Cricket News

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

Chris Hartley has some big gloves to fill when he makes his domestic one-day debut for Queensland in the ING Cup final against the Western Warriors at the Gabba on Sunday

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

Sparking hundreds from Venugopal Rao, Sridharam Sriram and Subramaniam Badrinath guided South Zone to a remarkable six-wicket victory in their Duleep Trophy match against England A at Gurgaon

Gloucestershire 374 v Durham 2 for 0 at Bristol Scorecard Match Reports: Day 1 - Daily Telegraph | Day 2 - Daily Telegraph |

Shaharyar Khan, the chairman of the Pakistan Cricket Board, said on yesterday that the doors of international cricket were opening for Karachi and Peshawar

Michael Mason will replace Daryl Tuffey in Tuesday's fourth National Bank Series match against South Africa at Carisbrook in Dunedin

Former players and cricket officials from Karachi have voiced disappointment about the city not getting a Test match against India, and have vowed to lodge a protest over the decision

Barbados eased to a 246-run victory over Trinidad & Tobago, while Jamaica, Guyana and the Windward Islands were all poised for wins too

Bangladesh made heavy weather of beating a spirited Canadian side, but Ireland swept past Uganda in the Plate Championship

Report to follow.

Glenn McGrath remembers nearly every one of his 425 Test wickets

Adam Gilchrist has been fined 50% of his match fee for a level-one breach of the ICC's Code of Conduct

Adam Gilchrist and Andrew Symonds face ICC level-one Code of Conduct charges for dissent following an incident during the second one-day international against Sri Lanka on Sunday

Mithun Manhas lead the way with a patient 68 as North Zone gained a crucial 95-run lead against Central Zone at Gurgaon

A review of today's Plate matches between Australia and Papua New Guinea, and Nepal and Scotland