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Tamil Nadu captain Robin Singh claimed four wickets to lead his side to a seven-wicket win over Goa at the STRSA Stadium, Visakhapatnam

Somerset left arm bowler Matt Bulbeck played his first match of the year on his comeback trail to regaining a first team place in 2002

A blistering assault on the North West bowling by 19-year-old Umar Abrahams just failed to carry Eastern Province to victory as the Dragons kept alive their hopes of a Standard Bank Cup semi-final berth at St George's Park on Friday

The England Women's Cricket team made a winning start to their tour of India today, beating a Women's Cricket Association of India XI (WCAI) by 6 wickets in a warm-up match at the Guru Nanak College Ground, Chennai.

Sports minister Johnston Fernando forced Sri Lanka's selectors into a U-turn late on Thursday night as members of the team seriously contemplated standing down from the second Janashakthi National Test in protest of the decision to rest Marvan

Kerala defended a moderate total with gumption to register a 73-run win over Goa in their Ranji one-day match at Visakhapatnam on Thursday

Hopes of Australia's first series whitewash over South Africa in 70 years appear closer to fruition after a four-pronged attack bowled the home team into a winning position on the third morning of the Third Test in Sydney today

Controversial United Cricket Board president Percy Sonn is on his own in believing that banned former captain Hansie Cronje should be allowed back into cricket at this stage

Former Somerset scorer David Oldam died in Taunton on New Years Day at the age of sixty six

The AGMs of the Friendly Society and the new Members Club will take place at the Novotel, West Quay Road, Southampton on Wednesday 23 January 2002

A Lack of funds and foresight will leave the West Indies underprepared for their forthcoming series in Pakistan, wherever it is staged

Chris Tremlett reckons he can break the 85mph barrier in 2002 - and make his full England debut.

Rawalpindi gained the upper hand in their Quaid Trophy match against Islamabad on the second day of their four-day match at the KRL Stadium Thursday

FULL NAME: Neil Clarkson Johnson BORN: 24 January 1970, Harare MAJOR TEAMS: Zimbabwe; Eastern Province B (1989/90-1991/92), Natal (1992/93 1997/98), Leicestershire (1997), Matabeleland (1998/99), Western Province 2000/01 to date)

New South Wales all-rounder Shane Lee has been ruled out of Australia A's two matches against the New Zealanders and South Africans next week, due to on-going soreness in his right knee.

FULL NAME: Bryan Colin Strang BORN: 9 June 1972, Bulawayo MAJOR TEAMS: Zimbabwe (since 1994/95), Mashonaland Country Districts (1994/95-1995/96), Mashonaland (1996/97- )

An extraordinary power struggle between the national selectors and the Sri Lankan team may have dominated the build-up to the second Janashakthi National Test against Zimbabwe at Kandy but local hero Muttiah Muralitharan soon grabbed the limelight

Stand in skipper Simon Katich celebrated his Australia A call-up but fell short of proving it should have been to the national senior squad in Western Australia's 42 run one-day victory over Queensland at the WACA.

Dion Nash, named in the CLEAR Black Caps one-day team yesterday returns to the Auckland side for tomorrow's State Shield match with Otago at Molyneux Park in Alexandra

FULL NAME: Trevor Nyasha Madondo BORN: 22 November 1976, Mount Darwin DIED: 11 June 2001, Harare MAJOR TEAMS: Matabeleland