New Zealand get it right and collect big result

Feb 20, 2001: New Zealand was at last entitled to feel some delight with a One-Day International performance after a comprehensive six-wicket win over Pakistan in the National Bank series at Napier tonight

Pakistan plan Aussie style set up

Feb 20, 2001: Pakistan will evolve a master plan to follow Australian cricket set-up to help make a solid base for cricket, director of the cricket board said on Monday

Dav Whatmore : England will be tough but we expect to win

Feb 20, 2001: The much-awaited Test series against England has been keenly anticipated by Sri Lanka

India confirm participation in Sharjah

Feb 20, 2001: The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has confirmed in writing about their participation in April's Sharjah Cup

Harry does it in ones and news from the Shell Trophy

Feb 19, 2001: Barring something quite extraordinary, Chris Harris will become the outright holder of the most wickets for New Zealand in One-Day Internationals

Urdu Report - Pakistan in New Zealand

Feb 19, 2001:

Muralitharan fit, but long-term doubts remain

Feb 19, 2001: Sri Lanka are now confident that their magical spinner, Muttiah Muralitharan, will be fit to bowl in the forthcoming First Test Match in Galle after suffering no adverse reaction in Monday's practice at the Sinhalese Sports Club

Carl Hooper: The Return of the Prodigal Son

Feb 19, 2001: West Indian cricket has suffered its worst period in living memory over the last nine months, with cumulative returns of a solitary victory against eight losses on consecutive tours

Imran calls for harsher penalties for match fixing culprits

Feb 19, 2001: Imran Khan has issued a stark warning that the spectre of match fixing will to continue to haunt cricket until the authorities take much firmer action to punish the culprits

Emirates asks India to help in matchfixing probe

Feb 19, 2001: The Emirates Cricket Board (ECB) has requested its Indian counterpart to help in its matchfixing inquiry led by former West Indian skipper Clive Lloyd

Shoaib Akhtar - target of psychological warfare?

Feb 19, 2001: Not long ago, Shoaib Akhtar came, saw and overwhelmed the world's best batsmen, and then had to face the ignominy of being branded a "chucker"

Objective achieved, says Laxman

Feb 19, 2001: The India A skipper VVS Laxman was all smiles with the performance of his team in the three day encounter against the Australians which ended in a draw in Nagpur on Monday

Indian news round-up

Feb 19, 2001: Australian off-spinner Colin Miller said in Nagpur on Sunday that he saw himself as a totally different kind of an off spinner

Kapil refuses to play in Tied Test re-union

Feb 19, 2001: Former Indian captain Kapil Dev has refused to play in a limited-overs match between some of the greats of India and Australia in Chennai next month in aid of the the Gujarat earthquake victims

Time for India to get on the front foot

Feb 19, 2001: In every war movie, book or mythological story the first thing rulers are rumoured to do, is get on the highest balcony, address a gathering of teeming masses and cry out "People unite!" War or not, that is the approximate slogan doing the rounds

Australians confirmed for tied test re-match

Feb 19, 2001: MELBOURNE - All but one member of the Australian team who played in the 1986 tied Test against India will play in a charity reunion match in Chennai on March 17

O'Connor's progress slower than expected

Feb 19, 2001: Shayne O'Connor's recovery from a patella tendon injury in his knee has been slower than expected and doubt now exists about his availability for consideration for the first Test against Pakistan

Colin Croft: My squad to face South Africa

Feb 19, 2001: Folks, I can tell you this: after the Australian tour, I am very tired, mentally and physically

Urdu Report - Pakistan in New Zealand

Feb 19, 2001:

Pakistan remain on course

Feb 19, 2001: Karachi: Pakistan remained on course for a semi-final berth in the Under-17 Asia Cup Cricket Tournament at Dhaka (Bangladesh) with their third successive victory in Group 'B' on Saturday