Walmsley to make his first Cup appearance for Otago

Dec 20, 2000: Black Cap Kerry Walmsley will make his Otago debut in the Shell Cup at Molyneux Park next week

Were England right to stick with Hick?

Dec 20, 2000: The Graeme Hick saga continues

Right arm over, first ball...

Dec 20, 2000: Brian Johnston kept talking about the lovely cakes he got from umpteen fans of his

Ganguly's inclusion in Bengal team raises eyebrows

Dec 20, 2000: The selection committee's decision to include Sourav Ganguly in the Bengal team for the Ranji Trophy matches against Orissa and Bihar has raised quite a few eyebrows in cricketing circles in Calcutta

Stage set for pulsating final

Dec 20, 2000: On team composition and current form, it will be exceedingly difficult to pick either Central Zone or South Zone as favourites on the eve of Thursday's Deodhar Trophy final between the two teams to be played at Lucknow

Close encounter with the Hazare mystique

Dec 20, 2000: As a relentless accumulator of runs, Vijay Samuel Hazare was perhaps not sui generis

Indian news round-up

Dec 20, 2000: Impressed by the methods of coaching adopted at the Elf Academy, the chairman of the Malaysian Cricket Association Prince Tunku Imran has invited former Indian captain Dilip Balwant Vengsarkar to coach in Malaysia

Moin feels the repercussions of Pakistan's loss

Dec 20, 2000: The repercussions of England's series clinching victory in Karachi are still being felt in Pakistan

2nd ODI, South Africa v Sri Lanka, Statistical Highlights

Dec 20, 2000: It was the 1662st ODI in cricket history

1st ODI, South Africa v Sri Lanka, Statistical Highlights

Dec 20, 2000: It was the 1661st ODI in cricket history

Pakistan local:MAP crash out of tourney

Dec 20, 2000: Karachi, Dec 19: Mian Azmat Professionals (MAP), one of the strongest club sides in the city, failed to make the semi-finals of the Aga Khan Gymkhana Ramazan Cricket Tournament when they suffered an unexpected five-wicket defeat against Mohammad

Pakistan local:Tapal CC in last four

Dec 20, 2000: Karachi, Dec 19: Tapal CC scored a crushing 10-wicket victory over CDC to enter the semi-finals of the 15th Karachi Gymkhana Ramazan Cricket Festival at the Karachi Gymkhana Ground here on Tuesday

Pakistan local:Ishtiaq's dashing knock of 89 runs

Dec 20, 2000: Karachi, Dec 19: Mohammad Zamir Khan Memorial CC (MZK) after upsetting top seeds Tapal CC in the quarter-finals, made a triumphant entry into the final of the 5th Danish Trophy Ramazan cricket tournament, beating defending champions STR II CC by six

Pakistan local:Ramazan cricket

Dec 20, 2000: Lahore, Dec 19: Apollo Club and Model Town Nawab Club, won matches in the Lahore Division Ramzan-ul-Mubarik Invitation Cricket Tournament at different grounds on Tuesday

3rd Test, Pakistan v England, Statistical Highlights

Dec 20, 2000: It was the 1521st Test in cricket history

PCB chief meets Moin, Bari

Dec 20, 2000: Lahore, Dec 19: The Pakistan Cricket Board chairman Lt- Gen Tauqir Zia advised the senior team captain Moin Khan and chief selector Wasim Bari to adopt offensive strategy instead of defensive in home and abroad series in the future

Kiwis respectful of Aussies but better prepared than in 1997

Dec 20, 2000: New Zealand captain Emily Drumm believes her side is in much better shape for Saturday's CricInfo Women's World Cup final than they were when meeting Australia in the 1997 Cup final in India

Hawke's Bay wins Central Zone tournament on run rate

Dec 20, 2000: Hawke's Bay won the Central Zone under-17 tournament in Wanganui today by virtue of its higher run-rate differential

Appearances invariably deceive, mate

Dec 20, 2000: "Life is good in Dunedin, mate

Geoff Marsh to assist Wright before Aussie tour of India

Dec 20, 2000: The newly appointed cricket consultant and former Aussie opening batsman Geoff Marsh would be assisting India's first foreign coach John Wright of New Zealand during the conditioning camp before the Australian tour of India in February next