Australia have agreed for the final two NatWest Challenge matches to go ahead as scheduled. Doubt had been cast on whether the games, at Lord's and The Oval, would go ahead after Thursday's terrorist attacks…
England 319 and 284 for 6 (Thorpe 104*, Butcher 59*, Giles 36*) beat New Zealand 384 and 218 (Richardson 49, Giles 4-46) by four wickets ScorecardGraham Thorpe: his 14th Test century - and one of…
England v Zimbabwe, 2nd Test, Chester-le-Street, Day 2After writing Zimbabwe off yesterday, when they'd had quite a decent day in the field, I felt a bit of a heel. They had bowled reasonably tightly, after…
Match referee Colonel Naushad Ali is to study video footage of James Kirtley'saction during England's one-day victory over Zimbabwe at Harare before deciding whether to report his concerns officially to the International Cricket Council.Colonel Ali…
Kenya's sports minister Ochillo Ayacko has acted to resolve the crisis© CricinfoOchillo Ayacko, Kenya's minister of sports, has disbanded the Kenyan Cricket Association, claiming that it is blighted by mismanagement, and appointed an interim committee…
Division One3rd dayCharlie Shreck produced a stunning career-best of 8 for 31 as Nottinghamshire swept to an astonishing innings win against Middlesex. The match hurtled to a conclusion as Shreck decimated the Middlesex second innings.…
False dawn: Alex Tudor and Darren Gough prepare for the start of the season .... but it was a curtailed one for Tudor © Getty Images Alex Tudor's career was again in doubt after it…
South Africa's allrounder, Andrew Hall, is hoping to return to action for Worcestershire next week following a back spasm.Hall suffered the injury during last Sunday's National League match against Durham, breaking down after bowling just…
Shivnarine Chanderpaul, whose brilliant hundred was instrumental in West Indies pulling off an improbable victory in the fourth and final Test against Australia, will miss the one-day series against the world champions and, possibly, the…
Following days of endless sunshine and absorbing cricket, the fourth day ofthe final npower Test match was lost to the rain clouds today to reduceAustralia's chances of victory and boost England's hopes for a draw.The…