Miscellaneous

Hawke Cup cricket returns to the centre stage at the weekend with the semi-finals of the revamped competition

NEW DELHI - Indian pace bowler Ajit Agarkar has been ruled out of next week's second Test against Australia because of a viral infection, an Indian cricket official said today

Pakistan suffered a huge blow just before the first cricket Test against New Zealand when their two most experienced players Wasim Akram and Saeed Anwar, along with all-rounder Azhar Mahmood, were forced to quit the tour because of injuries

Central Districts supporters wanting to bask in their side's Shell Cup success and participation in the inaugural Perth international one-day four-nations tournament will be able to follow the side with a special tour package

Prahran all-rounder Jonathan Moss and Hawthorn Waverley batsman Simon Dart have been added to the Bushrangers squad to play the NSW Blues in Sydney this Friday

March 6, 1971

Western Warriors batsman Simon Katich will replace retiring WA captain Tom Moody as skipper for WA's remaining two Pura Cup matches against Tasmania and Victoria

Shoaib Akhtar has a knack for being in the news, whether for the right or the wrong reasons

Pakistan has had nearly two dozen Test captains, the first of them was Abdul Hafeez Kardar

In the mould of greats of `the Golden Era', Zaheer Abbas was a stylish, elegant batsman

Former Indian coach Anshuman Gaekwad said on Tuesday that skipper Sourav Ganguly should open the batting with Shiv Sunder Das and Sadagoppan Ramesh should be fitted in the middle order for the second Test against Australia in Kolkata from March 11 to

A grim struggle for first innings superiority at Sabina Park, Kingston, saw Jamaica with the upper hand over Guyana with one day to play in the 2001 Busta International Shield Final

Russell Lynch, following the MCC tour of Sri Lanka, arrives in Kandy for the Second Test - and takes his life in his hands by taking to the local transport

The England & Wales Cricket Board (ECB) today announced that it has invited a BBC Radio Four team to spend the next six months making a three-part series about the work of the ECB

Michael Holding is so incensed over Carl Hooper's appointment as West Indies captain he has withdrawn as a television commentator for the forthcoming series against South Africa and won't attend any of the matches

Pakistan's best-performed batsman Saeed Anwar has been confirmed today as the latest victim of his side's injury-plagued tour of New Zealand

Having drawn or lost our last three Test series we were desperately keen to perform against England in Galle

Leading XXXX Queensland Bulls batsman Martin Love will miss the rest of the season in a blow to the Bulls' Pura Cup hopes

Indian paceman Javagal Srinath said on Sunday he had recovered well and would be fit enough to play in the second Test against Australia starting in Kolkata on March 11

Sri Lanka's preparations for the Second Test Match in Kandy have been hit by an injury scare to Russel Arnold