Miscellaneous

Shell Cup cricket in New Zealand is to be the subject of a total rethink by New Zealand Cricket after this year's disappointing competition

Auckland has switched captains in the midstream of the Shell Trophy competition in an attempt to get the best out of the players

The Women's Cricket Association of India has done away with the fivemember selection committee comprising members from each of the five zones and introduced a three-member national body consisting of former women cricketers

Chris Harris' reputation for batting through to the end of a one-day innings is well known

We have been made to feel most welcome throughout our tour to date.The hospitality has been extremely generous and everybody has endeavoured to make our tour as comfortable as possible

McGrath: The Ashes are ours Photo © CricInfo Ltd

Asian countries will jointly appeal to India to restore its cricketing ties with Pakistan at the Asian Cricket Foundation meet in Lahore on February 3, according to media reports in Dubai on Tuesday

New Zealand's test match tour of Sri Lanka, originally scheduled for May-June has been abandoned by New Zealand Cricket

Yousuf Youhana overcame a nasty blow on his left toe to spearhead Pakistan Probables to a three-wicket victory over Karachi Leopards in the third practice match under the National Stadium floodlights

The long hunt to find New Zealand's champion primary schools cricket champions gets underway with the return from summer holiday breaks this week

Ranji Trophy champions Mumbai finished at the summit of the West Zone league for the second successive season, albeit in a less convincing fashion, holding off Maharashtra by just one point, with third placed Baroda another point behind

Chris Drum confirmed on Saturday there might something radically wrong with the New Zealand selection system that seems to have completely forgotten him

Lahore: Former Test captain Majid Khan showed flashes of his past brilliance while scoring 74 but ended up on the losing side as Lahore Whites defeated Lahore Blues by three wickets with two balls to spare to reach the final of the Veteran's

Karachi: The third practice match between Pakistan Probables and Karachi Leopards will be played under the National Stadium floodlights on Monday

The announcement at the WACA today that Wayne Clark would be stepping aside as coach of the Western Warriors has caught everyone by surprise

The selectors have certainly honoured the form book in picking the 25 probables for the conditioning camp for the series against Australia, to be held at Chennai in two phases - February 6 to 11 and February 16 to 20

Napier's cricketing faithful will have the chance to acknowledge the Shell Cup winning performance of the Central Districts side during the tea break of the New Zealand-Sri Lanka One Day International at McLean Park tomorrow

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It was the 1529th Test in cricket history

At exactly 3:45 p.m