Thorpe credits winter off for his sub-continent heroics

Mar 17, 2001: Man of the Match, Graham Thorpe, talked of the emotion he felt after his heroics with the bat to guide England to a four-wicket in Colombo

Hussain: This was better than Pakistan

Mar 17, 2001: Nasser Hussain, England's victorious captain, rated this performance as better than England's victory in the Karachi twilight last December: "It's definitely better than Pakistan," he said

Symonds injures shoulder packing bags

Mar 17, 2001: Australian allrounder Andrew Symonds injured his shoulder today packing his bags for the one day cricket series in India starting on March 25

Amol Muzumdar to lead Mumbai

Mar 17, 2001: Mumbai middle-order batsman Amol Muzumdar will lead Mumbai in the Ranji Trophy quarter-final against Punjab at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai from March 20 to 24

As a coach one can never be satisfied, says Wright

Mar 17, 2001: There is a section of the cricket loving public who feel that John Wright, the Indian coach, was not given enough credit for his part in the sensational victory in the second Test at Kolkata

England re-write the history books with series come-back

Mar 17, 2001: The enormity of England's achievement of defeating Sri Lanka having been one down in a three Test series can best be appreciated from a look through the record books

Urdu Report - Pakistan in New Zealand 2nd Test, Day 3

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1st Test, West Indies v South Africa, Statistical Highlights

Mar 17, 2001: It was the 1534th Test match in cricket history

Indian news round-up

Mar 17, 2001: The Cricketers Benefit Fund Series (CBFS) sounded optimistic on Saturday about India's participation in the tri-nation tournament to be played at Sharjah in April

Final Test will be a test of character for both teams

Mar 17, 2001: There are some times when the pitch plays a huge role in the outcome of a Test match

Hussain to return home - Flintoff a doubt

Mar 17, 2001: The England Captain Nasser Hussain will miss the forthcoming One-Day series against Sri Lanka after straining his right thigh in the Third Test Match in Colombo

Kumble not rushing comeback

Mar 17, 2001: His fingers seemed to be itching even as he spoke to reporters informally

Five very significant Indian triumphs

Mar 17, 2001: Is India's victory at the Eden Gardens on Thursday the greatest ever in the country's cricketing history

Tied Test II highlight of Chepauk encounters

Mar 17, 2001: In the second of a two part series on India-Australia Tests at Madras, the author looks back on the four games played at the MA Chidambaram stadium in Chepauk

Rapid hundred by Imran Nazir

Mar 17, 2001: Imran Nazir punished Wapda bowlers as he stroked a whirlwind century for National Bank on the opening day of the four-day Patron's Trophy match at the Iqbal Stadium in Faisalabad on Friday (according to information made available)

Iqbal Sikander replaces Qadir in committee

Mar 17, 2001: Iqbal Sikander, member of the 1992 World Cup winning squad, was named to replace spin wizard Abdul Qadir in the three-man bowling committee to review the action of paceman Shoaib Akhtar

Women's team to be named on Monday

Mar 17, 2001: On one hand the cricket season here in New Zealand as we know it is coming to an end

Glamorgan announce trading profit

Mar 16, 2001: Glamorgan Cricket today announced that they made a trading profit for the financial year ended 30th November 2000 of £82,751

Crofty breaks Test wicket record

Mar 16, 2001: Today`s play in the Third Test match in Sri Lanka saw Robert Croft break Jeff Jones` record for the most number of wickets taken by a Glamorgan bowler in Test cricket for England

Sir Everton, Ambrose To be Honoured

Mar 16, 2001: Port-Of-Spain Sir Everton Weekes and Curtly Ambrose, for whom the Queen's Park Oval was the happiest of hunting grounds in different generations, are to be featured guests when the largest, best appointed and most attractively situated ground in the