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Somerset author recaptures the atmosphere of a bygone cricketing age with his first book

A Somerset author has just published a book entitled "And Hitler Stopped Play" which will transport readers back across the years to an age when cricket was a leisurely pursuit played in a gentlemanly spirit by all who took part in the game

17-Mar-2002•Richard Walsh

Lee ready to test the speed camera again

Brett Lee has backed South Africa's controversial speed guns by declaring he is bowling faster than at any time during his eventful career as the Test series winds down.

17-Mar-2002•Michael Crutcher

Astle occupies the media space around the cricket world

Nathan Astle's heroics had the whole cricket world gasping today as reaction set in to what was, and ever will be, one of the outstanding individual achievements in cricket history

17-Mar-2002•Lynn McConnell

New bowler in the Somerset camp is ambitious for the new season.

New fast bowler Simon Francis is fully fit and has set his sights on a first team spot with the Cidermen this season

17-Mar-2002•Richard Walsh

Cairns out for remainder of England series - no word beyond that

New Zealand supporters had their worst fears realised today when it was announced that all-rounder Chris Cairns is out for the remainder of the National Bank Series

16-Mar-2002•Lynn McConnell

McKenzie relishes his moment in the spotlight

The CLEAR Black Caps had little to remember from the third day of the Test at Jade Stadium as England ran up a huge score sending New Zealand to almost certain defeat

16-Mar-2002•Matthew Appleby

Butcher has crack in right thumb

England top-order batsman Mark Butcher has a slight crack to his right thumb but a best case scenario would have him fit to play in the second National Bank Test starting on Thursday in Wellington

16-Mar-2002•Lynn McConnell

Mandela may step-in to end deadlock

The International Cricket Council (ICC) will urge former South African president Nelson Mandela to persuade the Indian government to allow its team to resume cricket relations with Pakistan

16-Mar-2002

England win by 98 runs but not before some palpitations

England went one-up in the National Bank Test series when achieving a 98-run win over New Zealand at Jade Stadium in Christchurch today, but not before some heart-stopping moments inspired by New Zealand batsman Nathan Astle

16-Mar-2002•Lynn McConnell

Sharath ton sees South salvage draw

A century from S Sharath, and fifties from S Sriram, D Vinay Kumar, H Badani helped South salvage a draw in their four-day Duleep Trophy encounter against North at the Nahar Singh Stadium, Faridababad

16-Mar-2002•Staff Reporter

Chattergoon, Hooper guide Guyana to a healthy position

An unbeaten 92 from left-hander Sewnarine Chattergoon guided Guyana to a healthy 230 for four at the end of the first day of their three-day Busta Cup semi-final against Leeward Isles

16-Mar-2002•Staff Reporter

Angel nearly answers WA's prayers

A defiant Greg Blewett century was enough for South Australia to hold WA to a draw after Warriors paceman Jo Angel etched his name further into Australian first class record books today.

16-Mar-2002•Tom Wald

Kingsmead Test seesaws through amazing second day

The third Castle Lager/MTN Test match see-sawed through its second day at Kingsmead on Saturday at such a furious pace that at times it was difficult to keep up with it

16-Mar-2002•Peter Robinson

Benkenstein halts WP's final surge

Dale Benkenstein dominated this top of the table clash

16-Mar-2002•Peter le Grange

Roles of match officials are reviewed by ICC

Measures to revise the role of Test match referees following last November's notorious

16-Mar-2002•Stephen Lamb

Four wicket Tapper puts Lymo in Semis

Lymington and Bashley made it safely through to the last four of the 25th Anniversary cup wth comfortable wins over Brockenhurst and Paultons respectively

16-Mar-2002•Trevor Phillips

Bashley see off the old enemy to land Indoor Cup

Bashley have won the inaugural New Forest Indoor League Anniversary Cup thanks to their comfortable four wicket victory over rivals Lymington in last Sunday's final at Lymington Sports Centre

16-Mar-2002•Trevor Phillips

2nd Americas Cricket Championships day six round-up

In what was probably the game of the tournament thus far, at Longchamps, the United States pulled off a thrilling last over victory over a spirited Bermuda to win by 1 wicket off the last ball of the match

16-Mar-2002•Grant Dugmore

Ganguly: Yuvraj and Murali Kartik will play

Zimbabwe captain Stuart Carlisle regretted the lack of support from all quarters despite his team faring so well as to lead India 2-1 in the five-match series, ahead of the fourth ODI to be held at Hyderabad on Saturday

16-Mar-2002•Special Correspondent

Astle rips up the record book and starts a re-write

Nathan Astle wrote one of the greatest pages in New Zealand's Test cricket history today at his home ground Jade Stadium in Christchurch with an innings as powerful, audacious and innovative as anything seen before

16-Mar-2002•Lynn McConnell

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