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Leading cricketers from eight nations will feature in the Second International Double Wicket to be staged in July this year in the Astrodome

BAT Sports are off to a winning start in their defence of the ECB Southern Electric Premier League championship

Gloucestershire have booked their quarter-final place in the Benson & Hedges Cup with their fourth win out of four

The third Cable & Wireless Test went through a succession of contortions on the third day yesterday but it would have taken the elasticity of an Indian yoga master to have turned it on its head

Desmond Haynes will always be regarded as one of the finest openers of all time

Sri Lanka's three-day warm-up game with the British Universities petered out into a draw at Wantage Road on Saturday as the tourists opted for some batting practice in their second innings

Bridgetown -- West Indies captain, Carl Hooper is confident about his team's chances for the fourth Test which begins in Antigua on Friday

With fans at the Kensington Oval in Barbados yelling for a quick West Indian victory on the fourth day, the Indian tail finally wagged

Shoaib Akhtar was ruled out of further participation in the first Test against New Zealand after twisting his ankle on Thursday evening while bowling at express pace

Steffan Jones has at last received the international recognition that many Somerset supporters feel that he has more than earned, but not for England

Ehsanul Haq has slammed another blasting half-century today in BNS while Mohammedan thrashed Young Pegasus, the weakest among the six clubs, by 4 wickets at BNS today

Having looked after the "bowling speeds" list on CricInfo for the past couple of years, I must say that the events of the last few weeks have been rather bewildering

Pakistan's Shoaib Akhtar and Australia's Brett Lee have been clearly the two most devastatingly destructive bowlers in world cricket over the last few years

Yorkshire are almost assured of a place in the Benson & Hedges Cup quarter-finals after their victory over Derbyshire

The past week has already seen a three-day Test match with Pakistan swamping New Zealand at Lahore

Whoever said the West Indies' fast bowlers were no good

Pakistan stamped their allround superiority over New Zealand when they won by an innings and 324 runs in the first cricket Test with two days to spare at the Gaddafi Stadium Friday

Somerset fast bowler Richard Johnson is likely to be missing from the scene for the next few games after pulling a hamstring whilst bowling in the Benson and Hedges match against Northants at Taunton yesterday

England's hopes of fielding a full-strength side for its forthcoming three-Test series against Sri Lanka have suffered a major setback today with wicketkeeper Jamie Foster sustaining a broken arm in practice.

Southern Electric Premier League Week 1 Results 2002