Simmons and Bishop the guiding lights of T&T

Feb 16, 2001: Two seasoned Trinidad and Tobago cricket personalities were busy in the nets over the last two days

Carl Hooper favoured to lead West Indies

Feb 16, 2001: Hailed as a motivator and outstanding performer, blessed with quality leadership skills and the ability to think, Carl Hooper was yesterday given overwhelming support to captain the West Indies team in the imminent home series against South Africa

Mohammed says ignore Hooper

Feb 16, 2001: Trinidad and Tobago commentator Fazeer Mohammed believes the West Indies selectors should ignore the claims of returning veteran Carl Hooper and invest in young players for the forthcoming South Africa tour

Campbell takes the helm

Feb 16, 2001: Sherwin campbell has taken over as Barbados captain for the remainder of the Busta Cricket Series

McGrath wants early showdown with Tendulkar

Feb 16, 2001: NAGPUR, India - Glenn McGrath will make an early start to his hunt for Sachin Tendulkar's scalp by asking to go head-to-head with the world's best batsman before the first cricket Test against India

At times, Pakistan team is not that invincible

Feb 16, 2001: Led by the mercurial Moin Khan, Pakistan start their current New Zealand tour with an ODI at Auckland, the first of a 5-match series and they seemingly reflect a never-say -die attitude in spite of that humiliating Test series loss to England at home

WP B push for a place in Bowl final

Feb 16, 2001: a day to spare at Newlands on Friday

Tendulkar sets the tone as camp winds to a close

Feb 16, 2001: There were strong murmurs around the IIT-Chemplast ground at Chennai

A Challenger Series with no real purpose

Feb 16, 2001: It is a great challenge to play a three Test match series against the mighty Australians

Boycott inspires Pakistani cricketers

Feb 16, 2001: Geoff Boycott, in Lahore on a McDonalds-sponsored coaching stint, has decided to stay quiet and not talk about his assignment, or anything else for that matter

Indian news round-up

Feb 16, 2001: Press Trust of India reported on Thursday that the Union Sports Ministry has given its approval for the India-Australia friendly match to be organised by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) in order to raise funds for the earthquake

Australia destined to rule the Cricket World

Feb 16, 2001: Australia starts the new millenium by riding high on the crest of international cricket

An Englishman in Sri Lanka

Feb 16, 2001: Travelling by train is a joy in Sri Lanka

Both sides make changes for crucial Hamilton Trophy match

Feb 16, 2001: The Shell Trophy is going right down to the wire with two of the leading contenders, Northern Districts and Otago, beginning their penultimate-round confrontation at in Hamilton with just four points separating them

Andrew Hudson to call it a day

Feb 16, 2001: Andrew Hudson, a month short of his 36th birthday, will arrive at Kingsmead in his "civvies" on Friday night to announce his retirement from the game he distinguished with his benign, elegant presence for 17 years

SA squad for West Indies to be named on Saturday

Feb 16, 2001: If you were to choose just one cricketer to travel to the West Indies with South Africa at the end of this month on the basis of ability, form and potential, then you'd probably look no further than Jacques Rudolph, the 19-year-old Northerns opening

India win a close contest

Feb 16, 2001: In this, the second part of the series of articles being run by CricInfo as part of the build up to the ensuing India-Australia Tests, the author looks back on the visit of the Australian Services team which visited India in 1945-46 to play three

Pakistani batting attack as big a threat as bowlers

Feb 16, 2001: All the talk in the lead-up to tomorrow's first National Bank series match between New Zealand and Pakistan has been about the fearsome Pakistani bowling attack, but of equal concern is the batting line-up New Zealand must contain

Pakistan engage foreign curator

Feb 16, 2001: Pakistan will bid to break the four home series wind rought against New Zealand later this year after deciding to hand over the charge of preparation of pitches to a qualified foreign curator

New Zealand cricket scene vastly changed during Doig's reign

Feb 16, 2001: From performing in the world of arts to leading cricket from what had been something of a sinfonia into more like a full blown symphony orchestra, Doig has re-shaped the face of New Zealand cricket administration and won respect on the world stage