India's presence in the World Cup semi-finals was confirmed on Monday aftera compelling performance against Sri Lanka at The Wanderers.During the first innings India's openers, Sachin Tendulkar and VirenderSehwag, laid the foundations of an imposing…
LAHORE, March 26: The newly appointed coach Javed Miandad said on Wednesday that the current revamped Pakistan squad may take at least a year before becoming a top side again.Addressing a press conference at Gaddafi…
Having recorded victories over Surrey 2ndXI and Somerset 2ndXI in their opening ECB Second XI Championship matches, Hampshire 2's will be loking for a hat-trick of wins when they meat neighbours Sussex in a 3-day…
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…
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…
Adam Harrison has been named in the England under-19 squad for the first Test againstSouth Africa U-19 at Headingley, starting on August 1st.The 17 year old all-rounder has appeared regularly for Glamorgan 2nd XI this…
I first saw Graeme Smith when he was 12 years old, attending one of the cricket clinics I was organising in Johannesburg. And my very first impression was that he was a very good young…
Close Kent 47 for 2 (Key 14*, Banes 10*) trail South Africa 325 for 4 dec (McKenzie 102*, Rudolph 92) by 278 runsScorecardNeil McKenzie and Jacques Kallis staked their claims to places in South Africa's…
Robin Smith, Nic Pothas and Alan Mullally all return to Frizzell Championship action for the visit north to Chester-le-Street and the Division Two clash with Durham.Smith has been absent for 6 weeks and Pothas four…
Surrey have sprung a surprise by appointing Jonathan Batty as their captain for the 2004 season. Adam Hollioake has captained Surrey since 1997 but recently announced that next season - which is also his benefit…