SA Board President's XI v Australians, Potchefstroom, 2nd day

North stakes claim for Test spot

Feb 21, 2009: Marcus North won the battle of Australia's potential Test No. 6s but it was Simon Katich and Ricky Ponting who really enjoyed some pressure-free batting practice

India in New Zealand 2008-09

Intense first training session for Indians

Feb 21, 2009: India have brought rains with them, locals in Christchurch claim. But when it came to India's first practice session, the clouds made way for the sun, and India trained in ideal conditions at the picturesque Bert Sutcliffe Oval

Indian Premier League 2009

Naman Ojha signs for Rajasthan Royals

Feb 21, 2009: Naman Ojha, the Madhya Pradesh wicketkeeper, has signed a one-year contract with the Rajasthan Royals before the second season of the IPL

February 21-25

Pakistan v Sri Lanka, 1st Test, Karachi

Feb 21, 2009: Match home for the first Test between Pakistan and Sri Lanka in Karachi

The Stanford meltdown

We checked on Stanford - WICB

Feb 21, 2009: Donald Peters, the chief executive of the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB), has said his board did attempt to do background checks on Allen Stanford before entering into a five-year deal with him along with the ECB

India in New Zealand 2008-09

Oram, Taylor return but concerns grow over Mills

Feb 21, 2009: Jacob Oram and Ross Taylor have returned from injury and been named in New Zealand's 13-man squad for two Twenty20s against India, but there appears growing concern for Kyle Mills

Women's World Cup 2009

Pakistan women's coach happy with tri-series show

Feb 21, 2009: Pakistan women's coach Umer Rashid was pleased with the team's performance in the recently-concluded tri-nation series and said it was better than in the Asia Cup last year where they lost to Bangladesh

Regional Four Day Competition 2008-09, 7th round

Pagon, Lambert earn Jamaica first-innings points

Feb 21, 2009: A round-up of the seventh-round matches of the regional four-day competition

England in West Indies 2008-09

Flower more open to permanent role

Feb 21, 2009: Andy Flower has said he will consider applying for the England head coach role when it is officially advertised in the next few days

Pakistan v Sri Lanka, 1st Test, Karachi, 1st day

Jayawardene and Samaraweera hammer Pakistan

Feb 21, 2009: On a warm day in Karachi, when Test cricket returned to Pakistan after 14 months, the Sri Lankan top order indulged themselves to reach a strong position by the end of the opening day

County news

Work begins at the Rose Bowl

Feb 21, 2009: Work has begun on the first phase of development at Hampshire's Rose Bowl aimed at easing long-standing problems regarding spectator access

India in New Zealand 2008-09

Six Indians could get practice games

Feb 21, 2009: Six of India's Test squad could be allotted warm-up opportunities in New Zealand's first-class competition ahead of the first Test in Hamilton next month, according to a report in a local newspaper

New Zealand in Zimbabwe 2009

New Zealand obliged to tour Zimbabwe, says minister

Feb 21, 2009: Zimbabwe's sports minister, David Coltart, has said New Zealand have an obligation to tour his country and that if needed, he will travel to New Zealand to persuade the government

Victoria v Queensland, FR Cup final

Victoria battle to end one-day trophy drought

Feb 21, 2009: Cricinfo previews the FR Cup final between Victoria and Queensland

Hard times in the big league

Feb 21, 2009: All is not rosy in the IPL as the effects of the global economic downturn begin to make their presence felt

1984

Clothes maketh the men

Feb 21, 2009: The time when the ground, the umpires and the players were ready... but they had nothing to wear

The Eccentric Entrepreneur

The inflatable philanthropist

Feb 21, 2009: The granddaughter of the cricket-loving tycoon Julien Cahn expertly explores his remarkable life

Beyond The Test World

Hong Kong scale back on CEO plans

Feb 20, 2009: The Hong Kong Cricket Association has dropped plans to hire a chief executive and downgraded the post to senior sports administrator

West Indies v England, 2nd Test, Antigua

ICC to probe Antigua fiasco

Feb 20, 2009: The ICC will address the fiasco of last week's abandoned Test at the Sir Viv Richards Stadium when its chief executives meet in South Africa next week

County news

Anthony McGrath signs three-year deal with Yorkshire

Feb 20, 2009: Anthony McGrath has signed a new three-year contract which will keep him at Yorkshire until the end of the 2011 season.