Cricket News

Michael Slater's much-touted return from the wilderness gave way to Tasmania's much-touted tilt at a finals berth as the Tigers assumed early command of the Pura Cup match against New South Wales here in Hobart today.

Chris Harris might have missed out on a place in the all-time Canterbury XI, but he proved his worth to the modern generation of players and supporters when setting up a possible match-winning advantage over Otago at Alexandra today

After a commanding performance at Mohali that saw India's batsmen notch up 320 in 50 overs, the same line-up of batsmen slumped to 191 all out at Kochi

1981-82 (Sri Lanka in Pakistan) The senior players were never really comfortable in playing under Javed Miandad

England scored 30 runs more than New Zealand wanted on the first day of their National Bank Test at Christchurch's Jade Stadium

A 173-run stand between openers Connor Williams and Wasim Jaffer provided West Zone with the ideal platform on the first day of their four-day encounter against Central Zone at Rajkot on Tuesday

In addition, the BCCI also decided to appointzonal medical commissions who will report to a single medicalcommittee, which will then look into the physical fitness ofplayers coming back from injury

Victoria's batting on the way to a woeful first innings of 148 after being sent in by Queensland in their Pura Cup match bordered on embarrassing

Marcus North's second successive century has pushed Western Australia towards a respectable first innings total in its crunch Pura Cup match against South Australia.

India have recalled Yuvraj Singh, Murali Kartik and Vijay Bharadwaj for the remaining two crucial encounters in the five-match one-day series being played against Zimbabwe

Following players have been selected to represent India in the last two one-day internationals (Hyderabad and Guwahati) against the touring Zimbabwe team

Perhaps bidding for another reckoning at the national level, Yuvraj Singh hit an unbeaten 163 on the second day of North Zone's Duleep Trophy match against South Zone, giving his side firm control of the game at Faridabad.

On the first full day of play at the 2nd Americas Cricket Championships, hosts Argentina performed respectably against World Cup qualifiiers Canada, restricting the Canadians to 182 in their 50 overs, and mustering 142 in reply

The slimmer Shane Warne has shown he could yet beat Muttiah Muralitharan to Test cricket's most treasured bowling record with his marathon performance in his 100th Test.

The William Jordan Trophy

This must have been what it was like when General Montgomery, soon to become Field Marshall Montgomery, fired up the troops before El Alamein

New Zealand's experiences in Australia earlier in the summer have been a big influence on the way they have prepared for the National Bank series for the Jordan Rosebowl starting against England at Christchurch tomorrow

Former captain Imran Khan has said he jumped into ball tampering controversy in 1992 because the all-conquering duo of Wasim Akram and Waqar Younis were put under tremendous pressure from all around and no one in Pakistan, not even the cricket board,

One of the teams will be attempting to end its season on a spectacular high and the other will be trying to avoid an unspeakable low

The chairman of the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) Lt Gen Tauqir Ziawas disappointed with team's performance and said analysis needed to be done