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Details of Hayden’s inningsMins      Balls    Balls for 50s50         167        107        107100        308        208        101150        343        242         32200        412        292         50250        463        321         29300        529        362         41350        588        402         40380        622        437          –

Highest Test scores380    Matthew Hayden     Australia v Zimbabwe    Perth          2003-04375    Brian Lara         West Indies v England   St John’s      1993-94365*   Garry Sobers       West Indies v Pakistan  Kingston       1957-58364    Len Hutton         England v Australia     The Oval       1938340    Sanath Jayasuriya  Sri Lanka v India       Colombo        1997-98337    Hanif Mohammad     Pakistan v West Indies  Bridgetown     1957-58336*   Walter Hammond     England v New Zealand   Auckland       1932-33334*   Mark Taylor        Australia v Pakistan    Peshawar       1998-99334    Don Bradman        Australia v England     Leeds          1930

Highest Test scores by Australians380    Matthew Hayden    v Zimbabwe   Perth         2003-04334*   Mark Taylor       v Pakistan   Peshawar      1998-99334    Don Bradman       v England    Leeds         1930311    Bob Simpson       v England    Manchester    1964307    Bob Cowper        v England    Melbourne     1965-66304    Don Bradman       v England    Leeds         1934

Highest Test scores for Australia at Perth380    Matthew Hayden    v Zimbabwe     2003-04219    Michael Slater    v Sri Lanka    1995-96200    David Boon        v New Zealand  1989-90197    Ricky Ponting     v Pakistan     1999-00176    Bob Simpson       v India        1977-78171    Ian Redpath       v England      1970-71

Hayden’s Test runs in last four calendar yearsRuns     Avge2000       267     33.372001      1391     63.222002      1160     72.502003       837     76.09

Most sixes in a Test innings12  Wasim Akram       Pakistan v Zimbabwe          Sheikhupura          1996-9711  Matthew Hayden    Australia v Zimbabwe         Perth                2003-0411  Nathan Astle      New Zealand v England        Christchurch         2001-0210  Wally Hammond     England v New Zealand        Auckland             1932-339  Chris Cairns      New Zealand v Zimbabwe       Auckland             1995-969  Inzamam-ul-Haq    Pakistan v New Zealand       Lahore               2002

Highest totals by Australia in Tests758-8d    Australia v West Indies     Kingston             1954-55735-6d    Australia v Zimbabwe        Perth                2003-04729-6d    Australia v England         Lord’s               1930701       Australia v England         The Oval             1934695       Australia v England         The Oval             1930674       Australia v India           Adelaide             1947-48668       Australia v West Indies     Bridgetown           1954-55

JOHANNESBURG, March 22 AFP – International Cricket Council (ICC) president Malcolm Gray threatened India with suspension from world cricket here today in the wake of their players’ World Cup contracts row.Following a two-day ICC executive board meeting here, Gray said the world governing body was standing by its earlier decision to withhold World Cup payments worth $US 9 million dollars to India after its cricketers refused to accept the original players terms for the tournament.Gray also told reporters that if compensation claims made against the ICC as a result of India’s actions exceeded nine million dollars, drastic action would be taken.”If India are not forthcoming, the suspension of India from the ICC will be contemplated,” he said.In a fresh move, the ICC also decided to withhold payments to England and New Zealand for boycotting World Cup matches.England stand to lose $US 3.5 million dollars for forfeiting their match against Zimbabwe at Harare on February 13 on moral and security grounds.New Zealand will lose $US 2.5 million dollars for refusing to play their February 21 match against Kenya at Nairobi for security reasons.Sri Lanka too have had $US 500,000 dollars withheld because their players’ contracts were returned to the ICC after the official deadline.The payments will be withheld till compensation claims, likely to be made by official sponsors and broadcasters, are decided, ICC chief executive Malcolm Speed explained.The amount of money witheld from England was more than three times what the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) estimated it would have to pay for boycotting its game in Harare.However, Gray pointed out that the figures involved for England and New Zealand simply represented “prudent financial management” on the part of the world governing body and were based on the commercial value of the respective games.Gray said this World Cup had been the most lucrative ever with proceeds in “excess of $US 200 million dollars”.He added that cricket, which had been “on its knees” two or three years ago because of the match-fixing scandal, was now “almost corruption free”.But the re-named anti-corruption and security unit will continue to be funded to the tune of one million dollars per year.Gray also said the board had received reports from its code of conduct commission regarding investigations into cricket in Sharjah, claims against former Pakistan captain Asif Iqbal and allegations involving Brian Lara emerging from the testimony of Indian bookmaker Mukesh Gupta.He said that the ICC would be “drawing a line” under any further investigations, with Speed adding that the risk of libel meant they could not publish the reports.In a separate development, Speed said surprise World Cup semi-finalists Kenya would have their application for Test status considered a year ahead of schedule in 2005.The ICC also planned to refine its World Test championship to take account results of individual match as well as series results.The World Cup final takes place here at the Wanderers on Sunday between defending champions Australia and India.

The Tasmanian Selectors have today announced the Cascade Tasmanian Tigers team to play the Southern Redbacks in the Pura Cup match from Thursday 6th March to Sunday 9th March 2003 at Adelaide Oval.CASCADE TASMANIAN TIGERS

Jamie COX (Captain)
Sean CLINGELEFFER
Michael DIGHTON
Michael DiVENUTO
Xavier DOHERTY
Andrew DOWNTON
Adam GRIFFITH
Adam POLKINGHORNE
Daniel MARSH
Scott MASON
Chris BASSANO
Gerard DENTON
Damien WRIGHT

The twelfth & thirteenth men will be announced on the morning of the match.Damien Wright has been added to the squad after missing the previous match through injury, while Scott Kremerskothen has been omitted.Kremerskothen was a late inclusion replacing Adam Griffith in the team that defeated the Redbacks at Bellerive Oval earlier this week. Griffith has recovered from the calf strain, which forced his withdrawal from that match.

Ravindu Shah and Hitesh Modi, two players of Indian origin held the Kenyanbatting together with constrasting half-centuries on opening day of thefirst four-day unofficial cricket Test against Sri Lanka ‘A’ at theSaravanamuttu Stadium yesterday.Choosing to bat first after winning the toss, Kenya finished on 282 foreight with Shah scoring a handsome 94 spiced with 20 fours and Modi, apatient 52 in 208 minutes.All in all their total was an exceptionally good one considering the factthat their three key players, Kennedy Otieno, Steve Tikolo and skipperMaurice Odumbe made only 20 runs amongst them.The Kenyan batsmen were not afraid to punish the loose balls on a fast andbouncy pitch that gave both batsmen and bowlers equal opportunities. Thatmore than 60 percent of the runs (43 fours) Kenya scored during the day camefrom boundaries is a true reflection of how well the ball came onto thebat – pity that such pitches are seldom prepared in Test matches here.The arrival of the second new ball after 81 overs, not only gave Sri Lanka’A’ the wicket of Collin Obuyo when he was trapped lbw by Ruchira Perera for16, but also produced 40 runs off nine overs. Obuyo and Otieno Suji added 45for the ninth wicket in 52 minutes.The day however belonged to Nairobi-born 29-year-old Shah who held thecentre stage for the best part of the morning and into the afternooncompiling 94 off 135 balls. The tall right-hander with an upright stanceplayed stylishly, batting for 195 minutes before he fell at 137 when hemistimed a drive and gave leg-spinner Upul Chandana a low return catch.He held the Kenyan top order together after they had lost the key wickets ofOtieno (13), Tikolo (0) and Odumbe (7) to Perera and Prabath Nissanka. Shahhad a reprieve at 51 when Chamara Silva dropped a simple catch at square legoff Perera.”It was difficult playing under these conditions. It was quite hot outthere. The first 20 overs were testing because the ball was bouncing alittle bit,” said Shah who got a couple of first-class hundreds againststate sides on the tour to India recently.”It would have been nice if we had lost only three or four wickets at theend of the day, but it is a good first day total,” said Shah.Left-handed Modi an experienced campaigner at 30 scored his secondhalf-century against Sri Lanka hitting five fours in his 138-ball innings.He scored an unbeaten 78 against Sri Lanka in 1996, which is the highest ofhis four one-day fifties.Modi shared in stands of 59 and 47 with Shah and Thomas Odoyo who struckseven fours in a quickfire 34 off 39 balls.Perera was the pick of the Sri Lankan ‘A’ bowlers finishing the day withthree for 63.The other two quicks, Prabath Nissanka and Kaushalya Weeraratne, paid thepenalty for over pitching; each being struck for three fours in an over byShah and Modi respectively.Weeraratne was playing only his second first-class match after beingsidelined by injury since January last year and looked rather ordinary.Nissanka bowled with pace and bounce but lacked direction. When he was online he looked dangerous and had the batsmen ducking for cover.Chandana picked up the wickets of Kenya’s two main runs scorers Shah andModi to end the day with figures of two for 58.

Natalee Scripps: nine wickets in two matches against Wellington

Auckland qualified to defend their State League title despite a last-round loss to Wellington yesterday.They will meet Canterbury in the final at Redwood Park on Saturday.Details of the defending champions’ last two games were:On Monday Auckland medium-fast bowler, Natalee Scripps ended the Auckland Hearts’ vital State League match against the Wellington Blaze on Monday with the competition’s second-best figures.Scripps took six for 19 and bowled her side into Saturday’s final where the Hearts will defend their title against the Canterbury Magicians.The best bowling figures are held by another Auckland pace bowler, Munokoa Tunupopo, who took 7-19 against Central Districts in 1999/00.Earlier, TelstraClear White Ferns captain Emily Drumm top scored with 34 of the Hearts’ total of 145, their lowest total against Wellington. However, Scripps’ second five-wicket bag saw Wellington dismissed for 110.Yesterday, an unbeaten record-breaking sixth-wicket partnership of 144 by Wellington Blaze’s Maia Lewis and Megan Wakefield took their side to a five-wicket win over the State Auckland Hearts.It was the second match of a double-header played in Auckland and the home side looked set for a win after Scripps had the visitors six for three in the seventh over.But Wakefield (76 not out) and Lewis (74 not out) consolidated the innings and overhauled the Hearts’ score of 198 with 15 balls to spare.In the Auckland innings, Kelly Brown top scored with a hard hit unbeaten 43 off just 47 balls. Seventeen-year-old Ros Kember compiled 37 and captain Michelle Lynch 23.Despite the loss, the State Auckland Hearts will travel to Christchurch to defend their title in the final on Saturday.

The annual challenge match between Nashua WP and All Gold Boland will be played at Newlands on Wednesday afternoon and not today (Tuesday) as previously advertised.The reason for the change was to accommodate players representing the SA “A” team against India in East London. Ironically this match was abandoned yesterday morning because of rain. The match is scheduled to start at 15h45 and will be played according to Standard Bank Cup rules. The WP selectors announced the WP team on Monday and are resting several players who have minor injury problems ahead of Sunday’s opening Standard Bank Cup match against Easterns in Benoni. Not withstanding injuries WP field a powerful side, which sees the return of Aswell Prince and Lloyd Ferreira.The WP team is;

MEDIA RELEASE:NASHUA Western Province Vs All Gold BolandNewlands Cricket Ground14 November 2001Nashua Western Province  Squad:1) Graeme Smith2) Andrew Puttick3) Jonathan Trott4) Ashwell Prince5) H.D. Ackerman ( C )6) Lloyd Ferreira7) Thami Tsolekile8) Alan Dawson9) Claude Henderson10) Roger Telemachus11) Quentin Friend12) Renier MunnikCoaches: Eric Simons, Vincent Barnes

Rain has caused the cancellation of the first days of the Gillette and Yoplait Cup tournaments in Palmerston North, for the first time in their history.The national secondary schools’ finals are a traditional part of the cricket scene now and fortunately for organisers, the possibility of rain had been covered in the rules surrounding the tournament.What will happen now is that tomorrow’s second day of games will continue as scheduled.And to give the games an extra bite, the winners will now play a straight final on Tuesday with the losers playing off for third and fourth, in both competitions.The decision to abandon play was made early today and teams have spent their day at the indoor centre in Palmerston North practising.

Day 2 report
Frizzell County Championship Division One
Division One Table Lancashire 130 for 2 trail Kent 602 for 6 by 472 runs
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Carl Hooper was Lancashire’s only source of hope as his former county Kent took absolute control on the second day at Blackpool. Ed Smith had been the star of day one with a superb 203, but Matthew Walker came close to matching him, easing to 150 with 19 fours before mistiming Hooper to long-on. Lancashire’s misery wasn’t over even then – Mark Ealham joined the rout with 95 as Kent declared on 602 for 6, their ninth-highest total in history, and the highest at Stanley Park. Hooper had already bowled 51 overs in the match, but his day’s work wasn’t finished. Rob Ferley grabbed two quick wickets with his offspin, and it was left to a pair of half-centuries from Hooper and Mark Chilton to prevent a bad day for Lancashire getting any worse.Middlesex 58 for 2 trail Warwickshire 496 by 438 runs
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Ashley Giles continued his annus mirabilis with the bat – and then took a wicket with his third ball – to leave Middlesex with it all to do at Southgate. Giles’s 96 from 139 balls made the difference between an average total and an excellent one, as Warwickshire’s last three wickets added 187 between the showers to reach 496 all out. Neil Smith and Melvyn Betts contributed a brace of 30s, and Giles had seemed set for a century until he holed out to Abdul Razzaq at long-on. Middlesex’s captain, Andrew Strauss, started brightly with 37 from 40 balls, but Giles had him caught at short-leg, before Dougie Brown cleaned up James Dalrymple for a duck. Sven Koenig was left clinging on at the close.Sussex 340 for 5 lead Leicestershire 320 by 20 runs
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Phil DeFreitas added three wickets to his first-innings century, but it was Sussex who finished the day in command thanks to an unbroken 125-run stand between Tony Cottey and Matt Prior. Cottey finished on 138, his third century in consecutive innings, and Prior on 68, as Sussex recovered from a jittery period to finish the day 20 runs ahead of Leicestershire’s first innings 320, with five wickets in hand. DeFreitas struck early in the day to remove Murray Goodwin, then returned with two wickets in three balls, whereupon Charlie Dagnall added a couple of victims of his own. At 215 for 5, the match was in the balance, but by the close the scales had tilted south.Frizzell County Championship Division Two
Division Two Table Derbyshire 163 and 27 for 4 trail Worcestershire 301 by 111 runs
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Kabir Ali overcame a family tragedy to put Worcestershire firmly in charge against Derbyshire at New Road. Kabir had been due to attend the funeral of his two-week-old nephew, who died at the weekend, but he was given the blessing of his father to continue playing and responded with a match-turning 68 from No. 9 and a trio of lbws in a rapid six-over spell with the new ball. Worcestershire had been teetering at 190 for 7 in reply to Derbyshire’s 163 when Kabir joined Steve Rhodes (84*) in adding 104 for the eighth wicket, and he then reduced Derbyshire to 27 for 4 in their second innings. Rain brought an early end to the day, by which stage Worcestershire well in sight of victory.Yorkshire 448 and 2 for 0 lead Durham 327 by 123 runs
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Craig White’s unbeaten 135 was the difference between the sides on a run-feast of a day at Chester-le-Street, in which 437 were scored. Shoaib Akhtar had threatened to tear through Yorkshire’s tail when he dismissed Andy Gray for his overnight 60, and Darren Gough and Ryan Sidebottom didn’t last too long either. But Steve Kirby hung around long enough for White to play a few shots, and Yorkshire’s total of 448 was more than satisfactory. Durham in reply managed a healthy 327, but a first-innings deficit of 121 may come back to haunt them. Three Durham batsmen made half-centuries, but none exceeded Gary Pratt’s 54, as Kirby followed his good work with the bat with 4 for 93. Gough, with a Test recall up for grabs, was lively in his 18 overs, but managed just the one wicket, that of his namesake, Michael. Hampshire 185 and 114 for 4 trail Glamorgan 437 by 138 runs
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Hampshire surrendered 14 wickets in a single day’s play to leave Glamorgan in sight of an innings victory at the Rose Bowl. Mike Kasprowicz was the first-innings destroyer, with 5 for 48, as six Hampshire batsmen passed 20, but none exceeded John Francis’s 27. Hampshire followed on 252 runs adrift, whereupon it was Robert Croft’s turn to take centre stage. He picked up all four of the second-innings wickets to fall – to add to his two from earlier in the day. Simon Katich did at least reach a half-century, but he spoiled the effect by wafting Croft to Alex Wharf at long leg in the final over of the day. At 114 for 4, Hampshire were still 138 runs from asking Glamorgan to bat again.

Gloucestershire’s groundsman Geoff Swift has landed the ideal retirement present by winning the ‘Out Groundsman Of The Year’ award for the second time.Geoff has been rewarded for his fantastic pitches at the Cheltenham College Ground, which Gloucestershire use for their Cricket Festival.The cricket was exhilarating, and the crowds swelled as the Festival saw Gloucestershire defeat Sussex, Notts and Northants. So a big thank you to Geoff for playing his part in providing such wonderful entertainment.

Zimbabwe go into their series of two Tests against the West Indies,starting here tomorrow, against a troubling background of racial andadministrative problems.The latest manifestation followed last weekend’s annual generalmeeting of the Mashonoland Cricket Association, the largest member ofthe Zimbabwe Cricket Union (ZCU), when ten black and Indian clubspulled out and announced their intention to form a breakaway league.Stephen Mangongo, a spokesman for the aggrieved clubs, charged thatwhite members had used their 26-22 numerical advantage at the meetingto vote black nominees out of office.We have Blacks who have done well in administration for Mashonolandand national cricket, as well as Indians, he said. And then to comeand suddenly vote them out of office and look for some little blackkids with no proven track record is against development.Chief executive David Ellmann-Brown acknowledged yesterday that theZCU, the governing body for Zimbabwe cricket, was concerned about theramifications of the situation.It is naturally worrying and we are attempting to put things togetherto reconcile the differences, he said.Signs of trouble were evident in the first match of the triangularOne-Day series June 23 when Heath Streak quit as captain over thecomposition of a six-member selection panel that excluded him andcoach, former Australian fast bowler Carl Rackemann.Streak relented when he and Rackemann were included. But it upset theequal racial balance of the panel and three non-white members quit.They returned when Streak’s father, Dennis, resigned because of theconflict of interest. Rackemann has since announced he will quit hispost next month to return to Australia.A few days later, Andy Flower, the team’s leading batsman and ratedNo.2 in the world rankings after an outstanding year in 2000, referredto problems within Zimbabwe cricket when receiving the Sportsman OfThe Year award in Harare.He claimed there were no racial difficulties within the Zimbabwe teamour cricketers do not see colour and said it could be an example tothe country at a time of racial, social and political conflict.Peter Chinkoka, the black president of the ZCU, took issue with someof Flower’s remarks, emphasising that it was vital faster progress bemade on the integration of the majority black population into the gamein Zimbabwe.