-dayers, both of which are to be played at the traditionally spin-friendly Premadasa International Stadium in Colombo

Queensland Cricket will call for more international games to be played at The Gabba when redevelopment of the stadium is completed early in 2005

Glenn McGrath hit back at critics who have been keen to write him off as a player, claiming that he was fitter and stronger than ever after his enforced seven-month lay-off

Sri Lanka blew Super League Group 1 wide open, as they defeated South Africa by 29 runs at Fatullah

The Sri Lankan selectors have retained the same 15-man squad for the third andfourth one-dayers, both of which are to be played at the traditionally spin-friendly Premadasa International Stadium in Colombo

Andy Blignaut will miss the second Zimsun Test against Bangladesh due to injury

John Dyson, Sri Lanka's coach, has praised his team for pulling off a nail-biting one run victory against Australia, a result which he believes will be a major confidence-booster for the rest of the series

The North Zone bowlers gave their team a great chance of posting an outright victory over Central Zone in Gurgaon

Chris Harris will join the New Zealand squad for the fifth one-dayer against South Africa to be played at Auckland on Saturday

The fourth one-day international between New Zealand and South Africa was abandoned without a ball being after heavy rain left Dunedin sodden

John Dyson, Sri Lanka's coach, has praised his team for pulling off a nail-biting one run victory against Australia, a result which he believes will be a major confidence-booster for the rest of the series

John Dyson, Sri Lanka's coach, has praised his team for pulling off a nail-biting one run victory against Australia, a result which he believes will be a major confidence-booster for the rest of the series

A round-up of what the newspapers are saying about the Indian tour to Pakistan - February 24, 2004

Kevin Pietersen has served Nottinghamshire with papers claiming that he has been unfairly dismissed

Those who can, do

Suresh Raina top-scored with 66, while Ambati Rayudu and Dinesh Karthik contributed a pair of 40s, as India powered past West Indies to leave Group One of the Super League wide open, with all four teams having won one and lost one of their two

New Zealand put in a fine performance, held their nerve, beat South Africa by six wickets and took an unassailable 3-1 lead in this six-match series