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Injury has closed a door on Australian fast bowler Jason Gillespie's chances of playing in the Second Test against South Africa, but opened others for Andy Bichel and Brad Williams in a dramatic turn of events in Melbourne today.

Test discarded Saleem Elahi will lead the defending champions Lahore Blues in the Quaid-i-Azam Cricket Trophy Grade-I Tournament starting from Jan 2

It's the halfway point of the Pura Cup season; the ING Cup campaign has moved beyond its mid-point; and two-thirds of the summer's Tests have been completed

Australian fast bowler Jason Gillespie has been ruled out of the Orange Boxing Day Test match against South Africa at the MCG with an injury to his right shoulder.

A captain's knock of 166 from Rohan Gavaskar and thirteen wickets from left-arm spinner Utpal Chatterjee powered Bengal to an innings and 248 runs win over Tripura in the Ranji tie between the two sides at Agartala

Sidath Wettimuny, a former Sri Lankan cricketer and one of the interim committee members asked to resign by new sports minister Johnston Fernando, is concerned that the latest political u-turn in the cricket board could have an adverse impact on the

Middle order batsman Chamara Silva celebrated his call-up into the Sri Lankan Test squad with a brilliant hundred to guide his Board XI side to a dramatic five-wicket win against Zimbabwe at P

Mark Bruyns, who had to left Natal during the off-season in search of a regular game, guided Border to a comprehensive nine-wicket victory over Boland in a Standard Bank Cup match at Buffalo Park in East London Sunday

Predictions of a pace-friendly pitch for the Boxing Day Test may prove correct if today's ING Cup cricket match between Victoria and Western Australia is any guide.

He said it in a very soft tone, but the serious look on the face of Brian Charles Lara confirmed his intent

Karnataka completed the formalities and notched up a nine-wicket win over Kerala in their Ranji Trophy league match at Bangalore on Friday

Pace bowler Shoaib Akhtar arrived here from Australia on Saturday to join the national training camp which is already in progress at the Gaddafi Stadium for Bangladesh tour, starting from Jan 2, 2002

The four day Goa-Hyderabad Ranji encounter at the Panjim Gymkhana Grounds ended in a draw on Friday

It is that time of the year again, when there is a brief lull in India's international itinerary and the Challenger Trophy takes place

Janashakthi Insurance has come forward to sponsor Zimbabwe's three-Test tour of Sri Lanka, which will now be called the Janashakthi National Test series

Nashua WP selectors have named a fifteen man squad to play the Titans and Boland in Standard Bank matches this week

The forecast was not good at the end of the truncated fourth day, and that forecast proved to be totally accurate on the fifth and final morning

The final day's play between the Andhra and Tamil Nadu teams at the Municipal Corporation Stadium, Vishakpatnam was called off after just an over had been bowled on Friday

Concerns over the form of Allan Donald and Lance Klusener were balanced by further encouragement from the batting of Boeta Dippenaar and Jacques Rudolph as South Africa's tour match against New South Wales ended in a tame draw here in Sydney today.