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Recalled Test opener Matt Horne had reason to be thanking his lucky stars, not inappropriately given he was dropped when on seven, in New Zealand's reply to Bangladesh's 132 in the second National Bank Test at the Basin Reserve in Wellington today

For Zimbabwe's cricket team, Christmas was fun whilst it lasted

Bangladesh is continuing their poor batting display in Wellington too

Even though India won the Test series 1-0, the performance in the last two Tests should definitely be a wake-up call for the Indians

With the start of the new season just 108 days away Somerset are already looking forward to a bumper year in 2002

Dion Nash's appeal against his three-game suspension has been denied by New Zealand Cricket's national commissioner Nick Davidson

New Zealand captain Stephen Fleming is predicting "a very exciting batting day" for his side in their second National Bank Test with Bangladesh at the Basin Reserve in Wellington tomorrow

Dashing Gujarat wicket-keeper-cum-opening batsman Parthiv Patel has been named as the captain of the India Under-19 squad for the junior World Cup to be held in New Zealand in January-February 2002

Y Venugopal Rao hit a patient century to take Andhra Pradesh to a position of strength at the end of the first day's play in their Ranji Trophy league match against Hyderabad at Secunderabad

Boxing Day - aesthetically billed in the context of this heavyweight showdown between Australia and South Africa - is, in theory, the biggest day on the Australian cricket calendar

Controversial pacer Shoaib Akhtar and the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) got a sigh of relief when the International Cricket Council (ICC) named New Zealand's Brian Hastings as match referee for next month's Test series between Pakistan and Bangladesh

West Indies coach Roger Harper has a need a need for speed

The Rest Elevens of all the four provinces were announced at the conclusion of the two-daytrials held Sunday and Monday in different cities

A season of joy and happiness it might be

Pakistan Juniors preparing for next month's cricket World Cup in New Zealand would benefit greatly from the arrival of former West Indies captain Clive Lloyd, team coach Haroon Rasheed said Monday

There was nothing unsporting about the way of the Michael Vaughan dismissal, handling the ball and there was nothing unsporting about Ashley Giles bowling to Sachin Tendulkar, so-called leg theory

One of the heroes of Perth, debut century-maker Lou Vincent, won't be falling into the same trap that marked his first Test innings in New Zealand when the second National Bank Test against Bangladesh starts on Boxing Day at the Basin Reserve in

Mumbai, Tamil Nadu, Hyderabad, Karnataka and Delhi eliminated

The international cricket council is the world governing body for international Test and One Day cricket

Nasser Hussain © CricInfo The series between India and England ended in an anti-climax on Sunday and even though India won it by a 1-0 margin, Hussain and team can go back with their heads held high