Botham does it again
All Today's Yesterdays - August 2 down the yearsAug 1| August 31981Australia needed only 151 to win at Edgbaston - but Ian Botham was lying in wait again. After his heroics with the bat at…
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Fulton joins an elite group of New Zealand batsmen
Canterbury's Peter Fulton joined some select cricketing company when scoring his 301 not out against Auckland at Christchurch's Hagley Oval today in their State Championship cricket match.For a start, the 24-year-old right-handed batsman ended Otago's…
Akram, Akhtar decimate Namibia in trial by fire
KIMBERLEY - The Pakistan pace duo of Wasim Akram and Shoaib Akhtar decimated new minnows Namibia without a hint of remorse. Both shared nine out of 10 wickets to fall as the game finished with…
Sri Lankan selectors decision to rest Marvan Atapattu is ill-timed and dangerous
The Sri Lankan cricket team were on a high. Six consecutive wins - a recordfor a sub-continental side - and a third series win in the offing left thema happy and contented bunch. But, on…
ACU sleuths to remain vigilant during World Cup
The executive director of the World Cup, Dr. Ali Bacher, has promised to keep the event clean of corruption.He confirmed that he had a meeting recently with Sir Paul Condon, the head of the ICC…
Indian Domestic round-up
Assam Under-19 squad announcedThe Assam Cricket Association announced its Under-19 squad for the2001-02 Cooch Behar Trophy. The side will play its first match againstBihar at Jamshedpur from 18 to 21 October 2001. The squad is…
West Indies name replacements for Sri Lanka
The West Indies selectors have announced the names of the two replacements for the injured Leon Garrick and Dinanath Ramnarine. They are the Jamaican, Ricardo Powell, and the uncapped Trinidadian, Darrel Brown.Both players will travel…
Bond returning to New Zealand for scan of back injury
Fast bowler Shane Bond is to return to New Zealand from Sri Lanka for an assessment and possible treatment of his back injury.Bond was to have had an assessment done in Colombo but the decision…
Hooper hails Muralitharan as off-spinner breaks more records
West Indian captain Carl Hooper hailed Muttiah Muralitharan as the world's best spinner after the 29-year-old had equalled Richard Hadlee's world record for the highest number of ten-wicket hauls in the second Janashakthi National Test…
Yorkshire ease worries, but Surrey look doomed
Yorkshire Phoenix moved further away from relegation worries with an emphatic 67 runs win over Surrey Lions at Headingley in the Norwich Union League.But there appears to be no escape from a drop into Division…