Cricket News

NBP and Customs hold onto their top positions after the end of 7th round of Patron's Trophy Grade-I Tournament with 48 and 42 points each, while WAPDA are 3rd with 36 points

Services toiled for 40 overs to reach 62 for two, replying to Delhi's imposing 467 for five declared, a total mainly powered by captain Mithun Manhas' cracking 140

Essex County Cricket Club has revealed their new main Sponsor for 2002-2004

A fine opening stand of 221 between Graeme Smith and Andrew Puttick put Nashua WP in the driving seat at the end of the first days play in the Supersport Series match against luckless Boland at BOE Park in Paarl

New South Wales women's cricket hasn't exactly been starved of great players over the years

The Soweto Cricket Oval became the focus of international attention on Thursday when it was turned into dazzling scene of colour and song for the official launch of the eighth ICC Cricket World Cup to be staged in South Africa in February and March

India, by contrast, have had their preparations disrupted, they have yet tosettle on an opening pair and they seem very likely to attempt to play theseries with only four bowlers, two of whom will be the spinners Anil Kumbleand Harbhajan Singh.

The Somerset pace bowler, Richard Johnson, and the Gloucestershire off-spinner, Martyn Ball, have called up by England as replacements for Andrew Caddick and Robert Croft for this winter's Test series in India.

The script was quite predictable - four straight losses to Zimbabwe in Sharjah

Caribbean batting superstar Brian Lara and wicket-keeper Ridley Jacobs will both make comebacks from injury on Saturday when West Indies play Sri Lanka `A' in a three-day practice game

New Zealand left-arm spinner Daniel Vettori will rejoin the tour of Australia tomorrow

In perfect sunshine at the 'Gabba at the start of the second day of this tour match between Queensland and New Zealand, Nathan Astle (223) continued his near-remorseless assault on the home team's bowlers

GR Vishwanath, vice-president of the Karnataka State Cricket Association and chairman of the Karnataka State Cricket Academy, inaugurated the academy on November 1, 2001

A fine bowling spell by Vineet Sharma (3-55) pushed Himachal Pradesh onto the back-foot, as they ended Day Two still requiring 244 runs, with five wickets in hand, to avoid a follow-on in their North Zone Ranji Trophy match against Punjab at the PCA

The young brigade of Haryana's bowlers ripped through the opposing batting line-up as Jammu & Kashmir were forced to follow-on during the second day of the North Zone Ranji Trophy match at the Maharaja Aggarsain Stadium, Rohtak

Services toiled for 40 overs to reach 62 for two, replying to Delhi's imposing 467 for five declared, a total mainly powered by captain Mithun Manhas' cracking 140

A courageous century from Naveed Latif and an antithetically sparkling hundred from Inzamam-ul-Haq shepherded Pakistan to a victory that will give them a massive boost when they take the field against Sri Lanka on Sunday

Brendon McCullum scored a timely and unbeaten 106 for the New Zealand Academy to see them to a six-wicket win over the State Auckland Aces at Lincoln Green yesterday

Roland Holder was fit and available for the Test series on the West Indies tour of India in 1994 but simply not selected

Central District teams begin their annual Chapple Cup programmes this weekend