News Archive: December 2002

• Under-pressure Waugh to be judged on form (31 December 2002)
• Bangladesh drops former captains from World Cup squad (31 December 2002)
• A-team could fire without World Cup selection worries (31 December 2002)
• Thorp to make Warrios debut (31 December 2002)
• Dale returns for Bulls (31 December 2002)
• Cricket Victoria announces colunteers of the year (31 December 2002)
• Fleming to undergo surgery on injured shoulder (31 December 2002)
• Stewart fit to return at Sydney (31 December 2002)
• Australia announces World Cup squad (31 December 2002)
• Cricket Victoria salutes fans (30 December 2002)
• SA Under-17s squad announced (30 December 2002)
• SA Under-13 team selected for National Carnival (30 December 2002)
• Bulls ING Cup team named (30 December 2002)
• McGrath out of fifth Test (30 December 2002)
• England show fighting qualities at last (30 December 2002)
• McGrath ruled out of fifth Orange Test, Williams drafted into squad as cover (30 December 2002)
• Captains praise spirited display by England (30 December 2002)
• ACB comment on Zimbabwe and the ICC Cricket World Cup (30 December 2002)
• Australian squad for fifth Orange Test (30 December 2002)
• Australia win at the MCG but have to fight for victory (30 December 2002)
• Davies to undergo surgery (30 December 2002)
• Australia A squad for limited-overs matches against the Sri Lankans (30 December 2002)
• Boxing Day in Melbourne (part 4) (29 December 2002)
• ICC confirms no record of letter from BCCI (29 December 2002)
• Australia set for fourth Ashes win despite Vaughan hundred (29 December 2002)
• Murali returns as Sri Lanka wins first match (29 December 2002)
• Australia falls behind for the first time (29 December 2002)
• Vaughan leads England fightback (29 December 2002)
• Boxing Day in Melbourne (part 3) (29 December 2002)
• Free tickets on offer for Australia A fixture at MCG (28 December 2002)
• ICC releases details of BCCI contract (28 December 2002)
• Injured White unlkely to play in fifth Test (28 December 2002)
• White the latest victim on England's cursed tour (28 December 2002)
• Australia enforce follow-on despite White heroics (28 December 2002)
• Fiery Gillespie burns England (28 December 2002)
• Free tickets on offer for Australia A fixture at MCG (28 December 2002)
• Australia enforces the follow-on (28 December 2002)
• Result of ICC Code of Conduct hearing concerning Andrew Caddick (28 December 2002)
• Caddick gets warning for bird (28 December 2002)
• England in trouble at 7-185 - lunch day three (28 December 2002)
• Boxing Day in Melbourne (part 2) (28 December 2002)
• Warriors name teams to play Bulls (27 December 2002)
• Caddick charged with Code of Conduct level 1 offence (27 December 2002)
• ICC responds to Indian Sports Minister comments (27 December 2002)
• Hussain right to seek referral - Fletcher (27 December 2002)
• Another controversial replay as Australia dominates (27 December 2002)
• Australia take key wickets after declaration (27 December 2002)
• Lehmann on the mend (27 December 2002)
• Langer on verge of second double century (27 December 2002)
• Boxing Day in Melbourne (part 1) (26 December 2002)
• SA names 12 for ACB Cup clash against Vic (26 December 2002)
• Fourth Orange Test highlighted by sell-out crowd (26 December 2002)
• Australia in control once again after first day at the MCG (26 December 2002)
• First day of the Fourth Orange Test to be televised in Victoria (26 December 2002)
• ICC welcomes BCCI decision to meet contractual obligation (25 December 2002)
• Lehmann ruled out of fourth Orange Test (25 December 2002)
• Top-of-the-ladder Scorpions name 12 to play Vic (24 December 2002)
• Love called up as cover for Lehmann (24 December 2002)
• Series win over Pakistan would take South Africa to top of ICC Test Championship Table (23 December 2002)
• Good fast bowlers don't happen by accident (23 December 2002)
• Australia overpower lacklustre Sri Lankans (22 December 2002)
• ACB announces Australian under-19 team (22 December 2002)
• MacGill wants more (22 December 2002)
• MacGill recalled for fourth Orange Test (22 December 2002)
• Noffke bowls Bulls towards victory (21 December 2002)
• Casson the key as WA seeks to take full points (21 December 2002)
• ICC welcomes emergency meeeting over BCCI contract crisis (21 December 2002)
• Lehmann makes left-handed opening pair with Hayden (21 December 2002)
• Steve Waugh again backs MacGill (21 December 2002)
• Bushrangers humble the Blues (21 December 2002)
• Collingwood thrilled by maiden hundred (20 December 2002)
• England triumph again as Sri Lanka subside (20 December 2002)
• Collingwood ton helps England reach 258 (20 December 2002)
• Love pushes international claims (20 December 2002)
• Langer ton puts WA in control against Redbacks (20 December 2002)
• NSW hopes in tatters against Victoria (20 December 2002)
• Junior cricket cancelled due to extreme hot weather (20 December 2002)
• Hussain wins toss and bats against Sri Lanka (20 December 2002)
• IDI Board Approves ICC Cricket World Cup 2003 Matches in Zimbabwe (19 December 2002)
• Zimbabwe will stage World Cup matches - ICC (19 December 2002)
• ICC makes final offer to BCCI (19 December 2002)
• ACB comment on World Cup selection (19 December 2002)
• Casson takes six wickets to destroy SA (19 December 2002)
• Western Australian Country XI squad announcement (19 December 2002)
• Leaden Nash overshadows Martin Love affair (19 December 2002)
• New South Wales fail to shine (19 December 2002)
• Hopes on stand-by for Bulls (18 December 2002)
• Selectors go the whole Hogg (18 December 2002)
• Vics may play two spinners (18 December 2002)
• SA looking to play three spinners against WA (18 December 2002)
• Tigers to battle for Pura Cup survival against Queensland (18 December 2002)
• England confident of winning in Australia - at Under-19 level (18 December 2002)
• Australian squad for the VB Series match v Sri Lanka in Perth on 22 December (18 December 2002)
• Injured World Cup players can be replaced, says ICC (17 December 2002)
• Win was desperately needed, says Hussain (17 December 2002)
• Confusion abounds player replacements for World Cup (17 December 2002)
• World Cup is not the be-all and end-all for Warne ` (17 December 2002)
• England builds base for first tour victory (17 December 2002)
• Campbell planning conquest on home soil (17 December 2002)
• Ronchi joins Western Warriors squad (17 December 2002)
• The Skies The Limit (17 December 2002)
• Warne vows to make World Cup (17 December 2002)
• Harvey returns for Sydney clash (17 December 2002)
• England wins toss and bats against Sri Lanka (17 December 2002)
• Adelaide Oval One Day final tickets on sale tomorrow (17 December 2002)
• Tasmania name team to play Queensland (16 December 2002)
• ICC explains procedure for replacing injured players at ICC Cricket World Cup 2003 (16 December 2002)
• Coming a cropper (16 December 2002)
• Warne surgery successful, could return in 4 - 6 weeks (16 December 2002)
• Tait to debut for Redbacks in Pura Cup clash with WA (16 December 2002)
• Sri Lanka predicts Australia to feel Warne's pain (16 December 2002)
• SA Under-14 Country Cup gets underway (16 December 2002)
• Warne should be fit for World Cup (16 December 2002)
• Selectors shoulder the burden of Warne's replacement (16 December 2002)
• Adam Gilchrist to miss VB Series match against Sri Lanka (16 December 2002)
• Shane Warne to undergo arthroscope on right shoulder (16 December 2002)
• Warne's injury could be a career-threatening one (15 December 2002)
• 300 ejections but crowd praised (15 December 2002)
• Ponting and Gilchrist set England daunting task (15 December 2002)
• Maher warns of Sri Lankan danger (15 December 2002)
• Former umpires rekindle Murali debate (15 December 2002)
• Ponting, Gilchrist in record-breaking run feast (15 December 2002)
• Ponting wins toss, Australia to bat (15 December 2002)
• To sweep or not, that is the English question (15 December 2002)
• Man of the match Maher steers Australia A to win (14 December 2002)
• I'm in it with everyone else, says Graveney (14 December 2002)
• Round two for new-look Hollioake (14 December 2002)
• Australia A sets big target but Symonds not among runs (14 December 2002)
• Watson the World Cup allrounder: Ponting (14 December 2002)
• England should learn from Arsenal: MacLaurin (14 December 2002)
• Aust A wins toss and elects to bat against Sri Lanka (14 December 2002)
• Giles not fit for Melbourne (13 December 2002)
• Bowlers clawed it back under pressure - Ponting (13 December 2002)
• Australia gets another prize (13 December 2002)
• Mat the bat at it again (13 December 2002)
• Lee and Lehmann prevent England from posting massive total (13 December 2002)
• England finally gets some luck (13 December 2002)
• Bulls lose Kasprowicz (13 December 2002)
• Lisa Keightley retires from international cricket (13 December 2002)
• England wins toss, bats (13 December 2002)
• MCC team to tour Australia over Christmas and New Year (13 December 2002)
• ACB releases junior cricket policy (13 December 2002)
• Western Warriors team to meet Redbacks (12 December 2002)
• Field guides South Africa to an easy win (12 December 2002)
• England look to upset the odds in Sydney (12 December 2002)
• Punch-drunk Hussain feeling like a Zombie (12 December 2002)
• England look to upset the odds in Sydney (12 December 2002)
• Unacceptable pitch conditions force venue change for ING Cup fixture (12 December 2002)
• Australia has double incentive for successful VB Series (12 December 2002)
• Flintoff sent home (12 December 2002)
• Cascade Tasmanian Tigers ACB Cup team (11 December 2002)
• ICC confirms Umpires and Referees for ICC Cricket World Cup 2003 (11 December 2002)
• ICC ODI Championship table - VB Series preview (Australia, England and Sri Lanka) (11 December 2002)
• ICC President to present ICC ODI Championship Shield to Australia (11 December 2002)
• India win but fail to qualify for semis (11 December 2002)
• Goodwin's mammoth knock ensures a draw (11 December 2002)
• Anderson wins England call (11 December 2002)
• I would say it's a miracle, says Kaluwitharana (11 December 2002)
• MCG expected to be a fine place for family cricket fun (11 December 2002)
• MCG's poor crowd record puts one-day matches under threat (11 December 2002)
• MCG one-dayers in doubt (11 December 2002)
• Sydney viewers see live coverage of Australia v England ODI (11 December 2002)
• WA trying to keep Tigers at bay (10 December 2002)
• England in need of rescue (10 December 2002)
• Ponting tells Watson to ignore Waugh (10 December 2002)
• QLD Country team named for national titles (10 December 2002)
• Matthew Nicholson update (10 December 2002)
• SACA announces SA Country squad (9 December 2002)
• Rain cancels Australia - NSW match (9 December 2002)
• Di Venuto ton puts Tigers in box seat (9 December 2002)
• Canberra hosts Commonwealth Bank Under-19 Championship Series (9 December 2002)
• Kaluwitharana, Zoysa recalled for VB Series (9 December 2002)
• Hussain out of warm-up match (9 December 2002)
• Selection mix gets thicker for Australian selectors (9 December 2002)
• Haydar scripts Australia's thrilling win (8 December 2002)
• Ronchi's impressive debut rescues WA (8 December 2002)
• Losing is becoming a bad habit for England (8 December 2002)
• Australian squad to face a New South Wales XI ahead of VB Series (8 December 2002)
• Tigers looking to pounce on baby Warriors (7 December 2002)
• Nicholson injured, Harvey call-up (7 December 2002)
• Brett Lee has struck again (7 December 2002)
• Snape joins England injury toll (7 December 2002)
• Retravision joins WACA to serve community cricket (6 December 2002)
• Test Championship preview Bangladesh v West Indies (6 December 2002)
• ICC ODI Championship table - South Africa v Pakistan preview (6 December 2002)
• ICC to meet with BCCI and Anil Kumble (6 December 2002)
• Aravinda De Silva to miss first half of VB Series (6 December 2002)
• Lawyer issues warning on Ambush Marketing (6 December 2002)
• Snape faces x-ray on injured thumb (6 December 2002)
• Vic bats cruise to ING win over SA (6 December 2002)
• Slater shines as England slip up again (6 December 2002)
• Grace and no disgrace (6 December 2002)
• Sri Lankans represent a different challenge for Australia (6 December 2002)
• Salute to Bill Brown, 90 not out (5 December 2002)
• Lee says he'll attack, attack, attack against Poms (5 December 2002)
• Waugh gets big World Cup chance next Tuesday (5 December 2002)
• Knight aims to state World Cup case (5 December 2002)
• Opportunity knocks for young Warriors (4 December 2002)
• Pakistan President to meet with ICC (4 December 2002)
• Key optimistic about one-day series (4 December 2002)
• Haydar, Carozza shine in Australia's 49-run win (4 December 2002)
• MCC says Ashes won't be given to Australia despite Howard plea (4 December 2002)
• Passion for cricket can't be manufactured (4 December 2002)
• Angel to lead Warriors (4 December 2002)
• Richards: Australians remind me of Windies (3 December 2002)
• The better side won (3 December 2002)
• Can England draw positives from Ashes debacle? (3 December 2002)
• Waugh to prove a point, England to shake disappointments (3 December 2002)
• Harmison looks to broaden horizons (3 December 2002)
• Clark to miss A matches; Harwood misses PM's XI, replaced by Lewis (3 December 2002)
• Academy coach and rugby star teach backyard cricket tips at MCG (3 December 2002)
• Steve Waugh's absence ends a trail-blazing role in one-day game (3 December 2002)
• Academy coach and rugby star teach backyard cricket tips at MCG (3 December 2002)
• Redbacks name 13 for ING Cup clash against Bushrangers (3 December 2002)
• Oliver to make his debut for the Tigers (3 December 2002)
• Early booking for historic cricket match will avoid disappointment (3 December 2002)
• Ponting returns for Tigers ING Cup clash with Warriors (3 December 2002)
• Selectors name Tasmanian under 17 team (2 December 2002)
• Australia names settled one-day squad (2 December 2002)
• England couldn't withstand pressure - Fletcher (2 December 2002)
• Flintoff should have been fit sooner - MacLaurin (2 December 2002)
• Statement from the Prime Minister of Australia (2 December 2002)
• Unchanged Vics line up to take on NSW (2 December 2002)
• Steve Waugh left out of early World Cup squad (2 December 2002)
• Harmison and Key called up (2 December 2002)
• Time for reality to over-rule Test traditions (2 December 2002)
• Questions aplenty in Australian 30-man one-day squad (2 December 2002)
• ACB announces initial squad of 30 players for 2003 ICC Cricket World Cup (2 December 2002)
• Squads for the VB Series and Australia A matches (2 December 2002)
• Mark Waugh to captain Prime Minister's XI (2 December 2002)
• Waugh celebrates last Ashes series victory (1 December 2002)
• Blues thrash Victoria for bonus point and go top of table (1 December 2002)
• Mark Butcher fined 20 per cent of match fee by ICC Match Referee (1 December 2002)
• Australia totally dominant as the Ashes are retained in style (1 December 2002)
• Australia retain the Ashes with a convincing win in Perth (1 December 2002)
• Brittleness and fragility catching up with England (1 December 2002)