Cricket News

The decision not to immediately name a replacement for the injured Wavell Hinds in the West Indies' touring team to Sri Lanka is a calculated gamble

Auckland scored a convincing 10-wicket win over the New Zealand Academy side in their game at Lincoln Green today

Victories for both league sides last weekend have given Manicaland their best start in several years

Conscious that a world-class spinner would more than likely pose a threat to them on their tour of Sri Lanka, the West Indies adopted an unusual strategy in their nine-day pretour training camp in Jamaica

Barbados' Busta Series team for 2002 should be one of the better prepared national teams in recent years

The Air Force Station ground in Delhi witnessed a slow day of cricket from Delhi and Services, with Delhi reaching a score of 242/2 by the close of play

"Gutted" was how New Zealand women's cricket captain Emily Drumm described her feeling after hearing yesterday the tour of India has been called off

Finally, apparently begrudgingly, one man short, and only just, the West Indies have left their sunny islands in the Caribbean for Sri Lanka

Flowers bloomed in the desert but Pakistan inspired by the deadly duo Wasim Akram and Waqar Younis saw their team home by 29 runs to make sure of place in Sunday's Khaleej Times Trophy final against Sri Lanka here at the Sharjah Stadium Wednesday

Underestimating New Zealand in the upcoming Test cricket series could be dangerous for Australia, former Test wicketkeeper Ian Healy warned today.

The worst kept secret in town

The Club is delighted to announce that current South African team captain, Shaun Pollock will be joining Warwickshire for the 2002 cricket season as their overseas player

With the lengthy deliberations about England's tour to India hogging the headlines, it has almost gone unnoticed that there is another England tour planned to take place to India in the New Year

I think that television footage of Wasim Akram's spell of six overs for seven runs against Sri Lanka should be sent to all those learned critics who have been shouting from housetops that this great fast bowler is over the hill

Both Central Zone Ranji ties ended in draws on Tuesday, with Railways and Madhya Pradesh picking up five points each by virtue of their first-innings totals

It isn't the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) that would seem to be in control of cricket in the region of late

The unexpected never happened as pathetic Zimbabwe were for the second time put in their place by the unbeaten Sri Lankans who won by the comfortable margin of 79 runs Tuesday to make sure of playing in Sunday's final in the Khaleej Times Trophy here

The West Indies have been hit by another injury blow as they prepare to leave for their seven-week tour of Sri Lanka

Charl Langeveldt has been released from the South African squad for the first Castle Lager/MTN Test match against India in Bloemfontein starting on Saturday and will be available to play for Boland in their Western Cape derby against Western Province

Ricky Skerritt expects the injured Wavell Hinds will be passed fit to join the West Indies team in Sri Lanka next week