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'There is still more to come' says Richard Johnson

Somerset paceman Richard Johnson, who is currently missing for the team that is playing in the championship down at the Hampshire Rosebowl is delighted with the way that the season has gone for him so far, even though on his own admission he has been

23-May-2003•SOMERSET

The happy ending

It took some time, but like a feature-length episode of Scooby Doo , Zimbabwe's bowlers finally stopped ghosting past the bat and were exposed as an all-too-human outfit

23-May-2003•The Wisden Verdict by Andrew Miller at Lord's

Twelfth man who scored a hundred

Normally scoring a hundred earns you a few drinks

23-May-2003•Martin Williamson

Baptiste considering legal action

Eldine Baptiste, the former West Indian allrounder, is considering legal action against customs officials after being held on false drug charges

23-May-2003•Wisden CricInfo staff

That morning-after feeling

A blustery mid-May morning, England making unspectacular progress against a moving ball - and not a murmur of protest in sight

23-May-2003•The Wisden Verdict by Andrew Miller

'We are still in the box seat' says Shine at the Rosebowl

Somerset look to be well set to record their third championship victory of the season when they ended the third day at the Hampshire Rosebowl in a strong position

23-May-2003•SOMERSET

Di Venuto saves Derbyshire

Essex v Surrey Scorecard For the second day running, Martin Bicknell was Surrey's hero as they asserted their control over Essex at Chelmsford

22-May-2003•Freddie Auld

Old boy McLean causes mayhem as Hampshire struggle in the gloom

Former Hampshire overseas star Nixon McLean created mayhem at The Rose Bowl today when he removed the home sides' first three batsmen without conceding a run, with sheer pace that had spectators wondering why he was still not in the West Indies squad

22-May-2003•Vic Isaacs

The Big Ship

1879 Birth of the man who led Australia to the only whitewash in Ashes history

22-May-2003•Rob Smyth

Friend and Hondo in Zimbabwe team for Lord's Test

Zimbabwe has confirmed its team for the first npower Test match versus England at Lord's, beginning on Thursday 22 May

22-May-2003•Zimbabwe Cricket Union Media Release

ECB Cricket Roadshow to promote Twenty20 Cup

The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) has launched a brand new Cricket Roadshow experience sponsored by England Team sponsor, Vodafone

22-May-2003•ECB Media Release

Ranatunga rejects pact with Sumathipala

Despite acknowledging that he faces defeat in the forthcoming Sri Lanka cricket board elections, Arjuna Ranatunga has flatly rejected the suggestion that he join forces with Thilanga Sumathipala, the leading contender for the post of president

22-May-2003•Charlie Austin

'We have got ourselves into a good position' says Shine at the Rosebowl

Somerset have played themselves into a strong position in their championship match at the Hampshire Rosebowl and by the end of the second day the hosts still required a further 36 runs with three first innings wickets remaining to avoid the follow on

22-May-2003•SOMERSET

Dampening down the demonstrators

We were promised demonstrations on the first day of the first Test against Zimbabwe at Lord's, but the only scowls on the way down to the ground from the tube station were on the faces of the touts, who must have caught a cold on a match where

22-May-2003•Steven Lynch at Lord's

Bridge across forever

Nothing in contemporary cricket is any longer kosher, and rightly so

22-May-2003•Anil Nair

A remarkable rise

Graeme Smith's astonishing promotion from Test rookie to South African captain took 12 months

22-May-2003•Wisden Cricket Monthly June 2003

BBC Sport Kwik Cricket Tournament 2003 is the biggest yet

The 2003 BBC Sport Kwik Cricket Tournament is now under way with games taking place in Primary Schools throughout England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland

22-May-2003•ECB Media Release

A quintessentially English affair

Making a point: protestors outside the Grace Gates © Getty Images If the officials of the England & Wales Cricket Board had a sleepless night fearing civil unrest and rioting in St John's Wood, they needn't have worried

22-May-2003•Martin Williamson at Lord's

$Working out the fractions$

Working out the fractions

The spectators who ran the gauntlet of the demonstrators at Lord's received about two-thirds of the overs expected today, and about one-third of the excitement

22-May-2003•The Wisden Verdict by Steven Lynch

Fleming retires to take up coaching role

Former Australian seamer Damien Fleming has announced his retirement to enable him to take up a coaching role at the Australian Cricket Academy in Adelaide

22-May-2003•Wisden CricInfo staff

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