Cricket News

There was no respite for hapless and outclassed Zimbabwe as they were beaten for the 12th straight times when Sri Lanka cantered home by 63 runs in the opening match of the Khaleej Times Trophy here Friday

New Zealand's cricket tour of Australia lurched into further disarray today when the Black Caps were belted around Allan Border Field by Queensland's second-tier batsmen.

After three days of rather ordinary weather in Melbourne, it was probably unreasonable to expect that as many as 110 overs could be bowled on the fourth and final day of this Pura Cup match between Victoria and Queensland at Punt Road.

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Western Australian tradesman Justin Langer rolled up his sleeves today and dismantled Tasmania's first innings lead brick by brick with a century in the Pura Cup match at the WACA.

Queensland's fringe batsmen made New Zealand's bowlers sweat out a tough morning in the three-day tour match at Allan Border Field today.

Pakistan take on Sri Lanka Saturday in an encounter which provides Waqar Younis and his boys a chance to exact some revenge of last April's humiliating defeat in the final

Lee Carseldine has become the second batsman from the Queensland Academy of Sport to score a century against New Zealand in the three-day tour matchat Allan Border Field.

Winning the toss for the first time in the four-game series finally paid dividends for the New Zealand Academy today, the success being the forerunner of the side's only victory over the Commonwealth Bank Cricket Academy at Lincoln University

World Cup champions Australia will start their defence of their title in a repeat of the 1999 final against Pakistan at the Wanderers in Johannesburg on February 11 according to the 2003 World Cup schedule released in Durban on Saturday

Greg Mail has delivered the runs but he believes Stuart MacGill can deliver victory for NSW over South Australia in its Pura Cup match at the Sydney Cricket Ground.

Nicky Boje and Nantie Hayward have been recalled to a South African squad of 12 for the first Test match against India starting at Goodyear Park in Bloemfontein on Saturday November 3

Honours were shared on Day One of a fresh batch of Central Zone Ranji Trophy matches held in Indore and Delhi

Ricky Ponting provided the highlights, but it was a host of lesser lights who steered Tasmania safely to stumps and first day honours in the Pura Cup cricket match at the WACA today.

There were so many dizzy spells the players were left seeing stars at the Sydney Cricket Ground today.

The Board of Control for Cricket in Sri Lanka (BCCSL) moved to dispel growing fears on Friday night that the ongoing television rights dispute with WSG Nimbus threatened international television and radio coverage of the forthcoming West Indies tour

Too slick, too efficient and simply too well organised, South Africa ran away with the Standard Bank One-Day International Series at Kingsmead on Friday with a six-wicket victory that was every bit as comprehensive as the margin suggests

New Zealand claimed two early wickets before rain forced umpires to call an early lunch break on the opening day of the three-day tour match against the Queensland Academy of Sport at Allan Border Field.

The prospects of fitting in 100 overs of cricket at Kingsmead today look bleak, but South African coach Graham Ford said on Thursday that the important thing is that his team is switched on and ready to roll their sleeves up whenever they get on the