Pakistan local: Aga Khan Gymkhana triumph

Dec 19, 2000: Karachi, Dec 18: A third-wicket partnership of 149 between Arif Pyarali and Suleman Huda enabled Aga Khan Gymkhana defeat Rafiq Shirazi Memorial CC by seven wickets in the Aga Khan Gymkhana Ramazan Cricket Tournament here on Monday

Alistair Campbell's Zimbabwe Diary

Dec 19, 2000: India was a great experience: Well our Indian sojourn is over, and in sitting here I'm my hotel room overlooking the beautiful town of Christchurch

Gilchrist hails proudest moment of career

Dec 19, 2000: Stand-in Australian captain Adam Gilchrist is a proud man this afternoon after leading his team to a hard-fought five wicket win in the Third Test against West Indies

Bailey passes Greatbatch while Mason draws level with Campbell

Dec 19, 2000: In the third round Shell Cup match between Northern Districts and Canterbury, Mark Bailey's innings of 32 took him past Mark Greatbatch as the player with most runs in the competition without the aid of a century

Everything to play for, and plenty to lose

Dec 18, 2000: New Zealand drew first blood when beating India in their CricInfo Women's World Cup game 10 days ago but both teams know that counts for nothing in the sudden death semi-final they will play on BIL Oval at Lincoln University tomorrow

South Africa looking to boost for women's game in 2005

Dec 18, 2000: South Africa's success in winning the right to host the next Women's World Cup in 2005 is likely to be the first step in the rejuvenation of the women's game in that country

Franklin called up with all-rounder's role in mind

Dec 18, 2000: Wellington all-rounder James Franklin, a former New Zealand Youth team captain, has been called into the New Zealand Test team for the Boxing Day Test against Zimbabwe at the Basin Reserve

Warne helps England with leg-spinning discovery

Dec 18, 2000: Giles White: England's new all-rounder

Donald out of Kingsmead Test, Ngam will play

Dec 18, 2000: Just one day after being named in the South African squad for the first Castle Lager/MTN Test match against Sri Lanka at Kingsmead, champion fast bowler Allan Donald has withdrawn, opening the way for Mfuneko Ngam to win his second Test cap

Brown admits call-up is a surprise

Dec 18, 2000: Jason Brown admitted to being "a bit gobsmacked" when David Graveney called to give him the news of his inclusion in the Test squad to Sri Lanka

BCCI should take a leaf out of the ACB's book

Dec 18, 2000: The Deodhar Trophy, a premier inter-zonal competition is in progress now

Indian news round-up

Dec 18, 2000: Despite being slapped with a ban in the last match of the India- Zimbabwe Oneday series, Ganguly has retained the spot of Numero Uno with respect to the batting averages for the calender year 2000, finishing with a tally of 1,569 runs from 32 matches

Funky's show continues on

Dec 18, 2000: The Colin Miller show continues on

To watch or not to watch?

Dec 18, 2000: Training today at 9 am

Canterbury looking to its future in Zimbabwe games

Dec 18, 2000: Canterbury is taking the chance to make an assessment for its future with its selections for two games against Zimbabwe this week

Hasan Raza sparkles with century

Dec 18, 2000: Karachi, Dec 17: Test reject Hasan Raza hammered a sparkling century off just 47 deliveries to help Northern Gymkhana thrash Asghar Ali Shah CC by 86 runs in the 15th Karachi Gymkhana Ramazan Cricket Festival for Tapal Trophy at the Karachi Gymkhana

Gus Mackay: ambition to be achieved

Dec 18, 2000: Since the retirement of Dave Houghton and apart from occasional appearances by Eddo Brandes, Andy Flower, now 32, has been the oldest member of the Zimbabwe team

The age old age factor

Dec 18, 2000: The Cooch Behar Trophy is the biggest and most prestigious tournament at the junior level in India

Wairarapa have good win in schoolgirls' tournament

Dec 18, 2000: Wairarapa pulled off a big surprise when beating Manawatu in the Central Zone secondary schoolgirls' cricket tournament at Wanganui today

South Africa shows how beating Australia might be done

Dec 18, 2000: South African captain Kim Price thinks her side has done New Zealand and India a favour by showing them how Australia can be beaten