England players back New Zealand
The England players, who want their proposed World Cup match in Harare on February 13th moved to South Africa on safety grounds, have expressed their support for New Zealand's decision to forfeit the points from…
Tired Trescothick not thinking about captaincy
England opening batsman Marcus Trescothick, one of the leading contenders to take over the England one-day captaincy from Nasser Hussain, has said that while he welcome the opportunity to do the job, a long and…
Sri Lanka v Zimbabwe: An assessment
A bit of enthusiasm can do marvellous things! Kenya proved it at the World Cup, and now Zimbabwe, slowly regaining theirs, caused a major upset at Sharjah by beating Sri Lanka handsomely. It was nice…
Flower: "Players take the rap but it's all down to bad management"
The inexperience of the Zimbabwe side was exposed for all to see during their defeat in the first Test against England at Lord's. The bowling lacked any penetration, and the batting, without the bedrock of…
Smith leads Hampshire to professional win over Saltires
Hampshire have moved up into third place in the National Cricket League Division Two table after they manoeuvred comfortably around the potential banana skin fixture against surprise package Scottish Saltires at the picturesque The Grange…
Afghanistan coach appeals for assistance
In an exclusive interview with Wisden CricInfo this week, Taj Malik, vice-president and national coach of the Afghanistan Cricket Federation (ACF), made a fervent appeal for help in developing cricket in his country.Speaking on a…
PCB allows Shoaib to miss Test series against Bangladesh
The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has allowed Shoaib Akhtar to miss Pakistan's three-Test home series against Bangladesh, enabling him to play with Durham till the end of the season. Rameez Raja, the chief executive of…
Scott inspires Bournemouth as they wipe away Academy
Richard Scott produced an inspired individual performance as Bournemouth crushed the Hampshire Academy by nine wickets at the Rose Bowl to power into second place in the ECB Southern Electric Premier League.Scott broke up the…
Richardson gets reward for his consistency
For the first time in nine years, New Zealand have a batsman among the top eight in the world rankings. Mark Richardson, despite not having played in a Test since May, finds himself in eighth…
Kasprowicz and Croft take the bowling honours
Michael Kasprowicz finished the 2003 season as the most successful bowler in Division Twoof the County Championship, and with 77 wickets to his name, he was also the second highestwicket-taker in the country, with only…