Cricket News

Northern Districts' all-rounder Scott Styris has won the race to convince the New Zealand selectors that he should be the player to stay on in the West Indies for the Test series

If former South African coach Graham Ford wishes his successor Eric Simons anything, it is mostly that his bowlers stay fit

The game of cricket is coming together this weekend to raise money for SportRelief, the new fundraising initiative from Comic Relief and BBC Sport

After rain had caused the loss of much of the afternoon at Bath, skipper Jamie Cox took everyone by surprise when he declared the Somerset innings closed just after teatime, 91 runs adrift of the Hampshire total of 252

The funeral of former Press cricket writer R T 'Dick' Brittenden was held in Christchurch today with a large crowd over-flowing to outside the funeral home

As he prepares to lead the Indian team on the tour of England, Sourav Chandidas Ganguly may not, like Ajit Wadekar in the early 70s or Sunil Gavaskar in the early 80s, be the undisputed monarch of Indian cricket

Adam Sanford has been named replacement for fellow fast bowler Mervyn Dillon as West Indies prepare to face New Zealand in the last match of the best-of-five 2002 Cable & Wireless Trophy limited-overs international series at Kingstown, St

Selling of rights for next year's World Cup in South Africa is going well and deals have recently been completed in Bangladesh and Sri Lanka, World Sport Group chief executive Seamus O'Brien said today

Australian Cricket Board (ACB) Chief Executive Officer James Sutherland today announced that the National Selection Panel (NSP) has chosen the Australian team for the second match of TOWER Super Challenge II, to be played under the roof at Colonial

Beleaguered Burridge have engaged specialist contractors in a desperate bid to solve the acute drainage problem at their Botley Road ground

The Winchester KS-Easton & Martyr Worthy derby at River Park, 1pm, dominates the Southern Electric Premier League Division 2 programme

Only 117 minutes of play were possible at Old Trafford on the second day of this Test, but that was long enough for England to consolidate their position by moving the score along to 377 for six when sepulchral gloom enshrouded the ground as a

It was an odd day at the Bath Recreation Ground as in-between stoppages for rain and bad light, the game progressed, but not in a way that many of the patient crowd had expected.

England's dominance continued at Old Trafford on Thursday on a day when SriLanka's fortunes had to change if they were square the series

One of the most over-used sayings in sports it ain't over till the fat lady sings echoed around the Queen's Park Oval yesterday evening

Queensland Cricket's next generation is set to benefit from increasedexposure to the game at the highest level in the 2002-2003 season.

Northern Districts all-rounder Scott Styris will never forget June 12, 2002

Pakistan is hopeful paceman Shoaib Akhtar will play in the remaining twomatches of the one-day cricket series against Australia.

On a day that finished early because of rain and bad light, England had made hay while the clouds rolled by earlier in the day to lay the foundations for another very healthy total after winning the toss

LAHORE - Pakistan is likely to agree to shift the three-nation one-day tournament in August and the Test rubber in October to Australia