Cricket News

A hard-hitting 50 from Jai P Yadav and a priceless unbeaten 20 from Sarandeep Singh saw India 'A' eke out a two-wicket win over Sri Lanka 'A' in the closely fought third one-dayer at Dambulla on Monday

The guessing game involving the identity of Graham Ford's successor should resolve itself before the end of this week with the announcement of a new South African national coach likely to be made before the weekend

Hampshire and Warwickshire completed their second draw with each other in the space of a fortnight, when the home side held out with seven wickets down in their second innings.

Somerset cricketers will be spending the Jubilee Holiday on Tuesday in Cornwall playing cricket against Callington Cricket Club in a match in aid of Rob Turner's Benefit

© CricInfo Kapil Dev may have been the pace-setter, but it was Javagal Srinath who took the baton from him and carried on the torch of Indian fast bowling

Sachin Tendulkar against all bowlers - India innings at Trinidad © CricInfo An army may well win a battle with pop-guns and catapults, but how much less concerned the soldiers and their supporters would feel if their tank - even one with ailing

SYDNEY - Australia's Glenn McGrath is back on top of PricewaterhouseCooper's list of the world's best bowlers while Adam Gilchrist is still rated the best batsman.

Easton & Martyr Worthy's unbeaten spell as early season Southern Electric Premier League, Division 2 leaders is over after a 46-run defeat by the Hampshire Academy

In Division One of the Frizzell County Championship, Kent duly completed their expected victory over Sussex by four wickets at Tunbridge Wells

Hampshire captain Robin Smith is the only noticeable absentee from the Hawks 12 that travels to Lord's for the Norwich Union League Division Two clash with Middlesex Crusaders on Bank Holiday Tuesday

Herefordshire 348/6

The Queen's Park Oval at Trinidad might be one of India's favourite away grounds but that did not save them from a thrashing at the hands of the West Indians on Saturday

Mushfiqur Rahman, the right arm medium pacer from Rajshahi district, hit the eyes in 1998 for the first time

As another English season draws to a close, the trees turn yellow and the temperature falls, cupboards will be raided for fleeces and pullovers

Lancashire need to score an unlikely 435 runs to beat Surrey, who declared at 246 for six in their second innings at Old Trafford

The rules of good hospitality dictate that a host never lets his visitor return home empty-handed

The England football team might have thrown away a winning position in Japan, but the country's cricketers made no mistake at Edgbaston after bursting through what had been stubborn Sri Lankan resistance with the new ball after lunch on the fourth

Sanath Jayasuriya, the Sri Lankan captain, blamed the fact that his side did not get enough runs in the first innings in the second npower Test at Edgbaston for the eventual defeat by an innings and 111 runs.

Richard Montgomerie has won the Cater Allen PCA Performance Award for May

It promises to be a mouth-watering appetizer to the 2003 World Cup in March