England's dark satanic mills
Alec Stewart surrenders as South Africa prick England's ego at EdgbastonIn terms of bad timing, it was up there with the moment Nero reached for a fiddle rather than a firehose. This was the week…
Kirtley inspires England to series-levelling win
England 445 and 118 beat South Africa 362 and 131 (Boucher 52, Kirtley 6-34) by 70 runsScorecardDream debut: James Kirtley celebrates on his way to 6 for 34 and the Man of the Match awardEngland…
Warne lashes out at ban on training
Shane Warne has vented his righteous anger again, speaking out against the ban on training imposed on him by Cricket Australia. Warne was served a one-year ban from playing cricket in February for using a…
SpeedBlitz Blues ING Cup – The quest for 4 in a row
Cricket NSW Chief Executive David Gilbert has announced the SpeedBlitz Blues team to play the Victorian Bushrangers in the historic ING Cup match at Bradman Oval in Bowral on Sunday October 26th, 2003. The SpeedBlitz…
Win apiece for CD and Academy Selection
In the first of two one-day matches at Bert Sutcliffe Oval, a century by Peter Ingram proved the difference that allowed Central Districts to claim a 22-run win over the Academy selection. A howling north-westerly…
Smith continues to reap the rewards
Graeme Smith collected his second successive award as one of the five Mutual & Federal Cricketers of the Year. Smith was honoured together with Herschelle Gibbs, Makhaya Ntini, Shaun Pollock and Jacques Rudolph at the…
England name unchanged squad for Windies tour
Steve Harmison: come in from the cold © Getty Images 2004The England selectors have named an unchanged 15-man squad for their forthcoming tour of the West Indies. Unchanged, that is, except for the all the…
Clarke century brightens drawn match
ScorecardMichael Clarke cut loose with a fine century © Getty ImagesThe three-day match at Hobart petered out to a draw, after Australia A set the Indians an unrealistic target of 308 in a minimum of…
Jones delays Caribbean departure
Simon Jones: fitness issuesConfusion reigns over the fitness of Simon Jones, who has been suffering from sore shins since his exertions with the England A team in India.As far as Duncan Fletcher was concerned, Jones…
Pakistan romp to series-levelling win
ScorecardShoaib Akhtar dealt the killer punch this morning when he nailed Virender Sehwag© AFPPakistan needed just seven overs to knock off the 40 they required to clinch a comprehensive nine-wicket victory over India in the…