Cricket News

New Zealand cricket captain Stephen Fleming has been cleared of a brokenarm and is expected to be fit to lead his team in a tri-series matchagainst South Africa on Saturday.

Bangladesh looked like continuing their discouraging streak of failures since their inception into Test cricekt in the second Test against Pakistan at the MA Aziz Stadium in Chittagong

Future use of technology will be placed on the agenda for the International Cricket Council meeting to be held in Christchurch on February 10-11

England has already arrived in India and Australia has announced that it will go ahead with its tour of strife-torn Zimbabwe

Wellington extended their lead at the top of the State Shield table to seven points after a resounding seven-wicket victory over Northern Districts in Rotorua

Nottinghamshire County Cricket Club has announced a profit for the year ended 30 September, 2001 of £136,619

Nasser Hussain's men will take the field for their first practice one-dayer in an almost empty stadium, for the Calcutta Cricket and Football Club (CCFC), the venue of the match, has no galleries

Simon Katich handed national selectors a timely reminder with an inspired century to guide Western Australia to within sight of an ING Cup final berth tonight.

Robin Smith was today re-appointed Hampshire captain for the 2002 season ..

Auckland completed their dominance of Otago in their State League match in Auckland yesterday

Shane Warne has been named Australian vice-captain for the VB Series match against New Zealand at the Sydney Cricket Ground on Thursday 17 January, it was announced today.

New Zealand's favourite umpire Daryl Harper was in the gun again for the failure to observe South African wicket-keeper Mark Boucher's return catch to Chris Cairns in yesterday's VB Series game in Hobart

One of the biggest factors in this years State League points table will be the weather

The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) Tuesday said it would demand compensation from the International Cricket Council (ICC) for financial losses in the forthcoming series against the West Indies

Wellington produced the best score of the day at the National Under-17 tournament at Nelson Park in Napier today when scoring 258 against Canterbury

Graham Thorpe is enthusiastically looking forward to returning to full-time cricket after putting his domestic troubles behind him

Despite a third wicket century stand between skipper Aamir Bashir and Hasnain Abbas Rest of Punjab were struggling at 229 for seven on the second day of the Quaid Trophy match against defending champions Lahore Blues at LCCA Ground here Tuesday

Otago's 18-run win over Canterbury in the State Shield match at Oamaru today became the battle of the bonus point

Fine weather in Christchurch yesterday and today has provided some breathing space for ground staff attempting to get grounds ready for the start of the ICC Under-19 World Cup on Saturday

A punishing double century by Hasan Raza left Rest of Balochistan with a mountain to climb in the four-day Quaid-i-Azam Trophy match at the National Stadium Tuesday