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Mark Missen, playing for Hampton United against Cluden in a club match inMelbourne on Australia Day (Jan 26), took all 10 wickets for 27, in 24.1overs

Melbourne club player takes all ten

Gwynne Jones has left his role as chief executive of Cricket Scotland

Scotland chief executive quits

Pakistan's Under-17s struck a blow for their senior team by beating their Indian counterparts in the final of the Asian U17 tournament in Bangalore

Pakistan U17s beat India in final

Future first-class matches between South Australia and Victoria will becontested for the David Hookes Memorial Trophy, in a mark of recognitionfor Hookes

South Australia and Victoria to play for Hookes Trophy

Stuart Law smashed his own record for the fastest century in Australian domestic one-day cricket as the Queensland cruised to a six-wicket win over Tasmania in the ING Cup at Bellerive Oval

Law's record blitz sinks Tasmania

26-Jan-2004•AAP

New South Wales announces team for ING Cup

Cricket NSW Chief Executive David Gilbert has announced the SpeedBlitz Blues team to play the Queensland Bulls in an ING Cup Match in Brisbane on Friday January 30th, 2004.

26-Jan-2004•Cricket New South Wales

Mahmud retires after axing as captain

Khaled Mahmud has retired from international cricket, after being replaced by Habibul Bashar as Bangladesh's Test captain for their forthcoming tour of Zimbabwe

Surrey have signed a new sponsorship deal which could be worth ass much as £2.5m to the club

Exit AMP, here comes the Brit Oval

New South Wales suffered a huge setback in the defence of their Pura Cup title, as Western Australia inflicted a comprehensive 126-run defeat at Perth

NSW tumble to defeat

26-Jan-2004•AAP

Hookes funeral on Tuesday

Thousands of people are expected to attend the funeral of David Hookes at the Adelaide Oval on Tuesday

Grant Flower hit a valiant 94 but Zimbabwe fell 13 short of Australia's total in a close encounter at the Adelaide Oval

Flower rearguard goes in vain

26-Jan-2004•The Wisden Bulletin by Rahul Bhatia

Zimbabwe decision delayed

The ECB has delayed making a decision on whether to tour Zimbabwe in October until next month

Retravision Warriors wicket-keeper batsman Ryan Campbell has strained his left adductor muscle and has been advised to rest for a week.

Campbell cleared of major injury

26-Jan-2004•Western Australia Cricket Association

Flower rearguard goes in vain

Grant Flower hit a valiant 94 but Zimbabwe fell 13 short of Australia's total in a close encounter at the Adelaide Oval

26-Jan-2004•The Wisden Bulletin

Fleming makes his mark for Wellington

Stephen Fleming, the New Zealand captain, marked a rare appearance in New Zealand's State Shield competition by scoring 131 for Wellington against Canterbury at Hagley Oval

England's cricket authorities may have been given a get-out clause in their dilemma over the Zimbabwe tour, after claiming to have received a letter from the government instructing them not to go

Government letter clarifies England stance

The latest PwC ratings have confirmed something that has been abundantly clear throughout a winter of huge scores

It's a batsman's game

Steve Waugh has been named Australian of the year for 2004

Steve Waugh named Australian of the Year