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The West Indies returned home yesterday from another catastrophic overseas tour singing the usual upbeat tune

New Zealand failed to learn from the lessons they dished out to England in Wellington when going down by 43 runs in Napier last night

Lance Hamilton of Central Districts, showed he might be a left-arm bowler in New Zealand who can fill the boots of the now-retired Geoff Allott with his five-wicket bag against Canterbury at the Village Green today

The International Cricket Council (ICC) confirmed Tuesday that the officials of the Sharjah Test series have not expressed any concerns on the bowling action of Shoaib Akhtar

Tasmania's finals prospects suffered a bad setback and Victoria's hopes of even remaining in the race were just as adversely afflicted

Here lies the secret behind the success of the great converter - Mathew Sinclair, who scored his ninth career 150-plus innings yesterday

New Zealand Cricket (NZC) Monday said it has decided to send Black Caps managers Jeff Crowe to assess the situation in Pakistan before deciding on rescheduling the cancelled tour

New Zealand may have more of Chris Cairns' services than originally thought as a result of his playing for Nottinghamshire in the county championship this winter

McLean Park's faster pace and superior bounce may well see the bouncer become a significant factor for the first time in the National Bank One-Day International Series when New Zealand meet England in their third match in Napier tomorrow

Wellington will look to its captain Richard Jones to weather a final, desperate assault from Otago's spin bowlers and to carry them to outright victory on the third day of an extraordinary State Championship match at the Basin Reserve tomorrow

The WACA ground's Farley stand is scheduled to be completely demolished later this week, on either Friday or Saturday, when Brajkovich Demolition Contractors bring in the Excavator Machine to take down the remaining walls and roof of the veteran

Today during the Pura Cup game v NSW, veteran Western Warriors pace-man Jo Angel reached another career milestone when he brought up his 400th first class wicket for Western Australia.

Rosebowl cricket between the two best teams in the world of women's cricket resumes tomorrow when Australia and New Zealand meet at the Adelaide Oval

Mathew Sinclair's 171 has been the main feature of Central Districts domination of Canterbury in the State Championship yesterday and today, though he is still unsure whether he has done enough to win back selection for next month's first Test in

A 191-run opening partnership between the Auckland internationals Matt Horne and Mark Richardson ensured a solid foundation for Auckland as they chased Northern District's first innnings 383, ending the second day of their State Championship match on

Western Province pulled off a remarkable win in their opening Super 6 match

Reigning champions Barbados continued their woeful form with the bat into the fourth round of the ongoing Busta Cup, losing to Trinidad & Tobago at Trinidad, the hosts pulling off a four-wicket win that rode on a stronger batting performance than

The England spinner Ashley Giles is celebrating the birth of his second child, after being telephoned by his wife with the news in New Zealand

Essex County Cricket Club head coach, Graham Gooch OBE, has pledged his support to the membership of Essex by agreeing to help sign up new members at the County Ground on Saturday 9th March

With very little at stake and no prospect whatsoever of a result, Australia and the South African `A' team played out a draw in desultory fashion in Potchefstroom on Tuesday