Cricket News

The England Under 19 team narrowly won its first warm-up game, in advance ofthe ICC Under 19 World Cup, against South Australia Under 19 in Adelaide today.

Alistair Campbell for the first time has been omitted from the Zimbabwean team, currently touring Sri Lanka - although he reveals that he had been invited at the last minute

Stand in skipper Simon Katich celebrated his Australia A call-up but fell short of proving it should have been to the national senior squad in Western Australia's 42 run one-day victory over Queensland at the WACA.

The Christmas break gives an opportunity to find out what four Manicaland cricketers did overseas during last year's off-season

An extraordinary power struggle between the national selectors and the Sri Lankan team may have dominated the build-up to the second Janashakthi National Test against Zimbabwe at Kandy but local hero Muttiah Muralitharan soon grabbed the limelight

FULL NAME: Murray William Goodwin BORN: 11 December 1972, in Harare MAJOR TEAMS: Zimbabwe; Western Australia (1994/95-1996/97); Mashonaland A (1997/98)

Former Somerset scorer David Oldam died in Taunton on New Years Day at the age of sixty six

County has a plan to increase its financial muscle

FULL NAME: Neil Clarkson Johnson BORN: 24 January 1970, Harare MAJOR TEAMS: Zimbabwe; Eastern Province B (1989/90-1991/92), Natal (1992/93 1997/98), Leicestershire (1997), Matabeleland (1998/99), Western Province 2000/01 to date)

Hampshire have announced a 12-strong squad of promising youngsters from whom they will choose their Academy team to play in the Southern Electric Premier Cricket League this summer.

FULL NAME: Trevor Nyasha Madondo BORN: 22 November 1976, Mount Darwin DIED: 11 June 2001, Harare MAJOR TEAMS: Matabeleland

The AGMs of the Friendly Society and the new Members Club will take place at the Novotel, West Quay Road, Southampton on Wednesday 23 January 2002

HAMPSHIRE'S field of dreams has been named as the second best in the country in a survey of cricket grounds.The new multi-million-pound Rose Bowl complex at West End compiled 76 points ...

FULL NAME: Bryan Colin Strang BORN: 9 June 1972, Bulawayo MAJOR TEAMS: Zimbabwe (since 1994/95), Mashonaland Country Districts (1994/95-1995/96), Mashonaland (1996/97- )

Chris Tremlett reckons he can break the 85mph barrier in 2002 - and make his full England debut.

New South Wales all-rounder Shane Lee has been ruled out of Australia A's two matches against the New Zealanders and South Africans next week, due to on-going soreness in his right knee.

The first genuine after-effects of New Zealand's success in winning the CricInfo Women's World Cup last summer are reflected in the expected improved strength of teams taking part in the State League series starting tomorrow

Hyderabad prevailed in a tense situation to pull off a two-wicket win by just three balls in their Ranji one-day match against Andhra Pradesh at Visakhapatnam on Thursday

A Lack of funds and foresight will leave the West Indies underprepared for their forthcoming series in Pakistan, wherever it is staged

The England Women's Cricket team made a winning start to their tour of India today, beating a Women's Cricket Association of India XI (WCAI) by 6 wickets in a warm-up match at the Guru Nanak College Ground, Chennai.