Cricket News

India are unlikely to play in Karachi and Peshawar, according to a report in The Times of India

Cricket Scotland will have its funding from the England & Wales Cricket Board phased out over the next two years as the ECB desperately looks to cut costs

Ricky Ponting guided the Australians to a comfortable warm-up win against a Sri Lanka President's XI at Moratuwa

Stephen Fleming engineered a five-wicket New Zealand triumph over South Africa at Christchurch to level the six-match series at 1-1

Shane Warne marked his return to Pura Cup cricket by picking up two quick wickets straight up, as Victoria reduced Tasmania to 99 for 4 after making 494

Australia beat New Zealand by 83 runs in the third Rose Bowl match at Westpac Park to take a 3-0 lead in the best-of-six series

Steve Tikolo, Kenya's captain, has appealed to sponsors and the ICC to help develop cricket in his country

A round-up of the third day's matches at the Under-19 World Cup

Ricky Ponting guided the Australians to a comfortable warm-up win against a Sri Lanka President's XI at Moratuwa

West Zone crawled in search of a first-innings lead at Gurgaon, while South Zone looked likely to fall short at Dharmasala

During the ball-by-ball scoring of the ING Cup match between Western Australia and Queensland on Friday 13 February 2004 an offensive comment regarding Justin Langer briefly appeared on the Baggy Green website, which is powered by Wisden Cricinfo.

West Zone crawled in search of a first-innings lead at Gurgaon, while South Zone looked likely to fall short at Dharmasala

Shawn Tait gave New South Wales a scare with a five-wicket burst, but it was South Australia who ended the day in trouble

Stuart Law (126 not out)and Clinton Perren (82 not out) battered Western Australia, adding 222 runs in just short of 50 overs, as Queensland made an impressive fightback on the third day of their Pura Cup match

Otago cruised to a nine-wicket win over Auckland at Dunedin, making surprising easy weather of a target of 171 in a relatively low-scoring match

England A finally had something to cheer on their tour of India with a convincing 187-run win against Tamil Nadu at Chennai

Durham's captain Jon Lewis has been awarded a benefit year in 2004

Veteran broadcaster Tony Cozier has delivered a stinging broadside at what he called the 'lack of decorum' in the West Indies squad during the recently-completed tour to Zimbabwe and South Africa

Bob Simpson, the former captain and coach of Australia, has slammed the International Cricket Council for its lax attitude towards bowlers with suspect actions

Marvan Atapattu, Sri Lanka's one-day captain, expects his team to be able to match Australia in the five-match series, especially with the weather conditions in their favour