Campbell fined 25 per cent of match fee for umpire barb

Feb 4, 2001: Zimbabwe batsman Alistair Campbell has been fined 25 per cent of his match fee for the tri series one-day international against Australia in Hobart for comments about the umpiring

Edwards posts century against Canterbury

Feb 4, 2001: England and Northern Districts opening batsman Charlotte Edwards took advantage of the superb conditions at Christchurch's Hagley Oval today to score 119 not out against Canterbury in their State Insurance Cup game

Vincent and Tuffey get New Zealand call-up, Nash in the wings

Feb 4, 2001: Auckland batsman Lou Vincent's innings of 133 in his side's last Shell Cup match this season, against Northern Districts, appears to have been behind his being propelled into the CLEAR Black Caps for Tuesday's vital One-Day International with Sri

Elliott not returning

Feb 3, 2001: Matthew Elliott will not be rejoining Glamorgan for 2001.The Australian opener, who may have been unavailable anyway because of the Ashes series this summer, has decided to concentrate instead on playing for and captaining his state side Victoria

Bajans Hit Back

Feb 3, 2001: Two men from neighbouring districts came together for a common cause at Kensington Oval yesterday

Caddick: Sri Lanka should be scared of our attack

Feb 3, 2001: Caddick: Sri Lanka would be silly not to be scared of our attack Photo © CricInfo Ltd

Botham's heroics voted most memorable sporting event of all time

Feb 3, 2001: Ex-England Captain Ian Botham's legendary performance in the 1981 Ashes Against Australia, where he turned humiliation into triumph, has been voted by Observer Sport Monthly (OSM) readers as the Most Memorable Sporting Moment of all time

Kemp comes close to equalling six-hit record

Feb 3, 2001: Kemp: Two yards from equalling record Photo © CricInfo Ltd

Campbell's diary - Reflections on a hectic week

Feb 3, 2001: The end of a long and trying week - what with having to play four games in different parts of Australia, which is not exactly the smallest country in the world

Sri Lankan flavour at MRF Pace Foundation

Feb 3, 2001: At the inauguration of the National Cricket Academy in May, Rodney Marsh declared that "cricket is a game of sharing; sharing ideas, sharing friendship among different cultures

Sri Lanka had to claim win the hard way

Feb 3, 2001: Sri Lanka nearly paid the price for a lack of discipline in its bowling during its three-wicket victory over New Zealand at WestpacTrust Stadium in Wellington today

Harris regains bowling zest while still perfect batting foil

Feb 3, 2001: New Zealand's most experienced player in One-Day Internationals Chris Harris has seen it all during his 170-match career but is confident the team can still compete against the Sri Lankans

Uma Bharti rejects BCCI proposal to play in Sharjah

Feb 3, 2001: Indian Sports Minister Uma Bharti on Saturday rejected the proposal of the Board of Control for Cricket in India for the Indian team's participation in a triangular series involving Pakistan and Bangladesh in Sharjah from February 8 to 11 to mobilise

Disappointed Salisbury backs team-mates to win in Sri Lanka

Feb 3, 2001: Salisbury: Backs England to win in Sri Lanka Photo © CricInfo Ltd

Auckland offers New Zealand last chance to keep series alive

Feb 3, 2001: Reality says that after tonight's three-wicket loss to Sri Lanka in Wellington, New Zealand are staring down the barrel of a third National Bank series defeat in succession but at least after the spirited defence there is hope that determination has

Pacific cricket makes its mark in Auckland

Feb 3, 2001: Cricket, Pacific-style was reflected on an exciting open day of the inaugural Pacifica Cricket Championships in Auckland today

Young England keen to keep One-Day series alive

Feb 3, 2001: When the young England and India colts kicked off their One-Day series at the Lal Bahadur Shastri Stadium at Hyderabad, spectators and scribes alike were in for a surprise

Indian news round-up

Feb 3, 2001: Two Englishmen David Shepherd and Peter Willey and South African Rudi Koertzen have been named as the three ICC panel umpires for the forthcoming India-Australia Test series

WI Domestic: Shillingford's action under scrutiny

Feb 3, 2001: In the aftermath of recent doubts over the legality of Shane Shillingford's action, the Windward Islands are using a video camera to assess the 17-year-old off-spinner

Hurricane knocks by Afridi, Imran

Feb 3, 2001: Shahid Afridi and Imran Farhat stroked whirlwind centuries as Pakistan Probables pulled off a 59-run victory over Chief Executive XI in the fifth and last practice match before a sizable crowd at the KRL stadium on Friday