Country & city teams split honours
Wellington hosted the Cricket NSW Women's City v Country Championships over the weekend with every game being hard fought and all coming down to the last over to determine the winning team.On Saturday the Country…
Williams apologises for outburst
Brad Williams: "I have learnt my lesson ..."© Getty ImagesBrad Williams has apologised to Cricket Australia for his outburst following his omission from the Australian line-up for the first Test. Williams had earlier alleged that…
Inter-provincial tournament to be launched in January
Aravinda De Silva: can the current lot match his Himalayan achievements?© Getty ImagesSri Lanka Cricket (SLC) will launch the new Ten Sports inter-provincial cricket tournament on Jan 3, a tournament that has been designed to…
Middlesex hope to land Kumble
Anil Kumble is being lined-up as Middlesex's second overseas player in 2004."We are looking to sign him," John Emburey, Middlesex's coach, told the BBC. "We just need to get confirmation from the Board of Control.…
Record crowd at 'Waugh at the WACA'
The Western Australian Cricket Association is delighted to announce that a new WACA Ground domestic-limited overs crowd was set during WA's ING Cup win over NSW last night.A massive crowd of 16,987 came to watch…
Kallis's chance to equal The Don
A familiar sight: Jacques Kallis celebrates a hundred© AFPJacques Kallis will take a shot at scoring his sixth hundred in as many Tests, a feat accomplished only by Don Bradman, when South Africa meet New…
Rafique voted best sportsman
Mohammad Rafique has been voted by Bangladesh sports journalists as the best sportsman of 2003. Rafique, the 34-year-old left-arm spinner, whose outstanding performance yielded him 33 wickets in six Tests and 16 wickets in 20…
Ganguly follows Tendulkar into restaurant business
Sourav Ganguly is taking a leaf out of Sachin Tendulkar's entrepreneurial book. He is all set to open a multi-storey restaurant in Kolkata. "Sourav's" will combine formal and informal dining and is scheduled to come…
Playing hard but fair
Australian cricketers: playing the game in the right spirit© Getty ImagesAustralia's cricketers have always been renowned for their competitive attitude, but now they are to be known for their fair play as well. They have…
Griffith announces major changes to domestic season
Teddy Griffith: 'The standard must be such that the step up to Test or international cricket can be smoothly and confidently handled'© Getty ImagesThe West Indies board has announced that dramatic changes will take place…