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Glamorgan took advantage of Hampshire's inactivity to go top of Division One after their third win in three outings, while in Division Two Leicestershire also lead the way with a 100% record after three matches

Elliott takes Glamorgan clear at the top

Cable & Wireless will be a regional sponsor of the Cricket World Cup in 2007, to be held in West Indies

Cable & Wireless to be World Cup sponsor

With the Board of Control for Cricket in India not having given permission for an Indian team to play Pakistan in an exhibition match at Abu Dhabi, the sponsors and local cricket officials are trying to rope in a World XI for the day-night match to

Abu Dhabi organisers trying to rope in World XI

West Indies cruised to their second victory in the space of two days against England to go 2-1 up in the series with one to play

West Indies cruise to victory

02-May-2004•The Wisden Bulletin by Freddie Auld

Warne and MacGill make winning moves

In the latest round of totesport League matches, Shane Warne was in winning form with the ball for Hampshire, while Stuart MacGill wrapped up Nottinghamshire's rout of Yorkshire

As the ECB lurches ever deeper into the Zimbabwe crisis, their chief executive for the past eight years, Tim Lamb, is facing a vote of no-confidence from the chairmen of the 18 first-class counties

Lamb to the slaughter?

Sourav Ganguly has come out in defence of Abhijit Kale, who has been accused of offering bribes to two national selectors for a place in the Indian team

Ganguly backs Abhijit Kale

Thilan Samaraweera laid the foundations, and Kumar Sangakkara and Mahela Jayawardene applied the flourish, as the Sri Lankans took command on the second day of their tour match against Zimbabwe A in Harare

Sri Lanka take control against Zimbabwe A

The 2007 World Cup may be three years away, but preparations for the event are gathering momentum

Bidding time at the 2007 World Cup

Thilan Samaraweera laid the foundations, and Kumar Sangakkara and Mahela Jayawardene applied the flourish, as Sri Lanka took command on the second day of their tour match against Zimbabwe A in Harare

Utseya prospers as Zimbabwe A force the draw

India and South Africa are set to throw a two-year spanner into the carefully planned workings of the ICC Test championship, by skipping their scheduled series this November in favour of an elongated one-day tournament

South Africa to scrap Tests in India

02-May-2004•MWP Sport for Wisden Cricinfo

Sri Lanka take control against Zimbabwe

An impressive batting performance by Zimbabwe A enabled them to draw their three-day match against the touring Sri Lankans at the Takashinga club in Harare

A national selector and a member of the Zimbabwe Cricket Union's board of directors allegedly got into a fight over selection of the national team

ZCU officials fall out over selection

England's controversial tour of Zimbabwe later this year is all set to go on as scheduled

England set to tour Zimbabwe

England's one-day series in the Caribbean is finally set to resume, after the rains that have blighted the region for a fortnight relented to allow this afternoon's fifth match in St Lucia to get underway as planned

The rains relent at last

Stephen Fleming, who captained New Zealand to a memorable 2-1 series victory on their last tour of England, has turned up the heat ahead of the first Test at Lord's in three weeks time

Fleming praises team preparations

Jagmohan Dalmiya has ruled out the participation of current Indian cricketers in the proposed match against Pakistan in Abu Dhabi to inaugurate the Zayed Stadium

Dalmiya pours cold water on desert clash

Ramnaresh Sarwan and Dwayne Smith marched West Indies to a dramatic and at one stage unlikely five-wicket victory against England in the fifth one-dayer in St Lucia

Sarwan and Smith provide the final flourish

01-May-2004•The Wisden Bulletin by Freddie Auld

Eagles beat Eastern Cape to lift PRO20 title

The concept that has grabbed the imagination of the South African audience reached its climax in East London, as the Eagles beat Eastern Cape in the final of the Standard Bank PRO20 Series at Buffalo Park