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England seem certain to face a much tougher match than that provided by Otago when they meet Canterbury in the last warm-up match before the first Test starting next week in Christchurch

In a dramatic turnaround Mashonaland came from behind to beat Manicaland by 73 runs at Mutare Sports Club yesterday

Pakistan coach Mudassar Nazar Monday said he had not been consulted by the selectors before they "rested" Wasim Akram from the Asian Test Championship final

An unbeaten century by opener Ghulam Ali helped Karachi Whites end their eight-year title drought in the Quaid-i-Azam Trophy National Grade-I cricket Championship with an emphatic eight-wicket victory over Peshawar at National Stadium Monday

Bangladesh 'A' almost blew their chance of registering their first victory in the Busta Cup, triumphing over Windward Islands in the sixth round by a slender margin of eight runs

It is perhaps a sign of the times that the CricInfo county champions, Yorkshire, have announced that they are to meet with some of the county's prominent businessmen to talk about ways in which new commercial capital can be raised

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The Quaid-i-Azam Trophy Grade-I cricket championship final between Karachi Whites and Peshawar is poised for a pulsating finish after Yasir Hameed rode his luck to slam a career-best 171 not out at National Stadium here Sunday

Former Test pacer Mohsin Kamal and ex-first-class cricketer Ali Zia are likely to be appointed new Bangladesh coaches, sources said

Mark Waugh will join twin brother Steve on the one-day international sidelines after he today became a further high-profile casualty of Australia's modest recent limited-overs form

The Indian selectors announced the India 'A' squad that will leave shortly on a 32-day tour of South Africa

Hampshire's Cricket Development office is continuing its policy of supporting the youth of the county with their Cluster Group Schools coaching scheme

With the Bath Cricket Festival just over three months away the Bath Area Committee spearheaded by Chairman Robert Appleyard have plans for this year's festival, which is once again being sponsored by Bath based solicitors Withy King,well in hand

Queenstown's sun finally broke through on the third afternoon but it didn't shine on either Otago or England as a draw was all England could manage against the worst-performed side in New Zealand's domestic cricket this summer

India have won the second and final Test of their two-Test series against Zimbabwe by four wickets

The 2001-02 West Indies tour to Pakistan was shifted to Sharjah and during the second ODI played on 15 February 2002, Mohammad Sami took a hat trick

No national selectors were at the Basin Reserve on the first day of the State Championship match between Wellington and Northern Districts today but they will receive despatches from the ground, notes on form, which they will read with mixed pleasure

Twenty-one wickets fell on the first day of the match between Central Districts and Auckland at Fitzhebert Park, Palmerston North

Mark Waugh accepted the blame for his axing from the Australian one-day cricket team today but said only time would tell whether selectors had prematurely ended his record-breaking career.

Having been behind for the first two days of this match and looking likely to lose by an innings, Mashonaland fought back yesterday to finish three runs ahead at stumps