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…
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…
Hussain confirmed as England Test Match captain
England's selectors met at Edgbaston yesterday. Whilst the captain of England's One-Day team will not be announced until the end of the month, it was confirmed that Nasser Hussain will remain as captain of the…
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…
Harvey's heroics keep Australia's unbeaten run intact
Australia 270 for 5 (Ponting 59, Lehmann 55) beat West Indies 205 for 8 (Sarwan 47*) by 2 runs: D/L method A magnificent and typically unorthodox allround performance from Ian Harvey proved too good for…
Anderson announces new Patron's Trophy as Cidermen warm up for Twenty20 Cup
The County Ground in Taunton was a dangerous place to be on Wednesday morning as the Somerset county cricketers brushed up on their big hitting ahead of the new Twenty20 Cup competition that starts on…
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…
Francis ommitted from National League team for Lord's
Hampshire go into their vital National League match on Sunday at Lord's minus John Francis. Francis is ommitted with a culmination of his recent illness and the uncertainty over his future with the club.The match…
Kallis grabs six as England go down with a whimper
ScorecardMan of the morning: Jacques Kallis leads South Africa off after blowing England away with 6 for 54It took South Africa less than an hour to complete a comprehensive 191-run victory over England on the…
England's erratic assassin
Michael Slater feels the full force of Devon Malcolm, during the 1994-95 Ashes series"Ferocious, sometimes wild, and lacking in the touch of luck ...might he yet undergo a transformation such as Frank Tyson in 1954-55?"…