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The Pakistan Cricket Board Monday hired former West Indies captain Clive Lloyd to coach the junior team on an eight-day assignment while contradicting its claims of being cashstrapped and in the meantime ignoring own greats

Tamil Nadu restricted Hyderabad to just 199 on Day One of their Ranji Trophy league match at Chennai

Adam Parore is back in the one-day international mix again

South African opener Gary Kirsten blew a chance to gain some valuable batting practice on the last day of the cricket tour match against Western Australia here today.

Having been home for a couple of days from the tour of Aussie has given me time to reflect on that great last Test and the tour as a whole

Taking advantage of a fine first-innings batting effort, Baroda won their Ranji Trophy league match against Saurashtra at Rajkot by an innings and 184 runs inside three days

Racking up 276 runs in their batting effort, Madhya Pradesh then bowled Vidarbha out to win their Ranji Trophy one-day match at Udaipur on Friday

Uttar Pradesh won their Ranji Trophy one-day match against Vidarbhy by three wickets at Udaipur on Saturday

South Africa's batsmen had a decent Test preparation on the final day of the drawn cricket tour match against Western Australia here.

"It looks a good wicket

Teenage fast bowler Jermaine Lawson will make his international debut on Tuesday as West Indies try to break their losing run when they take on SriLanka in the third match of the LG Abans triangular series.

Australian pace bowler Andy Bichel will make his return to the XXXXQueensland Bulls playing ranks this week for the Pura Cup clash withTasmania at the Gabba starting Thursday.

Kelston Boys' High School will play Wellington College in the final of the Gillette Cup and Epsom Girls' Grammar will play New Plymouth Girls' High School in the final of the Yoplait Cup, in Palmerston North tomorrow

It is highly encouraging to hear the chairman of New Zealand's selection panel Sir Richard Hadlee say that there will be no lessening of endeavour as New Zealand goes from the heights of Test combat in Australia to playing the minnows of the game

Matthew Bell returned to the Basin Reserve today looking for comfort in familiar surroundings but found in a welcome homecoming less succour and less refuge than he had hoped

WestpacTrust Park groundsman Doug Strachan has a problem - he's got a Test match next week and he had rainfall in November that was 250% more than normal, and he got December's usual rainfall at the weekend

Taking advantage of a fine first-innings batting effort, Baroda won their Ranji Trophy league match against Saurashtra at Rajkot by an innings and 184 runs inside three days

Round three matches at the Commonwealth Bank Under 19 Championship Series in Newcastle were played as one-day fixtures on Sunday following the abandonment of play at all four grounds on Saturday as a result of heavy overnight rain.

Growth in cricket in the primary/intermediate school area is reflected in participation numbers in the annual MILO Cup and Shield which reach their finals this week

Former Pakistan captain Wasim Akram said Sunday he was raring to compete in the 2003 World Cup in South Africa