Miscellaneous

Nasser Hussain has warned his players to keep England's unexpected proficiency against spin at Lahore in perspective, pointing to the recent one-day series as a reminder of Pakistan's ability to seize back the advantage

Lahore, Nov 24: The Pakistan cricket team has a surprise package for former captain Wasim Akram when he takes the field for his 100th Test match at Faisalabad against England next week

Pakistan leg-spinner Mushtaq Ahmed has been dropped for the second Test match against England starting in Faislabad next Wednesday while experienced fast bowler Waqar Younis has been added to the 15-man squad

It has been a very hectic week since my last report with an eventful Test match and a visit to the Taj Mahal

Barbadian cricket fans are literally hollering for "murder" over the poor performances of the West Indies Down Under

The recent round of Vijay Merchant Trophy Under-16 matches witnessed some thumping victories being registered by Punjab, Uttar Pradesh and Orissa in their respective zonal leagues

The Leeward Islands Cricket Association announced last week a `new-look' Leeward Islands training squad of 24 that will begin preparations for the upcoming Busta Cup 2001 in early January

Lahore, Nov 24: Paceman Waqar Younis and off-spinner Arshad Khan were recalled for the second Test against England when they were named in a 15-man second Test squad by the Pakistan cricket selectors on Friday evening

Refuting suggestions that the Board of Control for Cricket in India was adopting a wishy washy stance towards cricketers found guilty in the match fixing case, the BCCI president AC Muthiah on Saturday reiterated that there was no change in the stand

BRISBANE - Australian quick Glenn McGrath set himself for a summer harvest today when he destroyed the West Indies for the third time in as many days at the Gabba

It was the 1515th Test match in cricket history

Faisalabad: Final touches are being given to the Iqbal Stadium for the second Test match between Pakistan and England, beginning here on Nov 29

Ganguly and his boys have given a good welcome gift to their new coach, John Wright, by winning the Test match at the Feroz Shah Kotla

The Indian skipper insists that there is no drop in intensity even given the fact that India have taken an unassailable 1-0 lead in the two-Test series against Zimbabwe

It was most disappointing to lose the First Test against India after compiling over 400 in the first innings

In mid-October 48 boys gathered at St John's College for the national trials held as an inter-provincial competition that was won by Mashonaland

The President of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), AC Muthiah, said in Dubai on Thursday that the internal inquiry into the match fixing scandal by the former CBI joint Director K Madhavan is likely to suggest the punishments for the

Two seasons ago, the mighty Mumbai team was shown the door by an upbeat and unexpected Uttar Pradesh team in the semi-finals of the Ranji Trophy in their own backyard

While talking to Dave Houghton about Zimbabwe's international cricketers, I also mentioned a few names of those who had done well in the Logan Cup last season, and asked him if he thought any of them might be good enough to win a place in the Test

Dave Houghton was the Zimbabwe team national coach until the end of the West Indian tour last April, and is better qualified than anyone else to know what the Zimbabwe national players are really like