Miscellaneous

Karachi, Dec 17: Test reject Hasan Raza hammered a sparkling century off just 47 deliveries to help Northern Gymkhana thrash Asghar Ali Shah CC by 86 runs in the 15th Karachi Gymkhana Ramazan Cricket Festival for Tapal Trophy at the Karachi Gymkhana

Chris Lee (captain), David Storer,Terry Crabb, John Aiken, Richard King, Richard Pudney, Nick Horsley, Reece Young, Tane Topia, Michael Hendry, Heath Davis, Santosh Ranchod

Australia hammered out a warning to India and New Zealand that they had better come up with something special if they want to get their hands on the CricInfo Women's World Cup after Saturday's final

The Deodhar Trophy, a premier inter-zonal competition is in progress now

South Africa's success in winning the right to host the next Women's World Cup in 2005 is likely to be the first step in the rejuvenation of the women's game in that country

The Cooch Behar Trophy is the biggest and most prestigious tournament at the junior level in India

There are perhaps more gifted players in Zimbabwe cricket than Neil Ferreira, but there cannot be any with a bigger heart

The Clear White Ferns have spent the last two days off campus enjoying some rest and relaxation

Cup Finals are designed to be the showpiece of any season

The returns from West Indies batsmen in Australia within the past week have certainly given fans much more comfort and reason to believe they are truly better than their performances in the first two Tests suggested

The Income Tax authorities will be issuing notices this week to five cricketers including Kapil Dev and Ajay Jadeja for filing of block returns in the wake of appraisals made of seizures during recent country-wide searches

Based on what was available-or what the selectors made available to them-the selection of the Barbados team for the opening Busta Cup match was fairly predictable

Adelaide-Barbadian Joe Hoad's assignment with the West Indies cricket team is the latest addition to his long and impressive career register

Maligned, misunderstood, maverick, misrepresented, marauding - and certainly marvellous

So Zimbabwe's one-day series in India ended with one victory and four defeats

It is to be hoped that David Mutendera will not eventually be remembered for the controversy of his Test debut

England have many improvements to make before they can start thinking about beating Australia, skipper Nasser Hussain has warned

Ajay Jadeja, who has been banned from playing cricket for five years, has said he will approach the court in case his appeal to the Indian Cricket Board was rejected

Allan Donald faces yet another fitness test before taking his place in the South African team to play Sri Lanka in the first Castle Lager/MTN Test match starting at Kingsmead on Boxing Day

Having been outplayed by the in-form South Africans yesterday at Hagley, we kick-started a potentially big night with a few DBs at the ground along with a couple of farewell and thank-you speeches with all our supporters in the dressing room