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So much, someone noted, for being a bowler-friendly pitch

As the West Indies start their current tour of Sri Lanka, Tony Cozier, who will cover the Tests and One-Day Internationals for THE NATION newspapers, provides a playerby-player assessment of the team

The floodlights were turned on for the last hour at Goodyear Park on Saturday, but the glow that suffused the first day of the first Castle Lager/MTN Test came largely from a majestic Sachin Tendulkar century

Australian captain Steve Waugh says he couldn't be much happier after scoring 84 in a successful return to cricket today in his only game prior to next week's first Test against New Zealand in Brisbane.

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The possibility of an innings victory over Jammu and Kashmir was converted into a reality by Haryana's bowlers today

The possibility of an innings victory over Jammu and Kashmir was converted into a reality by Haryana's bowlers today

New Zealand's bowlers made the first inroads on their Australian tour today when they chipped away at Queensland in the tour match at the Gabba

Glenn McGrath, Jason Gillespie and Brett Lee will sharpen their knives for the New Zealand batsmen after the tourists' top order again wobbled at the end an eventful day against Queensland in the tour match at the Gabba today

Article: Mudarras Nazar from Sharjah

By his own admission, Michael Hussey's first-class performances have fluctuated over the last twelve months

A stubborn 137 minute stay at the wicket by the eighth wicket pair helped Services reach 297 for the loss of nine wickets but the visitors were still 21 short of saving the follow-on at the end of third day's play against Delhi in the North Zone

Excellent bowling performance from Punjab forced Himachal Pardesh to follow-on and they are again five down for 216 runs in 2nd innings in the North Zone Ranji Trophy league cricket match being played at PCA Stadium, Mohali

New Zealand stopped Matthew Hayden short of a century but his Queensland teammates continued the run scoring in the tour match at the Gabba today

The Sri Lankan cricket board ended fears of a television black out during the West Indies tour of Sri Lanka when they announced on Saturday that television, radio and selected sponsorship rights have been awarded to Taj Television for the next

Former Pakistan junior batsman Shahid Qambrani stroked a century as Dadu took control of the Quaid-i-Azam Trophy Grade-II regional final against Nawabshah at Makli ground Friday

A one-nil victory Test series victory against lowly Zimbabwe, and a triangular final win against professional big stage flops India, is not the kind of success that the West Indians of yesteryear would boast about, but captain Carl Hooper is

An elegant century from captain Carl Hooper gave West Indies a perfect start to their sub-continental campaign, as the tourists took on a youthful Sri Lanka A team at Nondescripts Cricket Club in Colombo on Saturday

Somerset coach Kevin Shine told me earlier today that he felt Richard Johnson's call up for the England tour to India was "well deserved"

There were never many openers in the first place