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The sports minister, Richard Caborn, has made it clear that the International Cricket Council (ICC), not politicians, should decide if Zimbabwe can be co-hosts of next year's World Cup.

PERTH, Dec 10 AAP - A defiant Western Australia was trying to stop Tasmania's march towards its first outright Pura Cup win of the season at the WACA Ground today.

With the employment contracts of current West Indies team manager Ricky Skerritt and team coach Roger Harper expiring in March next year, the West Indies Cricket Board has started to advertise these posts both regionally and internationally

Chile and Argentina A booked their places in tomorrow's South American Cricket Championship final with contrasting victories on the third day of competition action in Buenos Aires

A remarkable spell of fast bowling from Jermaine Lawson sent Bangladesh hurtling to one of the worst defeats in Test history at Dhaka

South Africa and Pakistan will meet twice, on Wednesday 11 December in Port Elizabeth and Friday 13 December in East London, in the Eastern Cape in games two and three of the five match Standard Bank one-day series.

SYDNEY - Australian captain Ricky Ponting on Tuesday urged Shane Watson to ignore the hoopla surrounding Steve Waugh in order to nail down the allrounder position in time for next year's World Cup

ECC European Development Manager Ian Stuart visited Vienna along with ECC Trophy 2003 Tournament Director Richard Mockridge, attending part of the ACA's League Meeting and visiting the host grounds for next year's tournament.

THE Western Australian Cricket Association is pleased to announce that bowler Matthew Nicholson has been cleared to resume training.

Basin Reserve groundsman Trevor Jackson believes both teams will find something to enjoy on the pitch to be used in the National Bank Series match between New Zealand and India starting on Thursday

Mumbai cruised to a massive 136-run victory over Saurashtra in their Ranji one-day tie at Pune, with leg-spinner Sairaj Bahutule skittling out the Saurashtra lower-middle order with a haul of four for 25

A former Queensland lifesaver left England's tour of Australia in desperate need of rescue as he guided the Prime Minister's XI to a four-wicket win over the tourists at Manuka Oval in Canberra on Tuesday.

After India were put in to bat by South Africa at the CPT-India Pistons ground in Chennai, they would have been a touch wary after reaching just 285 for six in their allotted 40 overs

In yet another high-scoring match in the World Cup Cricket for the Blind, Pakistan successfully defended a total of 369, made in just 37 overs, to notch up a 65-run win over Australia at the Guru Nanak College Ground

Somerset's Ian Blackwell has enjoyed mixed fortunes in the three warm up matches ahead of the start of the One Day International series that gets underway on Friday when England meet Australia in Sydney

Ian Billcliff has been something of a cricketing nomad in the last decade, but the last place he thought his journeys would take him was the World Cup in South Africa

After today, Ramnaresh Sarwan will be one man who will be rooting for Daren Ganga's inclusion in the West Indies side

SYDNEY, Dec 10 AAP - The one day cricket match between NSW and Australia at North Sydney Oval has been cancelled because of rain.

The South Australian Cricket Association (SACA) today announced a 13-man squad to play in the Australian Country Cricket Championships in Bundaberg during January.

Reading through the Letters to the Editor in the last couple of issues, (and following the Pakistan tour) it appears that there are two common themes among Zimbabwe cricket supporters