Author/producer appointed to 2003 World Cup committee

Feb 1, 2001: Author and television producer Coco Cachalia has been appointed to the 2003 Cricket World Cup Policy Committee

Imran, Holding, Zaheer next in line; Boycott stint to be followed by other big names, says Rameez

Feb 1, 2001: The cause of much criticism because of the high sum involved as fee and that also it has jabbed at some national pride, Geoff Boycott's brief coaching stint is defended vociferously by Rameez Raja, the former Pakistan captain, who has extended his

BCCI pitch committee opts for flat pitches

Feb 1, 2001: The pitch committee of the Board of Control for Cricket in India has asked the Mumbai Cricket Association (MCA) to prepare a flat pitch helpful to batsmen for the first Test between India and Australia to be held at Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai from

Fletcher to share his philosophy at Cricket Live 2001

Feb 1, 2001: Duncan Fletcher, the England Head Coach, will reveal his philosophy for identifying and developing success when he addresses Cricket Live 2001, the England and Wales Cricket Board's 'World Cricket Coaches Conference and Exhibition', which takes place

Surrey favourites to sign Ramprakash

Feb 1, 2001: Six counties are chasing the signature of Mark Ramprakash after Middlesex agreed to release him yesterday

Ashley Giles: still level-headed after an awesome year

Feb 1, 2001: Ashley Giles begins England's tour of Sri Lanka as his country's premier spin bowler after his 17-wicket haul in Pakistan

Indian news round-up

Feb 1, 2001: With the home series against Australia around the corner, Indian skipper Sourav Ganguly will in all probability miss a meeting of skippers of the ten Test playing nations scheduled to be held in Melbourne on February 12

Showing the door to Moin - A Rumor or Reality

Feb 1, 2001: Pakistan's defeat at the hands of England in the Karachi Test left a bitter taste, not because England won the match and clinched the test series but for the event badly handled at the Pakistan's end

Kolkata likely venue for NCA zonal branch

Feb 1, 2001: Brijesh Patel and Polly Umrigar on Thursday visited the Eden Gardens to examine for themselves whether a zonal branch of the National Cricket Academy could be launched in Kolkata

ACB rules out possibility of charity match

Feb 1, 2001: The Australian Cricket Board has ruled out chances of a charity cricket match between India and Australia to raise funds for the quake victims of Gujarat, but said it would find another alternative which could "genuinely assist" the affected people

Northern makes two changes for southern tour

Feb 1, 2001: Northern Districts' State Insurance Cup side faces a tough four days when flying out of Hamilton tomorrow for its South Island tour

Dead pitches causing worry - Best of strokes

Jan 31, 2001: There appears to be growing concern over the docile pitches that are being prepared around the Caribbean

WICB top brass for ICC meetings

Jan 31, 2001: Melbourne: West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) president Pat Rousseau, chief executive Gregory Shillingford and captain Jimmy Adams will participate in separate meetings of the International Cricket Council (ICC) here next month to discuss the future of

Cuban coaches for cricketers

Jan 31, 2001: In an unlikely scenario, two Cubans will coach young West Indian cricketers at the new cricket academy at the American-funded St

Australian team named for Carlton Series finals

Jan 31, 2001: SYDNEY - Australian selectors today named the national squad for the remaining tri series cricket qualifying match against Zimbabwe in Perth on Sunday and the best of three finals series starting here on February 7

ECB to take no action over 1991 match-fixing allegations

Jan 31, 2001: The ECB has decided against taking action over allegations of match-fixing concerning two games between Essex and Lancashire at Old Trafford in August 1991

Stewart's Sri Lankan Diary

Jan 31, 2001: Throughout England's tour of Sri Lanka, England's senior pro Alec Stewart will be keeping an exclusive diary for CricInfo

Kirsten out of WP-Boland clash

Jan 31, 2001: Gary Kirsten has not fully recovered from an injury sustained during the recent Sri Lankan tour of South Africa and has withdrawn from the MTN WP team to play Boland in a Supersport Super Eight Series match starting at Newlands on Thursday

Players outside 25 also eligible for selection: Wright

Jan 31, 2001: Indian coach John Wright hinted in Chennai on Wednesday that players from outside the list of 25 probables for the Test series against Australia could yet be considered for selection

Parthiv Patel: Youngster destined for greater heights

Jan 31, 2001: Ahmedabad is a city in ruins