Cricket News

The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) has appointed Ottis Gibson as its new National Coach for the North West region

Allan Donald, the premier South African bowler of his generation, will now miss the entire Zimbabwe tour, stricken by yet another dose of what seems an extraordinarily unpleasant dose of flu

West Indies scheduled tour of Sri Lanka in November will be reviewed by the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) after the recent terrorist attacks in the US

Countries taking part in the ICC Under-19 World Cup in New Zealand next year have until October 1 to let organisers know whether they will require practice matches before the tournament

A 10-wicket match haul by Azhar Mahmood helped Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) notch up a five-wicket victory over Allied Bank Limited (ABL) in the Patron's Trophy match at Sialkot's Saga Stadium, according to information made available here

South Africa put Zimbabwe to the sword at Queens Sports Club in Bulawayo on Sunday, hammering an awesome 363 for the loss of just three wickets against a helpless Zimbabwean bowling line-up, before going on to win the match by 153 runs

Paul Adams has served notice that he still has something to offer SA cricket when he claimed four of the five wickets to fall in the North West first innings on Friday

The Board of Control for Cricket in Sri Lanka (BCCSL) are considering an invitation from the cash starved Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) to embark on a short one-day tour in early October.

Newly promoted Ventnor look set to be without the influential Mark Garaway when they begin life in the Southern Electric Premier League, Division 3 next summer

If at the start of the season you told the members of the Piton Dover they would make the Fire Shield cricket final they would have replied: Sure

Mumbai medium-pacer Ajit Agarkar was on Sunday named to replace left-arm quick Ashish Nehra who had been ruled out of the team for the South Africa tri-series after the final fitness tests

The old fellow (!) Khaled Mahmud, the diminutive all rounder and an ex-member of the National Squad, is given the task to lead the Bangladesh-A team that are heading off for India on October 13, 2001

Whoever is chosen to do it and there have just been more sweeping changes in the panel selecting a Barbados cricket team these days must be a frustrating business

We now know what Sourav Ganguly was doing visiting his bat manufacturer at Meerut

The VCA have announced the following Under-17s squad for 2001/2:

The former England fast bowler Paul Taylor is one of three players released by Northamptonshire ahead of the 2002 season

Devastating bowling by off-spinner Munir Ansari and paceman Najaf Shah enabled Rawalpindi obtain a vital 51-run first innings lead against Lahore Whites on the second day of three-day National Under-19 Grade I Cricket Championship match at LCCA

Indian skipper Sourav Ganguly on Saturday reiterated that he would continue to be a "positive" leader in South Africa

Victoria's Bob Merriman is the new Chairman of the Australian Cricket Board (ACB)

The Rs 160 million Multan Cricket Stadium (MCS) could become a white elephant after it was overlooked for the prestigious Patron's Trophy Grade-I first-class competition which begins Friday