Chris Drum joins select club at Jade Stadium

Mar 16, 2001: Christchurch's Jade Stadium is the place for bowlers making their debut in Test cricket to seize a place in the record books

Australia won all three Tests at Nehru Stadium

Mar 16, 2001: In the first of a two part series on India-Australia Tests at Madras, the author looks back on the three games played at the Corporation (Nehru) stadium

Wasim Akram stabs Moin in the back

Mar 16, 2001: Sacked former captain Wasim Akram has complained to the chairman of the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) against the leadership, approach and attitude of skipper Moin Khan

PCB in quandary after Qadir's resignation

Mar 16, 2001: The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) on Thursday confirmed that Abdul Qadir has formally informed them that he cannot serve in the bowling committee which is to review the action of paceman Shoaib Akhtar

Batsman's Pitch

Mar 15, 2001: Bryan Davis has an encouraging prognosis for batsmen two days before the second Cable & Wireless Test between the West Indies and South Africa at the Queen's Park Oval

Indian to attend ACC course

Mar 15, 2001: India's participation in this month's Asian Cricket Council's Advanced Umpiring Course in Islamabad was confirmed on Wednesday

No ban on Salim Malik to play

Mar 15, 2001: Lawyers of disgraced former captain, Salim Malik, on Wednesday claimed there was not bar on the stylish batsman's participation in the ongoing Patron's Trophy competition

How it was done - Australia's record streak

Mar 15, 2001: 1

I may have played my last game at Eden Gardens

Mar 15, 2001: ©AFP What the crowds at the Eden Gardens just saw was a fantastic game of cricket

Joel Garner backs new competition

Mar 15, 2001: Joel Garner, the former West Indies fast bowler and selector, has given his support to the newly formed Western Union Cricket Trophy, of which, it is understood, he will be the patron

Chandana returns from injury to face England

Mar 15, 2001: Sri Lanka one-day specialist all-rounder Upul Chandana will play his first game after suffering six fractures in his right index finger when he was named in the Sri Lanka Board Presidents's team to play the touring England cricketers in a one-day

We are still positive about the series, says Steve Waugh

Mar 15, 2001: Both Steve Waugh and Sourav Ganguly felt that it were the Indian batsmen who changed the complexion of the game at the Eden Gardens

Victory a lesson for those criticising us: Ganguly

Mar 15, 2001: He had to leave the celebration party midway through to attend the meeting of the selection committee for the third Test at Chennai

Four changes in Indian squad for final Test

Mar 15, 2001: If the excitement and tension of the second Test match was not enough, the Indian selectors had players, scribes and fans alike in a state of suspense as they held a long meeting to select the team for the third and final Test against Australia to be

Patron's Trophy Grade I: Habib Bank on top after round three

Mar 15, 2001: Patron's Trophy (Grade I) has seen through three rounds after which Habib Bank (HBL), having two wins to their credit from three matches, are at the top in the teams' standing with an aggregate of 25 points

Mike Veletta appointed WA state coach

Mar 15, 2001: The WACA is pleased to announce the appointment of former Australian and WA batsman Mike Veletta as coach of the Western Warriors for the next three seasons

Indian news round-up

Mar 15, 2001: Australian coach John Buchanan said in Kolkata soon after the fourth day's play that it was the toughest day's play he had in his coaching career

An Englishman in Sri Lanka (part 6)

Mar 15, 2001: The Second Test at the Asgiriya International Stadium was probably as compelling a cricket match as you could possibly wish to see

Pressure can do strange things to the most formidable outfit

Mar 15, 2001: Cricket has once again emerged victorious at the Eden Gardens with the Indians registering an incredible victory

Relief for Giles after two frustrating Tests

Mar 15, 2001: Ashley Giles, one of England's two spinning heroes on the first day of the Third Test against Sri Lanka in Colombo, said that he had enjoyed the day after two frustrating Tests where injury and poor form had produced only one wicket