Warne gets cracking after Victoria make 494
Tasmania 4 for 99 (Warne 2-31) trail Victoria 494 (Elliott 166, Hodge 121, Doherty 6-149) by 395 runs ScorecardShane Warne boosted his prospects of a Test place for next month's series in Sri Lanka, by…
Essex report a handy profit
Essex have announced an overall profit of £138,274 for 2003, thanks to improved attendances last season, especially for their inaugural Twenty20 Cup games, the National League matches played under Chelmsford's new floodlights, and their two…
Dravid climbs to second spot
Rahul Dravid's monumental 270 in the third Test against Pakistan at Rawalpindi, and India's victory in the match, has propelled him to a career-high second spot in the PwC ratings. Dravid is currently on 892…
Wet weather threatens Guyana one-dayer
The first one-day international between West Indies and England at Georgetown, Guyana, has come under threat due to wet conditions. Guyana had faced wet weather in recent days, which washed out England's warmup game, and…
USA start as favourites
John Davison: leading Canada in only their second first-class match© Getty ImagesThis weekend Canada will play their sixth first-class cricket match,fifty years after their fifth. In 1951 the MCC toured North America,and a team including…
Desperate England send for Flintoff
Unfit on Sunday, but fit enough today© Getty ImagesFaced with mounting pressure to perform after two dismal performances, England have recalled Andrew Flintoff for today's day-nighter against West Indies at Headingley.As recently as the weekend…
Chaos surrounds USACA elections
As of August 2004, the much-anticipated elections of the USA Cricket Association (USACA) are in total limbo. There is no word on when, if ever, they are going to be held. Not even the preliminary…
ICC defends inclusion of minnows
Ricky Ponting: Does anyone get anything out of these mismatches, then?© Getty ImagesReacting to heavy criticism by Ricky Ponting, among other players and officials, the ICC has defended the inclusion of weaker teams on the…
Key and Trescothick steer England to win
England XI 190 for 2 (Key 87, Trescothick 85*) beat Nicky Oppenheimer's XI 172 for 4 (Johnson 74) by eight wickets (D/L method)ScorecardMarcus Trescothick steers England to a sweeping success© Getty ImagesRain was predicted for…
Hazare embodied 'batsmanship at its flawless best'
Vijay Hazare: not just a great batsman, but also a reasonable bowler© Getty ImagesAt Adelaide in 1947-48, faced with a mammoth Australian total of 674, India were in trouble with their first five wickets down…