Cricket News

Zimbabwe have beaten Kenya by 47 runs in the second one-day international at Kwekwe

Rahul Dravid may have mined something of a personal vein of run-scoring gold on his last tour to New Zealand in 1998/99, but he believes he is but one cog in the Indian scoring machine that will be vital to subduing the home team in the first

New Zealand wicket-keeper Robbie Hart admitted to a pang of regret when breaking a sequence of 85 unbroken matches for his Northern Districts side today, but it was only a momentary pang

Epsom Girls' Grammar School successfully defended their National Secondary Schools' tournament title in Palmerston North, but not before suffering a humbling defeat at the hands of Burnside High School

Queensland Country will stake its Australian Country championshipprospects on a blend of old and new when they travel to Bundaberg nextmonth to defend their national title.

NEW DELHI, Dec 10 AFP - India has rejected players' contracts for next year's World Cup, it was revealed today, leaving the sport's world governing body facing a showdown with its corporate partners

The Canadian Cricket Association's Senior Selection Committee of Ben Seebaran, John Lovelace, Michael Khan, Arvind Patel and Chair Karam Gopaulsingh have finalized selections for the 2003 Cricket World Cup in South Africa

The sports minister, Richard Caborn, has made it clear that the International Cricket Council (ICC), not politicians, should decide if Zimbabwe can be co-hosts of next year's World Cup.

PERTH, Dec 10 AAP - A defiant Western Australia was trying to stop Tasmania's march towards its first outright Pura Cup win of the season at the WACA Ground today.

With the employment contracts of current West Indies team manager Ricky Skerritt and team coach Roger Harper expiring in March next year, the West Indies Cricket Board has started to advertise these posts both regionally and internationally

Chile and Argentina A booked their places in tomorrow's South American Cricket Championship final with contrasting victories on the third day of competition action in Buenos Aires

A remarkable spell of fast bowling from Jermaine Lawson sent Bangladesh hurtling to one of the worst defeats in Test history at Dhaka

South Africa and Pakistan will meet twice, on Wednesday 11 December in Port Elizabeth and Friday 13 December in East London, in the Eastern Cape in games two and three of the five match Standard Bank one-day series.

SYDNEY - Australian captain Ricky Ponting on Tuesday urged Shane Watson to ignore the hoopla surrounding Steve Waugh in order to nail down the allrounder position in time for next year's World Cup

ECC European Development Manager Ian Stuart visited Vienna along with ECC Trophy 2003 Tournament Director Richard Mockridge, attending part of the ACA's League Meeting and visiting the host grounds for next year's tournament.

THE Western Australian Cricket Association is pleased to announce that bowler Matthew Nicholson has been cleared to resume training.

Basin Reserve groundsman Trevor Jackson believes both teams will find something to enjoy on the pitch to be used in the National Bank Series match between New Zealand and India starting on Thursday

Mumbai cruised to a massive 136-run victory over Saurashtra in their Ranji one-day tie at Pune, with leg-spinner Sairaj Bahutule skittling out the Saurashtra lower-middle order with a haul of four for 25

A former Queensland lifesaver left England's tour of Australia in desperate need of rescue as he guided the Prime Minister's XI to a four-wicket win over the tourists at Manuka Oval in Canberra on Tuesday.

After India were put in to bat by South Africa at the CPT-India Pistons ground in Chennai, they would have been a touch wary after reaching just 285 for six in their allotted 40 overs