Cricket News

Mexican waves will be banned at the Melbourne Cricket Ground and the ground's old Bay 13 area singled out for alcohol restrictions as cricket authorities crack down on hooliganism.

Tasmania's selectors have reacted to their team's dismal recent form by swinging the axe today, dropping three of the state's most experienced players from the side to play Queensland in a Pura Cup match in Hobart starting on Thursday.

Wet weather in Christchurch, the host venue for the International Cricket Council Under-19 World Cup, has claimed its first victims

Players competing in the ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup in New Zealand were given a traditional welcome at the formal opening ceremony held in Christchurch today

Dialog GSM, Sri Lanka's leading mobile phone operator, has signed a one-year deal with the Board of Control for Cricket in Sri Lanka (BCCSL) to become their official mobile communications supplier for the year 2002

A brave fight-back by Zimbabwe's adhesive openers on the third day of the final Janashakthi National Test match saved the visitors the ignominy of following on and sent Muttiah Muralitharan to bed still dreaming of his 400th wicket

Muttiah Muralitharan reached 400 wickets in record time and Sri Lanka completed their eighth straight Test win and second successive series whitewash during an extraordinarily dramatic day of Test cricket at Galle International Stadium on Tuesday

Auckland continued to make every post a winner in the State League competition today when they thrashed Otago by seven wickets in Auckland

South African captain Shaun Pollock had good cause for elation after his side ended their losing streak in Australia with a four-wicket victory over the home team in the second game of the VB Series at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on Sunday

A large and expectant crowd braved the stifling heat and humidity on the second day of the final Janashakthi National Test at Galle to watch Muttiah Muralitharan pass the 400 mark

In the least likely of all scenarios, South Africa and New Zealand share top spot on the VB series log with four points apiece after two matches in the tournament

Ricky Skerritt is a man of many parts Rhodes scholar, former chief executive of St Kitts largest company, current manager of the West Indies cricket team

The Zimbabwe Board XI, having done nothing to deserve it during the first seven sessions of the match, decided to move into top gear during the last two and romped home to an eight-wicket victory over Gauteng B, despite losing a third of their overs

It was the anticlimax to beat all anticlimaxes

In the least likely of all scenarios, South Africa and New Zealand share top spot on the VB series log with four points apiece after two matches in the tournament

Former Pakistan captain Majid Khan Saturday said he would serve on the three-man Referees Commission despite objections by Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI)

Auckland got the maximum points they were looking for in State League matches against Canterbury over the weekend

The last time a Queensland team played a one-day match in Hobart, it suffered a crushing loss that effectively ended the state's limited-overs season

Gauteng, playing above themselves, kept ahead of the Zimbabwe Board XI in their match at Kwekwe Sports Club, finishing the second day 202 runs ahead with six second-innings wickets in hand

New Zealand's fighting recovery to win last night's first game in the VB Series over Australia at Melbourne provided plenty for sports journalists to get their teeth into