Cricket News

SUPERSPORT Series minnows North West fought back bravely against the KwaZulu-Natal Dolphins at Potchefstroom yesterday in front of a noisily appreciative crowd of more than 1 000 people

Andhra were well placed at close of play on the second day of their South Zone under-19 cricket match for the Ghulam Ahmed Trophy against Hyderabad at Hyderabad on Monday

The Australians completed a convincing 244-run victory over the ZCU President's XI at Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo, after tea on the third day

Two fine attacking innings, by Trevor Madondo of the President's XI and Steve Waugh of Australia, were the highlights of the second day's play between the two teams, which finished with the tourists 274 runs ahead with eight second-innings wickets

Victorian opening batsmen Matthew Elliott and Graeme Vimpani combined to lead the Bushrangers to a comfortable seven-wicket victory over the New South Wales Blues in the opening match of the Mercantile Mutual Cup season at North Sydney Oval today

Justin Langer, after struggling for runs in Sri Lanka, welcomed the opportunity to get some batting practice in less testing conditions in Bulawayo, scoring a fine 148 to dominate the Australians' total of 335 for seven wickets declared against the

With a swashbuckling 117 off 62 balls by captain Brian Lara, the visiting West Indies beat Bangladesh by 109 runs at the floodlit Bangabandhu National Stadium Saturday to clinch the Biman Millenium Cup

Minnows Bangladesh experienced a 73 runs defeat to test elite West Indies in the first of the two-match ODI series at floodlit Bangabandhu National Stadium Friday

Medium pacers T.Kumaran and Harvinder Singh Sodhi skittled out Karnataka for just 91 runs in their second innings to bowl Rest of India to victory by an innings and 60 runs with more than a day to spare in the annual Irani Trophy fixture at the

South Africa's superior bowling and fielding skills enabled them to win the LG Cup final against India by 26 runs at Nairobi on Sunday

Saurashtra left hander Sitanshu Kotak held the Rest of India innings together on the third day of the Irani Trophy tie against Karnataka at the Chinnaswamy stadium in Bangalore on Sunday

It was a most disappointing start to their Indian tour for the New Zealanders

Rest of India held a slight edge over Karnataka at stumps on the second day of the five day Irani Trophy tie at the Chinnaswamy stadium in Bangalore on Saturday

The rain had put a dampener on the proceedings and very few spectators were at the ground

Only 28 overs play was possible on the first day of the five day Irani Trophy tie between Rest of India and Ranji Trophy champions Karnataka at the Chinnaswamy stadium in Bangalore on Friday

Zimbabwe had only one chance to qualify for the LGCUP final on Sunday

South Africa, after the resounding win against Zimbabwe, had moved to second place ahead of their neighbours on the point's table

Nairobi - India, after a very difficult start, recovered well to defeat Kenya by 58 runs in match four of the LG Cup in Kenya

Nairobi - South Africa in their first match against Zimbabwe since the World Cup defeat at Chelmsford beat a gallant Zimbabwean team at the Nairobi Gymkhana Club Ground by 9 wickets

The Zimbabwe captain Alistair Campbell won the toss in the opening match of the LG Cup and put Kenya in to bat