A four-way contest
Mithali Raj: the captain of the home-town favourites, India © Bipin Patel My cyber postbag has bulged pleasantly recently with emails from all the over the world from enthusiastic mothers wanting to know how their…
McGrath dispute heads to Lord's
Anthony McGrath will go head-to-head with Yorkshire this week © Getty Images Anthony McGrath's long-running dispute with Yorkshire will gain momentum later this week when the two parties meet in front of an independent panel…
Dravid likely to remain captain
Rahul Dravid: set to stay on as captain © Getty Images At the end of a long day of infinite rumour and speculation it has emergedthat Rahul Dravid is set to stay on as India…
Statement of Andy Flower and Henry Olonga
Issued 9.30 a.m. February 10, 2003, at the start of Zimbabwe's opening World Cup match against Namibia.It is a great honour for us to take the field today to play for Zimbabwe in the World…
Pakistan ride home on Afridi blitz
ScorecardHow they were out Bringing up his 50 off 22 balls, Shahid Afridi provided the lift Pakistan needed to romp home with eight overs to spare © AFP Shahid Afridi pulled out a madcap, adrenaline-fuelled…
Players happy Zimbabwe tour axed
Matthew Hayden played in Zimbabwe in 2004, but he felt "compromised in general" © Getty Images Several senior Australia players have expressed their relief that the decision on whether to tour Zimbabwe was taken out…
Cluttered home season hampers venue renovation
Gaddafi Stadium is due for an overhaul © Andrew Miller Players are not the only ones affected by hectic international schedules; the PCB's plan to renovate five major stadiums is also likely to run into…
Chappell questions scheduling
Chappell reckons that inadequate preparation will hamper India's chances of reprising the 2003-04 result © Getty Images Greg Chappell, who coached India for two years before resigning in the wake of the World Cup debacle,…
Lancashire promise to go all-out for win
It's becoming a familiar story, although an unwelcome one - as rain washed out all of the county program on Tuesday. The three crunch games will now be three-dayers, at best.Lancashire's captain Mark Chilton spoke…
Scotland to target Pakistan in Twenty20 World Championship
John Blain, the Scotland fast bowler, has targeted Pakistan as a potential weak link in the forthcoming Twenty20 World Championship which kicks off in South Africa on September 11.Scotland join Kenya as the two Associate…