'Winning is contagious' says Lara
Brian Lara: 'You've got to go out there and win the game, it doesn't matter [who] the opposition [are]' © Getty Images Brian Lara has labelled his team's shutout of Zimbabwe an encouraging build-up to…
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ICC Trophy top five set for windfall
Joe Doherty and Malcolm Speed launch the ICC Trophy in Belfast © International Cricket Council On the opening day of the ICC Trophy Ireland 2005, Ehsan Mani, the ICC president, confirmed a $US 2.5 million…
Chilton and Law bat out the draw
Scorecard"Thanks to the players for such a great contest," said the PA as the teams retreated to the pavilion at 5.30pm. To be fair, he was only reading his script, but the heavy irony was…
Rudolph and Dippenaar make Bangladesh sweat
Jacques Rudolph and Boeta Dippenaar gave their controversyplagued team a much-needed happiness tonic with a mammoth323-run stand for the third wicket. By the close of play on thesecond day, South Africa led by 191, having…
Sports Minister scraps plans for Dharmadasa headed committee
The Sri Lankan Sports Minister Laksmann Kiriella has been forced to abandonplans to appoint a new National Development Committee following protestsfrom the Interim Committee of the Board of Control for Cricket in Sri Lanka(BCCSL).Last week…
Harbhajan and Sreesanth will get along – Kirsten
'On the friendly side of the boundary rope I have found them to be extremely friendly, inoffensive and helpful people' © Getty Images Gary Kirsten, the India coach, is confident Harbhajan Singh and Sreesanth will…
England on top with huge lead
Scorecard and ball-by-ball commentaryHow they were out Alastair Cook stroked his way to 60 before edging to slip © Getty Images England maintained the high ground of the second Test in Wellington, extending their lead…
West Indies players and board again at loggerheads
Talks on Sunday between the West Indies board (WICB) and the players' association (WIPA), aimed at finding a solution to the row over player contracts for the forthcoming tour of England, broke down before they…
Torpid Zimbabwe crushed by Gayle
West Indies156 for 0 (Gayle 95*, Chattergoon 54*) beat Zimbabwe 152 (Strydom 48, Bravo 3-24, Mohammed 3-37) by ten wicketsScorecardHow they were out Chris Gayle: smacked an unbeaten 95 , took 1 for 24 and…
Moody arrives in Sri Lanka
Moody played his part in two World Cup triumphs © Getty Images Tom Moody, who signed a two-year contract that will lead up to the next World Cup, arrived in Sri Lanka on Saturday evening…