Chris Cairns to retire from Test cricket
Chris Cairns: a Test career spanning more than 14 years will soon come to an end© AFPChris Cairns has announced he will retire from Test cricket after New Zealand's three-Test series in England. His last…
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England made to toil in warm-up
NZ Select XI 177 for 4 (How 65, Sinclair 16*, Elliott 13*) lead England XI 131 (Pietersen 50, O'Brien 4-34) by 46 runsScorecard Andrew Strauss: dismissed cheaply in Dunedin © Getty Images England's cricketers were…
Batsmen lack patience – Clive Lloyd
Only three batsmen made half-centuries in West Indies' 10-wicket loss to South Africa A © Getty Images Clive Lloyd, the West Indies team manager, has said the reason for low scores is the lack of…
North returns from knee injury
Western Australia's captain Marcus North is ready to return © Getty Images Marcus North will finally get a chance to lead Western Australia in a permanent capacity as he prepares to make his comeback from…
Willoughby heads to Grace Road
Charl Willoughby, the South African and Western Province Boland left-arm seamer, has signed a one-year deal with Leicestershire, as a replacement for Mark Cleary, the South Australian seam bowler, who will not be returning because…
McGrath tells South Africans to toughen up
Glenn McGrath has advised South Africa to find the mental toughness of former players like Hansie Cronje or risk more humiliation in Test cricket's supposed heavyweight series.Cronje may be the most disgraced figure in world…
New Year resolve is to carry on living the game
It's the middle of summer over here but in true sympathetic form I came down with a cold just after Christmas.Off I went to the pharmacist to talk about possible remedies. Our banned substance list…
Austrian National Team Squad for ECC Notts Sport® Trophy Squad announced
The Austrian squad for the ECC Notts Sport® Trophy has been named following a meeting of the selection committee on Monday 23rd June, 2003. The squad is as follows:A.Simpson-Parker (capt), Raza Aqif, M.Celeghin, Aman Deep,…
An air of unfulfillment
Sachin Tendulkar: the man they came to watch© Getty ImagesWhen Andy Bichel hit Sourav Ganguly on the shoulder shortly before lunch, a cry went out in the crowd: "Give him out now." It was loaded…
Annual review: Pakistan
Individual statistics for Tests played in 2004Pakistan Batting NameMINORunsHSAve100500CtStAbdul Razzaq51022044725.5--1--Asim Kamal3511727343-2-1-Fazl-e-Akbar120372518.5---1-Imran Farhat714039010127.8612-8-Inzamam-ul-Haq610037211837.22125-Kamran Akmal580862410.75--2153Danish Kaneria6107259*8.33--23-Mohammad Khalil120552.5--1--Mohammad Sami61111314913.1--22-Moin Khan24028177---4-Naved-ul-Hasan110111111---1-Riaz Afridi110999-----Salman Butt240967024-11--Saqlain Mushtaq120552.5--1--Shabbir Ahmed1221919*------Shoaib Akhtar61101142810.36--32-Shoaib Malik3612515950.2-2-3-Taufeeq Umar361922418.4---4-Umar Gul110141414-----Yasir Hameed61213139128.45-2-6-Younis Khan36030712451.1711-3-Yousuf Youhana713053911241.4621-2- Pakistan Bowling NameMBMdRWAveBest510SRERAbdul Razzaq581433436854.505\351-101.7553.56Fazl-e-Akbar124431621162.001\162--244.0066.39Imran Farhat72293182360.672\69--76.3379.48Danish Kaneria61911489642933.247\1182165.9050.44Mohammad Khalil11520970-0\38---63.82Mohammad…