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The most prolific opening pair in the Second Division had mixed results as Sussex edged towards their promotion target on the first day at Edgbaston

New Zealand A finally got on the winning side of the scoreboard in the Coromandel King Moin-ud-Dowlah Gold Cup tournament in Hyderabad yesterday

There are old school adherents who believe that education is best achieved with sharp cane and plenty of punishment, but one fears that the severe beating being handed out to Bangladesh in this Asian Test Championship match could seriously undermine

Kent batsman David Fulton took his season's tally to 1,892 runs to boost his side's third-day fightback against Division One strugglers Northamptonshire in Canterbury

Three Test matches last week and all three won or lost by an innings, Pakistan against Bangladesh, Sri Lanka against India and Australia against England

Gary Kirsten carved out his third Test double-century as South Africa amassed a mammoth 414 for one on the opening day of the first Test match against Zimbabwe at the Harare Sports Club on Friday

England will tour India in November without a security manager, contrary to advice from the sport's ruling body on how to counter corruption

Hampshire moved a step nearer a place in division one with a convincing five-wicket victory over promotion rivals Middlesex at the Rose Bowl

Graeme Hick's 200 not out against Durham at Chester-le-Street saw him become the first batsman to score Championship centuries home and away against all other 17 first-class counties

With some formality, Somerset completed their fifth win of the season, beating relegated Essex by nine wickets to take 19 points and enhance their quest for runners-up position in the Cricinfo Championship

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A fine century from Stephen Stubbings failed to prevent Gloucestershire boosting their promotion hopes with victory by an innings and 20 runs at Bristol

Three half-centuries from Ben Smith, skipper Vince Wells and Neil Burns recued Leicestershire from a precarious position on the first day of their vital CricInfo Championship Division One clash against relegation rivals Glamorgan at Grace Road

England Captain Clare Connor will lead Brighton & Hove LCC against Wakefield WCC in the ECB Women's Cup Final tomorrow at Campbell Park, Milton Keynes, starting at 12 noon

Just minutes after seeing his side cruise to a nine wicket victory over wooden spoonists Essex, Somerset Coach told me, "We were very very good

Havant's Paul Gover has been appointed to captain a new look Hampshire Board side in next Thursday's key Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy 2002 second round tie against Ireland at the Rose Bowl, 10.45am

Barbados coach Roddy Estwick is lamenting the standard of umpiring in the just-concluded West Indies Under-19 championships and the noninclusion of local fast bowler Jason Bennett in a squad picked to train for next year's Youth World Cup in New

South African Cricket has announced a unique homegrown ticketing system that is considered good enough to be used at future international showpieces including Olympic Games

It was at 11.20 on a warm September morning that Sourav Ganguly's position at the helm of affairs in Indian cricket came under serious scrutiny