Bradman's influence spreads across the Tasman

Feb 25, 2001: New Zealanders will identify with Australia's sense of loss of cricketing legend Sir Donald Bradman, who died at his Adelaide home yesterday after a short bout of pneumonia

Tributes paid to batting legend Bradman

Feb 25, 2001: Tributes have been paid in England to Sir Donald Bradman, the Australian batting legend who died earlier today, aged 92

Jones thrives in switch to successful environment

Feb 25, 2001: There was a measure of Richard Jones' transformation from an Aucklander before this season to a Wellingtonian at its end in his reaction to the passing comment of a friend who dared use the dread term JAFA in his presence today

Trophy caps off wonderous debut at helm for Bell

Feb 25, 2001: In one of those odd conjunctions of circumstance which give sport poignancy, even a certain nobility, Wellington achieved its first win in 11 years in the Shell Trophy at the Basin Reserve today on the 24th birthday of its first-season captain

From the sublime to the ordinary, that's Pakistan

Feb 25, 2001: With the series against Pakistan locked at 2-2 the last week has seen what Pakistan teams provide and that's unpredictability

Viral illness forces Horne out of Pakistan series

Feb 25, 2001: Test opener Matt Horne has ruled himself out of consideration for the three Test series against Pakistan

Indian news round-up

Feb 25, 2001: Indian skipper Sourav Ganguly on Sunday lashed out at the Indian media and supporters for favouring the visitors Australia to beat India in the forthcoming home series

Sipra Special: Patronised are far away from being analysts

Feb 25, 2001: The Sipra Special steams off the yards, rested and refurbished and steams on rails of sheer disgust and dismay

Warne will do well this time, says Gilchrist

Feb 25, 2001: The Australian wicketkeeper Adam Gilchrist is a man in love with Indian cuisine

Urdu Report - Pakistan in New Zealand

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L Siva: Bahutule a better choice than Hirwani

Feb 25, 2001: Every time the Australians come to India there is one overlying fear

Apple incident leaves ground dumbstruck

Feb 25, 2001: To the numberless incidents which form the tapestry of cricket history - the underarm incident and the aluminium bat incident spring to mind - there can now be added another and more unusual incident from the Shell Trophy match at the Basin Reserve

'Dude' McIntosh heals scars with outstanding knock

Feb 25, 2001: To his team-mates and casual acquaintances Tim McIntosh sometimes appears a "cool dude," relaxed about his batsmanship, one of the Mark Waugh half-down school of reflex slip fieldsmen

I want to take the first Australian wicket: Srinath

Feb 25, 2001: Indian pace spearhead Javagal Srinath said in Mumbai on Sunday that his immediate goal for the first Test match was to take the first Australian wicket

Akhtar and Inzamam doubtful starters for series decider on Wednesday

Feb 25, 2001: Pakistan are likely to go into Wednesday's National Bank series decider with Shoaib Akhtar and Inzamam-ul-Haq

McMillan arrives as member of the ODI century club

Feb 25, 2001: Craig McMillan marked his arrival among the leading New Zealand batsmen in One-Day Internationals today in style - playing the sort of attacking innings that has previously been the domain of the Cairns family

Honours even at Brabourne Stadium

Feb 25, 2001: In the first of a two part series on India-Australia Tests at Bombay, the author looks back on the four games played at the Brabourne stadium

$16m. C&W deal for WI cricket

Feb 24, 2001: Telecommunications giant Cable & Wireless and the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) last night announced a major three-year agreement for the continuation of the "company's sponsorship of West Indies cricket

Jamaicans in charge

Feb 24, 2001: If it were a crime in cricket to bludgeon bowlers, Jamaica would have been arrested, charged and convicted yesterday

The boys did well against a world class side: Mankad

Feb 24, 2001: Mumbai coach Ashok Mankad said on Saturday that he was pleased with his team's performance as they had almost beaten the World champions Australia