Return from purgatory
After a winter of purgatory, Graham Thorpe is on the comeback trail, making regular runs in the County Championship, and inching ever closer to an England recall. Wisden CricInfo caught up with him, shortly after…
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Summer of discontent
A report in Sunday's Observer newspaper in London claims that opponents of Robert Mugabe's regime are planning to disrupt the forthcoming Zimbabwe tour of England which gets underway next weekend.Zimbabwe are due to play two…
Astle and Cairns provide timely boost in six-wicket win for NZ
Nathan Astle's 13th century in One-Day Internationals but, more importantly, his second in his World Cup career, assured New Zealand of a six-wicket Super Six victory over Zimbabwe at Bloemfontein today.Given the importance of New…
England make light of PNG score in good conditions
Papua New Guinea made light of England's attack when scoring a creditable 222/6 on Lincoln Green today.But in good batting conditions England wrapped up a six wicket win in 28 overs to be in a…
Midlands beat Manicaland by 2 wickets
In an exciting finish, Midlands won their first match of the tournament at Bulawayo Athletic Club, beating joint leaders Manicaland by two wickets after five defeats. Doug Marillier played a match-winning innings for them, but…
Bad luck hits Vettori again, should be right for third Test
Daniel Vettori's injury woes continued today with news that he is to come home from Australia after suffering a slight tear in his syndemosis ligament which runs across the front of his ankle.The New Zealand…
Gillespie out of Boxing Day Test
Injury has closed a door on Australian fast bowler Jason Gillespie's chances of playing in the Second Test against South Africa, but opened others for Andy Bichel and Brad Williams in a dramatic turn of…
James steps down as Glamorgan captain
Steve James has stepped down as captain of Glamorgan after failing to recover from a long-standing injury to his knee. He will be replaced by Robert Croft.James, 35, underwent surgery earlier this season, from which…
Rudolph stakes claim
PERTH, Dec 7 AAP - South African tour rookie Jacques Rudolph today raised his chances of a Test debut against Australia next week.Rudolph hit an enterprising 59 in difficult conditions on the first day of…
Sponsorship comes to an end for cricket
One of the longest-serving sponsors in New Zealand sport has ended its association with New Zealand Cricket.Shell Oil, the sponsor of New Zealand's first-class cricket programme since the summer of 1975/76 has decided to concentrate…