West Indies strike back

Mar 18, 2001: Events in Calcutta and Colombo over the past few days have confirmed the well-worn maxim that cricket is a funny game

Berry racing against time to be fit for final

Mar 18, 2001: Victoria's build-up to Friday's Pura Cup cricket final against Queensland at the Gabba gets underway today with all eyes on wicketkeeper Darren Berry

Hayden - The latest in a long line to strike it rich in India

Mar 18, 2001: Trust the Indian cricket team to make heroes out of players who arrive here with a modest record

Fletcher and Hussain look to the future

Mar 18, 2001: Duncan Fletcher and Nasser Hussain have been discussing their mutual respect for one-another in light of England's historic series win in Sri Lanka

Overseas vacancies filled in Southern Electric Premier League

Mar 18, 2001: The Southern Electric Premier League have announced that are no more vacancies for would-be overseas players for the coming season

Hayden: It was my idea to go after Harbhajan

Mar 18, 2001: Matthew Hayden is the kind of cricketer you could easily miss in this Australian cricket team

Dinesh Mongia, Robin Singh named in Indian ODI squad

Mar 18, 2001: Exciting Punjab batsman Dinesh Mongia is the only new face in the Indian team for the forthcoming One Day International Series against Australia

Lancashire chief denies any knowledge of Flintoff injury

Mar 18, 2001: Chief-executive of Lancashire ARY, Jim Cumbes, issued a robust denial to the suggestion that his club had failed to inform the England team management about an injury to Andrew Flintoff

Indian news round-up

Mar 18, 2001: Agence France Presse (AFP) reported on Saturday that the Australian all rounder Andrew Symonds is a doubtful starter for the forthcoming five match India-Australia one day series after injuring his shoulder while packing his bags prior to Saturday's

Urdu Report - Pakistan in New Zealand 2nd Test, Day 4

Mar 18, 2001:

Mongia issue discussed in the open

Mar 18, 2001: Wicket keeper batsman Nayan Mongia was dropped following an ugly incident in public between the Indian captain Sourav Ganguly and the selectors just about 30 minutes before the toss on the opening day of third Test between India and Australia at the

MacLaurin calls for tougher stance from match referees

Mar 18, 2001: Lord MacLaurin, the chairman of the England and Wales Cricket Board, has issued a call for a tougher stance against on-field misbehaviour in Test Matches

West Indies stick to their guns to shade first day

Mar 18, 2001: It was one of those days of Test cricket when everything worked well, yet worked badly too, depending on which side you happen to be

Forced to follow-on yet won

Mar 18, 2001: Finally Australia's great winning streak has come to an end

Drum injury has him out for eight weeks and selectors looking again

Mar 18, 2001: Chris Drum admitted to being "gutted" when knowing his injury in the field on the third afternoon of the second Test against Pakistan would rule him out of the rest of the summer

2nd Test, India v Australia, Statistical Highlights

Mar 18, 2001: It was the 1535th Test match in cricket history

Ganguly's gang must ensure they are not complacent

Mar 18, 2001: The third Test at the M.A.Chidambaram Stadium has produced the same amount of excitement which used to prevail in the midseventies and eighties for Test matches

Why Number Six Is Best For Carl

Mar 17, 2001: Carl Hooper has two reasons for going in as late as No

Hooper: On Guard

Mar 17, 2001: The new West Indies captain had a few precautionary words for his West Indies team prior to the second Cable & Wireless Test against South Africa, starting at the Queen's Park Oval today

We are backing Warne to do well on this track

Mar 17, 2001: ©CricInfo The weather at Chennai over the last two days has been a pleasant surprise