Southern Premier Cricket League announce lucrative sponsorship deal

Mar 13, 2001: Cricket at 'grass roots' level is set to be a major beneficiary of a lucrative three-part sponsorship deal with Southern Electric, announced today by the Southern Premier League

Davies and Knott change counties

Mar 13, 2001: With the English cricket season beginning to loom large on the horizon, two players confirmed moves yesterday

A good knock against the Aussies is always very satisfying, says Laxman

Mar 13, 2001: In the last 15 years, Eden Gardens has been kind to players from Hyderabad

2nd Test, Sri Lanka v England, Statistical Highlights

Mar 13, 2001: It was the 1532nd Test in cricket history

Wicket in the first over on Test debut

Mar 13, 2001: On March 9, 2001, Mohammad Sami became the fourth Pakistani bowler (after Intikhab Alam, Shahid Nazir and Fazl-e-Akbar) and 79th in the world to claim a wicket in his first over of a Test match, when he got New Zealand opener Mark Richardson yorked

New Zealand and Pakistan Test Averages

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Hussain likely to play as England weigh up options

Mar 13, 2001: Nasser Hussain is likely to play in Colombo

Gough's Kandy performance lifts him to sixth in ratings

Mar 13, 2001: Darren Gough's man-of-the-match winning performance in Kandy has seen him climb to sixth in the PricewaterhouseCoopers Test Ratings, his best placing yet

Indian news round-up

Mar 13, 2001: Indian Airlines

A case to play two off spinners

Mar 13, 2001: Ever since Jim Laker opened up a scar in the Australian batting psyche in the summer of 1956, the spectre of right arm finger spin has loomed large over the Aussies down the tunnel of time

Samuels and Sarwan look like the real thing

Mar 13, 2001: I think that Day 4 of this Test match was one of the best I have seen for some time, especially since I have been on so many losing West Indian tours recently

School's out for White and Marsh

Mar 13, 2001: Homework will be far from the minds of teenagers Cameron White and Shaun Marsh, when they meet in Thursday's all important Pura Cup clash between the Victorian Bushrangers and the Western Warriors at the MCG

Reason for Mushtaq's one-day absence much clearer

Mar 13, 2001: (Two cricket fanatics with their views on the game from their Dunedin sofa)

Oram has to put business studies aside ... again

Mar 13, 2001: Central Districts captain Jacob Oram had his nose back in his business management books at Massey University near Palmerston North when word came through that he was wanted on Test duty by the New Zealand cricket selectors

Bradburn and Drum relish their recall

Mar 13, 2001: Their rehabilitation to international cricket has taken off spinner Grant Bradburn and fast-medium bowler Chris Drum down different roads, but they both feel ready should they be called into the New Zealand playing XI for the second Test against

New Zealand looking to fight fire with fire

Mar 13, 2001: Expect New Zealand to push the letter of the law in ball maintenance during the second National Bank Series cricket Test which starts in Christchurch on Thursday

Harvey ready for Indian tour

Mar 13, 2001: MELBOURNE - Victorian allrounder Ian Harvey will be fit for Australia's one-day tour of India despite missing the Bushrangers' last Pura Cup match due to a thumb injury

Changes in team discussed at advisory council moot: Miandad, Moin criticized

Mar 13, 2001: The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) on Monday hinted that changes in the team and its management might be made after the conclusion of the New Zealand tour

ICC to probe bookie's presence

Mar 13, 2001: The International Cricket Council (ICC) sleuths will be arriving in New Zealand sometime this week to investigate the alleged presence of a notorious Indian bookmaker Ratan Kumar there last month

Coach and manager taking undue credit

Mar 13, 2001: The manager and coach of the Pakistan cricket team on Sunday showed urgency in taking all the credit of calling Younis Khan for the three- Test series in New Zealand