Cricket News

The Somerset Cricket Board has been asked by the ECB to pilot the emerging Club Accreditation Scheme, known as `Clubmark'

PERTH, Nov 6 AAP - South Australian captain Greg Blewett's unbeaten century guided the Redbacks to their opening domestic one-day win of the season against Western Australia at the WACA ground tonight.

Against all the odds and predictions, Easterns has won its first major cricket title to become the 2002/03 SuperSport Series champions, by beating the more fancied and star studded Western Province outfit by 273 runs in Benoni

Nobody expects a result in a three-day match involving a touring team on a benign pitch, so unsurprisingly the first-innings issue was far from settled at the end of the second day of the match between Zimbabwe and the Pakistanis

WESTERN Warriors strike bowler Brad Williams and all-rounder Kade Harvey have confirmed they will play in tomorrow's ING Cup match against the Southern Redbacks.

New Zealand's cricket summer has been thrown into turmoil as the result of New Zealand Cricket's firm stance against the demands of the New Zealand Cricket Players' Association

The playing career of often-injured 30-year-old cricket all-rounder Dion Nash is over, but today he seemed to regard himself as coming off his long run with a hard and shiny ball, and aiming bouncers at old enemies at the other end of the pitch

I've been playing for the England Women's team since 1998

That's the educational lesson for today for the New Zealand Cricket Players' Association as they ponder the 4pm deadline in which to respond to New Zealand Cricket's pay offer

Worcestershire County Cricket Club has announced that Graeme Hick will not be leading the side on the field in 2003

Put aside pot smoking in South Africa, player revolt in the West Indies or rows over who is entitled to a share of cars won in Australia, the players' revolt of 2002 is the darkest day in New Zealand cricket history

Rob Nichol, leading spokesman for the New Zealand Cricket Players' Association (NZCPA), opened a press conference in Auckland today with the genial promise that, given the right support from New Zealand Cricket, all the NZCPA members would return to

BRISBANE - Australian paceman Jason Gillespie has proven his fitness forthe first Ashes Test against England at a net session today.

Australian vice-captain Adam Gilchrist was today passed fit for the Ashes series opener against England at the Gabba on Thursday

The England captain Nasser Hussain today admitted that England may have to go through the entire Ashes series without Darren Gough, who has been sent to the Adelaide academy for intensive treatment on his knee injury.

Somerset County Cricket Club have been rewarded for successfully hosting the second Women's Test match between England and India in 2002 by being awarded another international in 2003

A boring Test series, marked by much mediocre cricket and lopsided results was at least enlivened by a well-contested final Test at the Eden Gardens even if the denouement was rather tame

India have named a 17-man squad for the Second World Cup for the Blind which is due to start at Chennai on December 4

Leicestershire have signed England one-day international all rounder Jeremy Snape

Geoffrey Boycott is planning to return to cricket commentary as he continues to receive treatment for cancer