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The working committee meeting of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) at New Delhi yesterday made a decision that has been widely viewed as the first step in a long drawn battle with the Indian Government

England's selectors received an early-season scare when England's centrally contracted paceman Matthew Hoggard limped out of Yorkshire's CricInfo Championship clash with Kent after sending down just 12.1 overs on the lush St Lawrence outfield

Two former West Indies cricket greats, Sir Garry Sobers and Clive Lloyd, are hoping Courtney Walsh will not be lost to West Indies cricket

The blundering Pakistan cricket selectors continued to play musical chairs with next month's England tour aspirants when they named a 20- man provisional list on Tuesday instead of naming the final 16

Bert Sutcliffe: A tribute

Bert Sutcliffe, one of the most successful New Zealand First Class and Test Cricket batsmen, died after a prolonged illness on Friday, 20 April 2001

It was the 1543rd Test match in cricket history

The Board working committee's momentous decision in New Delhi on Tuesday to throw down the gauntlet before the Government vis-a-vis the prickly issue of playing Pakistan was not on the listed agenda of the meeting, taking many by surprise

Current Lancashire al-rounder and former Sheffield Shield player Joe Scuderi has been named in Italy's final 14-man squad for the ICC Trophy in June/July

I have just finished a stint of coaching the Australian Cricket Board's junior players at Chennai for the second year in a row

South Africa made short work of Jamaica as they warmed up in professional style for the one-day series against the West Indies which begins at Sabina Park on Saturday

The South African one-day team start their campaign to earn Standard Bank's R5-million World Cup incentive when they take on the West Indies team on Saturday 28 April in their first limited overs match

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Although Essex were well served by a vigilant 61 from Darren Robinson, it was the visitors that enjoyed the better of the opening day's play

It was the contrarian's dream and the punter's nightmare

In a clear move to take the Government head on, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) today decided not to participate in multilateral tournaments including World Cup and ICC Knock-out series till 'clear-cut' guidelines on playing with

©CricInfo Irrespective of the score, whenever Sachin Tendulkar comes to bat he is under pressure

What a week

The secretary of Board of Cricket Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), Jaywant Lele has said that one of the main points in the agenda at the working committee meeting tomorrow at Delhi would be the affiliations of newly formed states of

"Thank God, I won't be around when he is 25" said Allan Border who was as tough as they came