Stage set for Challenger Series

Feb 9, 2001: Star players do not generally these days take part in domestic tournaments

Manvinder Bisla to lead India U-17 team in Asia Cup

Feb 9, 2001: Manvinder Bisla of Haryana will lead the Indian team in the ICC-ACC Under-17 Asia Cup to be held in Bangladesh from February 15 to 25

Efforts on to hold tourney in aid of quake-hit: Muthiah

Feb 9, 2001: Board of Control for Cricket in India president AC Muthiah said in Chennai on Thursday that efforts were on to hold a four-nation cricket tournament in India in aid of the Gujarat earthquake victims sometime in April

Indian news round-up

Feb 9, 2001: Tobacco giant ITC Ltd on Thursday announced its withdrawal from all sports sponsorship

Moin for use of technology

Feb 9, 2001: Pakistan will advocate for the use of more technology in the Test captains meeting scheduled for Melbourne, Australia, on Feb 12

Pakistan to submit 10-year programme

Feb 9, 2001: The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) will submit its own 10-year plan in next week's International Cricket Council

Women's final to cap great New Zealand season

Feb 9, 2001: One of the greatest seasons in the history of women's cricket in New Zealand reaches its finale tomorrow with the final of the State Insurance Cup at the Village Green at Queen Elizabeth II Park in Christchurch.

James has knee operation

Feb 8, 2001: Glamorgan have suffered their first injury of 2001 with Steve James damaging the cartilage in his left knee during a fitness coaching session

And defeat goes on

Feb 8, 2001: Sydney: The West Indies made runs harder to come by but still presented cheap wickets as Australia trounced them in the first of the best-of-three finals in the Carlton Series at the SCG last night

India ‘A' for Busta 2002

Feb 8, 2001: Calcutta: The West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) has invited the India 'A' team to take part in the Busta International Series in 2002, WICB president Pat Rousseau announced in Calcutta on Tuesday, the Press Trust of India (PTI) reported

Another England ‘A' player heads home

Feb 8, 2001: Batsman Aftab Habib has become the second player to be ruled out of the England 'A' team currently playing as the first foreign team in the Busta Cup tournament

Fans to pay more for Test

Feb 8, 2001: Barbadians will have to fork out a few more dollars to attend next month's Kensington Oval Test match between West Indies and South Africa

Jennings to face disciplinary committee

Feb 8, 2001: Easterns coach Ray Jennings is to appear before a United Cricket Board disciplinary committee to face a charge of bringing the game into disrepute following allegations that he offered money to bowlers to inflict injury on Allan Donald by means of

MJK Smith re-elected again as Warwickshire chairman

Feb 8, 2001: Former England captain MJK Smith has been re-elected Warwickshire chairman for the 11th consecutive year

Australian cricket comes to the aid of quake victims

Feb 8, 2001: The Australian cricket establishment has joined the worldwide efforts to provide relief to Gujarat earthquake victims with the Cricket Board donating $10,000 Aus (about Rs 2.7 lakh) to kickstart a campaign seeking to raise $1 million Aus (about Rs

England Colts have enough to smile about despite losses

Feb 8, 2001: When a team from England comes down to India, the focus inevitably is on spin

Darren Gough reported to Sri Lankan board

Feb 8, 2001: England fast bowler Darren Gough has been reported to the Sri Lanka Cricket Board for the alleged verbal abuse of two Sri Lankan players during England's first practice game against a BCCSL Colts XI

Ganguly not impressed by Aussie winning streak

Feb 8, 2001: Indian captain Sourav Ganguly appears to be distinctly unimpressed by the 15 match-winning streak Australia brings with them to India next week

Ferley: I'll remember this day for a long while

Feb 8, 2001: The day before the England Under-19 team took on their Indian counterparts at the Indira Gandhi Municipal Corporation Ground at Vijayawada, the two teams had to endure a seven hour long ride by bus from Hyderabad

New SPCL sponsor announcement imminent

Feb 8, 2001: The ECB Southern Premier League is on the brink of announcing a lucrative three-year sponsorship deal