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The tour match between New South Wales and South Africa appears headed for an exciting finish tomorrow after Michael Bevan and Herschelle Gibbs again laid waste to the bowling for their respective teams on the third day of the contest here in Sydney.

Limited overs champions KwaZulu-Natal built on three successive victories on the road with a three-wicket win over Easterns at home in their Standard Bank Cup match at Kingsmead on Friday night

Alec Stewart, the Surrey wicket-keeper/batsman who originally made himself unavailable for England's to India, has said that he would now be prepared to make himself available for the one-day internationals in January

Zimbabwe's plodding medium pacers and gentle spinners toiled earnestly throughout the second day of their three-day practice match against a Sri Lankan Board XI at P.Saravanamuttu Stadium on Saturday

While his buddy Mohammed Ashraful is playing in Hamilton, Nafis Iqbal, the captain of Bangladesh Under-19, is preparing for the Under-19 World Cup in New Zealand

Despite having to make a long journey to the north west with his family later in the day to visit relatives for Christmas, Somerset all rounder Mike Burns was at the County Ground early on Friday morning

South Australia have named the fowllowing team to play Tasmania in the ING Cup at Launceston on January 6:

Bangladesh captain Khaled Mashud had cause to regret the lapses in concentration which have put his side on the end of a possible innings defeat by New Zealand in the first National Bank series Test in Hamilton

Shane Bond came into the Bangladesh series with an average of 96.33, but after today's play in Hamilton it rests on 44.12

Auckland were quick to build a position of strength in their State Championship game with Otago today and claimed an outright win by 171 runs

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Team to play in Quadrangular

State Central Hinds have named their side to play the State Otago Sparks at Logan Park in Dunedin on January 5 and 6

Hemang Badani's 98 provided vital relief to a crumbling Tamil Nadu batting, taking their first-innings total to 290 in their Ranji Trophy league match against Andhra Pradesh at Visakhapatnam on Wednesday

Amitabh Velaskar and Narayan Kambli combined to give Goa the upper hand during their Ranji Trophy league match against Hyderabad at Panaji on Wednesday

Other than bat and ball, charcoal stumps drawn on compound walls werethe only accessories we needed

England have tightened their grip on the third and final Test against India despite a series of rain delays at Bangalore, the longest of which wiped out the entire final session

Brian Murphy has been reinstated as Zimbabwean captain having recovered from a broken finger and rejoined the team in Sri Lanka

If you are feeling cheesed off with the weather of late then spare a thought for those responsible for looking after our cricket grounds

After the sulphorous fireworks and live bands at the LG Abans one-day final on Wednesday night, the first day of Zimbabwe's only practice game seemed tranquil and sleepy, which appeared to help the tourists, as they restored some confidence with a