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Queensland is excellently placed and South Australia will start with its nose in front in the battle within a battle this weekend

In a match that was delayed by two hours due to wet conditions from overnight rains, Hrishikesh Kanitkar struck an unbeaten 79 to guide West Zone to a comfortable three-wicket win over East Zone at Delhi on Tuesday.

The Australians put on an awesome display

Barely 24 hours after Allan Donald announced his retirement from Test cricket, the end of an illustrious career of another great name of the game was signalled when Pakistan selectors dropped Wasim Akram from the Asian Test Championship final against

Modern selectors love the cliche about hopeful players "holding their hands up," and today Martyn Croy, the 28-year-old Otago wicket-keeper did precisely that by equalling the New Zealand record of seven catches in an innings

New Zealand's match-winner in the National Bank Series decider in Dunedin last night, Nathan Astle won due recognition for his feats from the English press today

New Zealand lifted their one-day performance levels this season and just about broke even in terms of results

Disenchantment with performance is helping to make cricket a marketing liability

Wasim Akram has been left out of the Pakistan squad selected for the Asian Test Championship final against Sri Lanka in Lahore starting on March 6th

Marcus said that today he was flying with the rest of the England squad to Dunedin ahead of the two day fixture against Otago which starts on Saturday March 2nd

Look at the headlines coming from the England camp in New Zealand after the last one-day international and it appears there is a wide divergence of views between the coach and the captain

The second day proceeded as the first had done, at the leisurely pace of little more than two an over

New Zealand Cricket chief executive Martin Snedden said there was no truth in the rumour that the third National Bank Test match at Eden Park between New Zealand and England was to be transferred to Hamilton

Taking full advantage of his first outing in the Deodhar Trophy thus far, Sridharan Sharath hit a responsible 65 to guide South Zone to a three-wicket win over Central Zone at Gurgaon on Tuesday.

Andrew Penn has never known a day, in a bowling career hampered by injuries and disturbed by very public crises of confidence, like the one he enjoyed at the Basin Reserve today - where Wellington beat Canterbury by 31 runs

Two matches ago Nicol and his young team-mate Reece Young staged a late first innings rally of 153 runs which took Auckland to a first innings lead and eventually outright victory against Canterbury

Wellington and Canterbury traded probing jabs and shivering upper cuts on the second day of their State Championship match at the Basin Reserve today and both quit the ring, to return for another round tomorrow, bloodied but defiant

Astle - cometh the hour..

Justin Kemp and Robin Peterson are included in the SA "A" team and Garnett Kruger has been called up as 12th man for the 4-day game against Australia, starting on Friday at St

The Centre of Excellence at the County Ground in Taunton was a busy place to be on Tuesday evening