Astle does it by the book on fine day for tourists
To overcome Queensland's bowlers, you need to think and play positively. To be ready to meet Australia, you need not only to do that but to be feeling confident too. So full marks to Nathan…
Sinclair races to 127 against ACT
New Zealand top-order batsman Mathew Sinclair today became the third player to reach a century in the three-day tour match against the ACT President's XI at Manuka Oval.Sinclair was on 127 not out at lunch…
Gray re-affirms progress in match-fixing clean-out
Malcolm Gray, president of the International Cricket Council, issued a world-wide warning to world cricket today - the match-fixing scandals and problems must be buried by the time of the 2003 World Cup in South…
Like lambs led to slaughter
The abject surrender of the Indians at Centurion has once again proved that our team are tigers only at home. Once we are on foreign land, we turn tail and become the tamest of lambs,…
Shoaib, Saqlain yet to join camp
Controversial paceman Shoaib Akhtar and off-spinner SaqlainMushtaq skipped the second day of the training camp with thePakistan Cricket Board (PCB) and team manager trying to playdown their absence.Team manager Yawar Saeed told reporters that he…
Code crackdown results in extension of Yock's suspension
New Zealand Cricket chief executive Martin Snedden has successfully appealed a five-day suspension on Canterbury's Ben Yock and the suspension has been extended to 13 days.Snedden has been firm in his resolve to tidy up…
Another Harper incident dominates Hobart postscripts
New Zealand's favourite umpire Daryl Harper was in the gun again for the failure to observe South African wicket-keeper Mark Boucher's return catch to Chris Cairns in yesterday's VB Series game in Hobart.Boucher, given not…
Sales puts Wellington on course for victory
This was a day on which 14 wickets fell and some of the best batting came from two tenth-wicket partnerships in a match that has seen 11 ducks, ten caught behinds and two career-best bowling…
Somerset present Graham Rose with a silver salver to mark his retirement
Graham Rose, the Somerset all rounder who retired from the first class game at the end of the 2002 season was recently presented with a silver salver to mark his contribution to the game.Rose, who…
England complete 225-run win at the SCG
There were Australian hopes that this outstanding team might break all known records and come back to complete a whitewash in Sydney. There were fears that England's confidence might have taken such a battering throughout…