Cricket News

A combination of bad light and heavy rain meant that only 34.1 overs were possible at Lord's today in the second day of the season-opener between MCC and Sussex

Flower and Gidman shine in the gloom

Surrey made an impressive start to their season at The Parks while Durham University's Lee Daggett took 8 for 94

Surrey start with a bang

New South Wales's Michael Clarke has been confirmed as the man at the centre of the biggest sporting-brand sponsorship deal in Australian cricket history

Michael Clarke signs million-dollar deal

In a thrilling Standard Bank PRO20 Series encounter at Centurion, the Lions beat the Titans by only 10 runs

Rowley powers Lions to victory

09-Apr-2004•Keith Lane

Zimbabwe players issue ultimatum to board

The crisis in Zimbabwean cricket took a turn for the worse when the senior players issued an ultimatum to the board, asking it to meet their demands by Wednesday or face the prospect of mass resignation

The restoration of the traditional curtain-raiser between the champion county and MCC at Lord's after a 13-year absence heralded one the earliest starts to what will be the longest-ever English season

Sussex struggle in unseasonal opener

Bruce Elliott, the biomechanist at the University of Western Australia, has admitted that his research has so far not produced clear-cut conclusions regarding the legality ofMuutiah Muralitharan's controversial doosra

Report on Murali's action to be completed by Tuesday

Report on Murali's action to be completed by Tuesday

In a thrilling Standard Bank PRO20 Series encounter at Kingsmead, the Eagles beat the Dolphins by four runs

Bosman rules for Eagles

09-Apr-2004•Keith Lane

Gul ruled out of third Test

Pakistan's hopes of testing the Indian batting line-up again in the final Test at Rawalpindi suffered a blow when Umar Gul, the Man of the Match at Lahore, was ruled out with a back injury

Until the end of the Indian tour of Pakistan, we will be running a Paper Round of what newspapers in India and Pakistan, and from around the world, are saying about this series

Trade secrets, and innocuous deliveries

England, Pakistan and India all have a chance to wrest the third spot in the ICC Test Championship table going into the final match of their series in West Indies and Pakistan

Pakistan, England and India eye third spot

Report on Murali's action to be completed by Tuesday

Report on Murali's action to be completed by Tuesday