Barbados claim the Busta Cup

Feb 20, 2001: It was celebration time at Kensington Oval yesterday after Barbados captured their 17th West Indies first-class title

Hampshire on pre-season tour to South Africa

Feb 20, 2001: Whilst work continues to get the Hampshire Rose Bowl ready for the start of the cricket season, Hampshire's players and coaching staff are off to South Africa for a two week tour

Hirwani and Mongia recalled for Australia Test

Feb 20, 2001: BOMBAY - India have recalled leg-spinner Narendra Hirwani and wicket-keeper Nayan Mongia in a 14-man squad for the first cricket Test against Australia starting in Bombay on February 27

Shaun Udal's winter task pays dividends

Feb 20, 2001: Shaun Udal Whilst many of the Hampshire players are sunning themselves in Australia and South Africa, one Hampshire stalwart is perhaps looking beyond his playing days

England name 12 for Test

Feb 20, 2001: England have kept their options open by naming a 12 man squad for the First Test against Sri Lanka starting on Thursday

Giles fit, for now at least

Feb 20, 2001: England breathed a sigh of relief on Sunday when Ashley Giles, their premier spinner, was able to bowl 19 overs without any adverse reaction to his Achilles tendon injury

Jennings apologises: disciplinary hearing cancelled

Feb 20, 2001: An apology from Ray Jennings has averted a disciplinary committee hearing scheduled for Wednesday at which the Easterns coach would have been required to face a charge of bringing the game into disrepute

'Tendulkar or no Tendulkar, I am looking forward to our next game': McGrath

Feb 20, 2001: Australian bowling spearhead Glenn McGrath said he would like to bowl in five over spells at a time in Test matches during the tour of India so that he can conserve enough energy in the prevailing humid conditions

I wanted to play a long innings at Nagpur: Ponting

Feb 20, 2001: Prolific run getter for the Aussies and one of the best fielders in the world, Ricky Ponting said he would have been happy if he could have got a hundred in the three-day game against India A at Nagpur which ended on Monday

Indian news round-up

Feb 20, 2001: The Australian coach, John Buchanan on Monday expressed dissatisfaction over his team's batting in the first innings of the just concluded three day match against India A in Nagpur

Pakistan lose the Initiative

Feb 20, 2001: With a convincing victory over New Zealand in the 1st One-day international at Auckland, Pakistan was considered to have gained a firm grip over the series

Hirwani earns surprise call-up for Mumbai Test

Feb 20, 2001: The national selectors sprang a surprise by recalling Narendra Hirwani for the first Test against Australia at Mumbai

Mongia, Hirwani, Laxman recalled, Sanghvi gets nod

Feb 20, 2001: Baroda stumper Nayan Mongia, veteran leg-spinner Narendra Hirwani and Hyderabad skipper and middle-order batsman VVS Laxman have been recalled to the Indian cricket team which will take on the mighty Australians in the first test to be played at

Gallant bowling not enough to cover up for brittle batting

Feb 20, 2001: The fourth Australian team to visit India in 1969-70 came riding a wave of success

Shoaib Akhtar pulls up lame in Pakistan loss

Feb 20, 2001: Fiery Pakistan fast bowler Shoaib Akhter sent down only nine balls in tonight's six-wicket loss to New Zealand in the National Bank series game at McLean Park in Napier

Harris claims record and Adams gets call up

Feb 20, 2001: It wasn't quite how Sir Richard Hadlee wanted it scripted, but Chris Harris knocked the bowling maestro off the top of the table for most wickets taken by a New Zealand bowler in One-Day Internationals at Napier today

Match Referee determined to stamp out excessive appealing

Feb 20, 2001: Hanumant Singh, the Match Referee for England's forthcoming three-Test series in Sri Lanka, said last that he would be stamping down on excessive appealing

Hirwani: I have a point to prove

Feb 20, 2001: There are few Indian cricketers more polite and well natured than Madhya Pradesh legspinner Narendra Hirwani

Mutual respect apparent at diplomatic opening

Feb 20, 2001: The England tour of Sri Lanka was officially opened last night with the traditional pre-tour press conference

Galle pitch a worry for England

Feb 20, 2001: Galle International Stadium looks a picture