The Oval named best pitch in 2003
The ECB have named The Oval as the best pitch for 2003. Bill Gordon, Surrey's new groundsman, won the ECB groundsman of the year award for both the four-day and one-day pitch categories.The prize was…
SL coach optimistic about remaining Tests
Galle: Not a spinning nightmare, says Dyson© Getty ImagesJohn Dyson, Sri Lanka's coach, was upbeat after his first Test match in charge, saying that Sri Lanka were the dominant team and the only winners in…
Hayden and Ponting seal Australian victory
Australia 558 and 97 for 1 (Hayden 53*) beat India 366 and 286 by 9 wicketsScorecardYou can't keep a good team down: Matthew Hayden and Ricky Ponting helped Australia rediscover their winning ways© AFPAustralia coasted…
Dwayne Smith a doubt for Centurion Test
The West Indian batsman Dwayne Smith, who scorched to a 93-ball debut century at Cape Town, has emerged as a doubtful starter for the fourth and final Test at Centurion Park.Smith's innings was all the…
Lokuarachchi recalled in a spin-heavy squad
Sri Lanka have picked four specialist spinners in a 15-man squad for the first two one-day internationals against Australia. The squad included two changes from Sri Lanka's last one-day series, against England last November.Kaushal Lokuarachchi,…
Devon heads to Suffolk
Devon Malcolm: heading to Suffolk© Getty ImagesDevon Malcolm, who retired from first-class cricket at the end of last summer, has shown that he's not quite ready to hang up his boots by signing a one-year…
The opening conundrum, and cricketers campaigning
Sourav Ganguly: creating problems at the top?© AFPRusi Surti, the former Indian player, has lashed out at Sourav Ganguly for his decision to play in the third Test at Rawalpindi and alter a settled opening…
Second-string Sri Lanka too strong
Sri Lanka 223 for 9 (Sangakkara 63) beat Zimbabwe 151 (Ebrahim 50*) by 72 runsScorecardTatenda Taibu catches Thilina Kandamby - but Zimbabwe went down to another comprehensive defeat© AFPThe allround skills of Kumar Sangakkara and…
Muralitharan consolidates top position
Muttiah Muralitharan heads the Pricewaterhouse Coopers' ratings for Test bowlers. The latest list was announced after the first Test between Zimbabwe and Sri Lanka at Harare. In the same game, Muralitharan overtook Courtney Walsh's Test…
Harvey hammers hundred as Yorkshire win the Roses match
Ian Harvey - the first player to score two Twenty20 hundreds© Getty ImagesAndrew Flintoff and Ian Harvey - two men who could yet meet in the inaugural Ashes Twenty20 fixture next year - lit up…