Miscellaneous

Defending champions Sri Lanka scored a crushing 296- run victory over Malaysia in the Under-17 Asia Cup Cricket Tournament at Dhanmondi Stadium in Dhaka (Bangladesh) on Saturday

There were strong murmurs around the IIT-Chemplast ground at Chennai

Led by the mercurial Moin Khan, Pakistan start their current New Zealand tour with an ODI at Auckland, the first of a 5-match series and they seemingly reflect a never-say -die attitude in spite of that humiliating Test series loss to England at home

Hailed as a motivator and outstanding performer, blessed with quality leadership skills and the ability to think, Carl Hooper was yesterday given overwhelming support to captain the West Indies team in the imminent home series against South Africa

Trinidad and Tobago commentator Fazeer Mohammed believes the West Indies selectors should ignore the claims of returning veteran Carl Hooper and invest in young players for the forthcoming South Africa tour

Departing New Zealand Cricket chief executive Christopher Doig is moving into an organisation already moving and shaking the sports management arena in the Southern Hemisphere

Sir Paul Condon, the former outstanding policeman now dedicated to fighting corruption in cricket, could not give an immediate answer whether Martin Crowe, the New Zealand captain, would be implicated in the investigations, but gave the long-term

All the talk in the lead-up to tomorrow's first National Bank series match between New Zealand and Pakistan has been about the fearsome Pakistani bowling attack, but of equal concern is the batting line-up New Zealand must contain

Australia starts the new millenium by riding high on the crest of international cricket

Geoff Boycott, in Lahore on a McDonalds-sponsored coaching stint, has decided to stay quiet and not talk about his assignment, or anything else for that matter

It is a great challenge to play a three Test match series against the mighty Australians

NAGPUR, India - Glenn McGrath will make an early start to his hunt for Sachin Tendulkar's scalp by asking to go head-to-head with the world's best batsman before the first cricket Test against India

Two seasoned Trinidad and Tobago cricket personalities were busy in the nets over the last two days

Andrew Hudson, a month short of his 36th birthday, will arrive at Kingsmead in his "civvies" on Friday night to announce his retirement from the game he distinguished with his benign, elegant presence for 17 years

Press Trust of India reported on Thursday that the Union Sports Ministry has given its approval for the India-Australia friendly match to be organised by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) in order to raise funds for the earthquake

From performing in the world of arts to leading cricket from what had been something of a sinfonia into more like a full blown symphony orchestra, Doig has re-shaped the face of New Zealand cricket administration and won respect on the world stage

In this, the second part of the series of articles being run by CricInfo as part of the build up to the ensuing India-Australia Tests, the author looks back on the visit of the Australian Services team which visited India in 1945-46 to play three

If you were to choose just one cricketer to travel to the West Indies with South Africa at the end of this month on the basis of ability, form and potential, then you'd probably look no further than Jacques Rudolph, the 19-year-old Northerns opening

The Shell Trophy is going right down to the wire with two of the leading contenders, Northern Districts and Otago, beginning their penultimate-round confrontation at in Hamilton with just four points separating them

Sherwin campbell has taken over as Barbados captain for the remainder of the Busta Cricket Series