Australia's Academy side proved too strong for their New Zealand counterparts in a one-day game in Townsville yesterday.Australia batted first and while losing Chris Simpson to the third ball of the innings, a 142-run second-wicket…
"What an ungrateful lot the Sri Lankans are," exclaimed a distinguished retired Sri Lankan lawyer I know as we exchanged views about the England Test series we had just lost. An expatriate Singhalese of illustrious…
Simon Jones has been includedby the England selectors in a fourteen man squad for the 2nd npower Test againstSri Lanka at Edgbaston, starting on May 30th.The 23 year old pace bowler has had a fine…
Development of ExcellenceBuilding is due to begin on the Loughborough-based National Academy indoor cricket centre in November, subject to lottery endorsement and planningpermission. The centre will not only be one of the largest indoor cricketschools…
Chris Cairns hasn't been frustrated out of cricket yet by his run of injuries and said his over-riding emotion after his latest knee problems was to give it 'one more shot'.Cairns will undergo surgery again…
The 2001-02 season is over and must rate as one of the most disappointing seasons in South African cricketing history. Lessons have been learnt and time will tell if these will be put into practice…
Railways took a stranglehold on their Ranji Trophy pre quarterfinalagainst Maharashtra on Tuesday. At stumps on the fourth day of thegame at the Poona club ground, Railways after taking a first inningslead of 123 runs…
World-ranked New Zealand all-rounder Chris Cairns will be available for all of the side's winter programme except the West Indies tour.He will play in the Sharjah Cup, most of the Pakistan tour and the ICC…
Jesse Ryder's stirring comeback to competitive cricket, in which he scored 117 and 174 in Wellington's five-wicket win over Central Districts in the Plunket Shield last week, was not all rosy. He has been reported…
The Pakistan board has plans to keep women players occupied with training during the off season after failing in its efforts to organise tours ahead of the World Twenty20 next May. Shireen Javed, the women's…