SPCL throw out clubs plea for no restriction on overseas players

Feb 8, 2001: A bid to get the Southern Premier League to change its policy over the implementation of stricter restrictions on overseas cricketers playing in the competition this summer has failed

'Zulu' set for one-day comeback

Feb 8, 2001: KwaZulu-Natal's prospects of Standard Bank Cup success this summer have been enhanced by the likelihood that Lance Klusener will be fit to play in the first leg semi-final against Eastern Province at St George's Park on Wednesday

Indian news round-up

Feb 8, 2001: Former Indian batsman Ajay Jadeja on Wednesday challenged in the New Delhi High Court the Board of Control for Cricket In India's (BCCI) decision to ban him for five years from playing cricket for the country

This Australian side can break a 31-year-old jinx

Feb 8, 2001: By common consent, the best of the eight Australian squads to visit India in the last 45 years is the 1959-60 team

Relief for Fleming but still not enough

Feb 8, 2001: New Zealand captain Stephen Fleming admitted a sense of relief over his innings of 67 in the fourth loss to Sri Lanka in Hamilton today

England Colts to make donation to earthquake appeal

Feb 8, 2001: England's young cricketers will donate about £1,000 as well as clothing to the Indian earthquake appeal before they leave the country on Friday

New Zealand Maori take Pacifica title

Feb 8, 2001: The first New Zealand Maori selected by New Zealand Cricket has made an auspicious start, winning the final of the Pacifica Cricket Championships 2001 against Fiji

Players and umpires in bid to improve game's image

Feb 8, 2001: County captains are to be asked by the cricketers' union to take more responsibility for their team's conduct in an attempt to improve the game's image

12th Match, Carlton Series, Australia v Zimbabwe, Statistical Highlights

Feb 8, 2001: It was the 1683rd ODI in cricket history

Thirty-five over shoot out at the Hamilton corral

Feb 8, 2001: It was like a gunfight at the Hamilton cricket corral

Lara aims for personal redemption

Feb 8, 2001: MELBOURNE - Brian Lara wants to redeem himself in the eyes of West Indies cricket after today admitting he hadn't lived up to expectation in recent series

Pakistan Domestic: Patron's Trophy starts from Feb 20

Feb 8, 2001: The revised schedules of Patron's Trophy Grade-I and Grade-II tournaments were announced by the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) on Wednesday

PCB's one-day event confined to four cities

Feb 8, 2001: The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has confined the one-day tournament for departmental teams to only four stadia of the country while ignoring main venues like Gaddafi Stadium (Lahore), National Stadium (Karachi), Pindi Stadium (Rawalpindi) and Arbab

My father's achievements will live on

Feb 8, 2001: I remember that I had just started my international career when, one day in Mumbai, I met the great Vijay Merchant

Kaspa earns Indian reward

Feb 8, 2001: MELBOURNE - Queensland fast bowler Michael Kasprowicz was today rewarded for his lion-hearted performances on Australia's last tour of India, securing a berth in the squad of 14 that departs for the sub-continent on Tuesday

Marshall's form a worry

Feb 7, 2001: The quality of balls and the quality of bowling from one of their key players are among the concerns of the Barbados team heading to Nevis today for the vital sixth-round Busta match against the Leeward Islands starting on Friday

India's intransigence puts the world cricket in jeopardy

Feb 7, 2001: In a recent meeting of the Asian Cricket Foundation held in Lahore, it was decided to hold a series of four one-day matches between Pakistan, India and Bangladesh at Sharjah to raise funds for India's earthquake victims

Jadeja challenges his indictment in Delhi High Court

Feb 7, 2001: Former Indian batsman Ajay Jadeja on Wednesday challenged in Delhi High Court the Board of Control for Cricket in India's (BCCI) decision to ban him for five years from playing for the country as well as a notice from Government regarding the

Giles seeks contract extension at Warwickshire

Feb 7, 2001: Spinner Ashley Giles wants to commit himself to Warwickshire for the next five years

Worcestershire delay Hick captaincy decision

Feb 7, 2001: Worcestershire are waiting to see if Graeme Hick is to be awarded an ECB contract this summer before deciding whether to reappoint him as captain