Cricket News

I had the privilege to see much of Ben Hollioake's cricket over recent summers at the Oval and other grounds

For the first time in this long and dreary summer - only two days from its scheduled end and with each of those days shortening in the flood towards winter - a little weary sunshine shone on Otago's back

Queensland is just a day away from claiming its fifth domestic first-class title after it continued to remorselessly shut Tasmania out of the 2001-02 Pura Cup Final here at the 'Gabba in Brisbane today.

Canterbury began the second day of their match against Northern Districts with 284/7, and lingered on till the first drinks break

Western Province duly completed a comfortable victory over the Northerns Titans to win the UCB Bowl 3-Day competition for the third season in succession

The Barbados Cricket Association (BCA) and the National Sports Council (NSC) must forge closer links if the success of the council's Under-13 programme is to bear fruit in the development of youth cricket

Imran Khan Sunday said next year's World Cup was an open tournament despite the fact that Australia remained firm favourites

We are on the verge of a new season, and all the achievements of the past year are behind us

New Zealand captain Stephen Fleming is lamenting the absence of his first-choice bowling attack of Shane Bond, Chris Cairns, Dion Nash and Shayne O'Connor but backing their replacements with a longer term view in mind

The fourth and final day was by far the most dramatic with the hosts Mashonaland A winning by two wickets in a tight finish soon after lunch

Hampshire Under-19 batsman/wicketkeeper Steve Snell has confirmed that he is joining Southern Electric Premier League club Havant this summer

Ricky Ponting has wasted no time making his mark on the Australian one-day captaincy and has clearly learned well from Steve Waugh's leadership manual.

New Zealand waved goodbye to the prospect of a third placing in the ICC Test Championship when failing to win the second National Bank Series Test at the Basin Reserve against England but a win in Auckland could still see them claim fourth ahead of

Basingstoke & North Hants have thrown a spanner into the works at the head of the Nat West Hampshire Under 16 Cricket League by defeating both the front-runners in a run-out strewn night at the Rose Bowl

A comfortably win and a nail-biting one has seen Andover clinch their place in the April 14 Championship play-off showdown, as they lifted themselves into second place in the Nat West backed Hampshire Under 16 Indoor League

Havant snatched a place in the NatWest Bank Hampshire Under-16 Development League championship play-off with a dramatic 24-run win over BAT Sports at the Rose Bowl

HD Ackerman will captain the South African 'A' team in a four-day match against India in Kimberley, starting on March 30

Board of Control for Cricket in Sri Lanka and Taj Television Limited of the UAE have signed a 3-year contract with regard to the international broadcast and telecast rights of Test and One-Day-International matches organized and hosted by the BCCSL

The match between the CFX Academy and Matabeleland at Country Club, Harare,fizzled out in a tame draw as Matabeleland declined to chase a target of 298 in a minimum of 70 overs.

Members of the England cricket squad will be allowed to fly to Australia to attend the funeral of Ben Hollioake, which is to be held in Perth on Wednesday afternoon