Andy Whittall: updated biography

Jan 19, 2001: FULL NAME: Andrew Richard Whittall BORN: 28 March 1973, Umtali (now Mutare) MAJOR TEAMS: Zimbabwe (1996/97- ); Matabeleland (1996/97-1998/99); Manicaland (1999/2000); Cambridge University (1993-1996)

Eddo Brandes: updated biography

Jan 19, 2001: FULL NAME: Eddo Andre Brandes BORN: 5 March 1963, Port Shepstone (Natal) MAJOR TEAMS: Zimbabwe (since 1985), Mashonaland Country Districts (1994/95-1995/96), Mashonaland (1996/97- )

Matabeleland Cricket Report

Jan 19, 2001: With the Logan Cup commencing on 16, 17 and 18 February, and the national players available, Matabeleland could field the strongest bowling attack ever seen in the competition with the possibility of five Test opening bowlers

Club cricket report, 19 January 2000

Jan 19, 2001: Alexandra Sports Club scored a massive 405/3 in 50 overs against the hapless MacDonald Club in Bulawayo, and then dismissed the home side for 212 to record a comprehensive victory by 193 runs

England A omit skipper Alleyne and strike bowlers

Jan 19, 2001: A surprise team selection by England A saw skipper Mark Alleyne being left out for the team's third match of the Busta International Series against Guyana in Grenada

Muralitharan ruled out of final test

Jan 19, 2001: Sri Lanka will take on South Africa without Muttiah Muralitharan, their premier bowler

England A leave out skipper Alleyne and strike bowlers

Jan 19, 2001: A surprise team selection by England A saw skipper Mark Alleyne being left out for the team's third match of the Busta International Series against Guyana in Grenada

Premier League overshadowed by Muralitharan injury

Jan 19, 2001: The start of third week of the Premier League Tournament was overshadowed by the disturbing news from South Africa that Muttiah Muralitharan now looks unlikely to play in the final Test match of the series

England keen to pull one back

Jan 19, 2001: From 160/1 England Under-19 slipped to 183 all out in the first Test match played at Mumbai

Keech and Savident join Portsmouth

Jan 19, 2001: Former Hampshire cricketers Matthew Keech and Lee Savident are set to link up with their old county team-mate Raj Maru and play for Portsmouth in the Southern Premier League Division 2 this summer

Indian news round-up

Jan 19, 2001: The president of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), AC Muthiah said in Chennai on Thursday that the Board's Anti-Corruption Commissioner K Madhavan would summon more cricketers to appear before the commission in connection with the

SuperSport Park prepared for Final Test

Jan 19, 2001: Be sure to get to SuperSport Park to watch the final Test match starting Saturday, 20 January 2001

Pakistani cricketers are well paid

Jan 19, 2001: Former captain Wasim Akram is country's highest paid player, according to the slab system introduced by the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) in 1991 and revised in 1998-99

England Test match tickets selling like hotcakes

Jan 19, 2001: England's Test match grounds are being bombarded with applications from supporters wanting to see if England can continue their new-found success against Pakistan and Australia in the summer

Country XI stifle Zimbabwe preparations

Jan 19, 2001: BOWRAL, NSW - An Australian Country XI beat Zimbabwe by 51 runs in a one-day cricket match at Bradman Oval today

News and Views

Jan 19, 2001: Afridi in the Dock After speedster Shoaib Akhtar, who in his exuberance to shatter the world speed record of cricket's thunderbolts was reported for `throwing' and had to sit out for months, Shahid Afridi is the second Pakistani bowler to be put

Dav Whatmore:Morale boosting victory lifts the team

Jan 19, 2001: Victory in the final One-Day International has given the team a boost before the crucial final Test match at Centurion Park

Karachi-W and Lahore-B to vie for the QEA Trophy

Jan 19, 2001: The eleventh and the last round of the Quaid-e-Azam Trophy (Grade I) tournament concluded yesterday with Karachi-Whites, despite being humbled in their last league match by Peshawar, emerged as winners of the league round with 87 points followed by

Viljeon dents Australian Country's total

Jan 19, 2001: BOWRAL - Zimbabwe all-rounder Dirk Viljeon restricted an Australian Country XI to 197 in the one-day cricket match at picturesque Bradman Oval today

Corruption unit head on way to New Zealand

Jan 19, 2001: International cricket's Anti Corruption Unit director Sir Paul Condon will be in New Zealand midway through next month to meet with anti corruption personnel in this country