NEWS ARCHIVE: DECEMBER 2002

 Stewart fit to return at Sydney (31 December 2002)
 Anderson grabs his chance and a World Cup place (31 December 2002)
 ECB seeks urgent meeting with government over Zimbabwe (31 December 2002)
 Ken Palmer honoured in New Year's awards (31 December 2002)
 England World Cup Squad Announced (31 December 2002)
 England show fighting qualities at last (30 December 2002)
 England's guns spiked again by remorseless Australians (30 December 2002)
 Captains praise spirited display by England (30 December 2002)
 Caddick, Harmison make Australia fight all the way for five wicket win (30 December 2002)
 ECB face political pressure over Zimbabwe (29 December 2002)
 ICC confirms no record of letter from BCCI (29 December 2002)
 Vaughan leads England defiance but Australia set for another win (29 December 2002)
 ICC releases details of BCCI contract (28 December 2002)
 Injured White unlikely to play in fifth Test (28 December 2002)
 Australia enforce follow-on despite White heroics (28 December 2002)
 Result of ICC Code of Conduct hearing concerning Andrew Caddick (28 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)
 Australia take key wickets after declaration (27 December 2002)
 England bowlers struggle to contain Australia at MCG (26 December 2002)
 Australia in control once again after first day at the MCG (26 December 2002)
 ICC welcomes BCCI decision to meet contractual obligation (25 December 2002)
 Series win over Pakistan would take South Africa to top of ICC Test Championship Table (23 December 2002)
 Boycott faces anxious wait (23 December 2002)
 Australia overpower lacklustre Sri Lankans (22 December 2002)
 MacGill recalled for fourth Orange Test (22 December 2002)
 Graeme Hick agrees to contract extension (21 December 2002)
 ICC welcomes emergency meeeting over BCCI contract crisis (21 December 2002)
 Collingwood thrilled with maiden hundred (20 December 2002)
 Collingwood thrilled by maiden hundred (20 December 2002)
 England rescued by Collingwood after Sri Lanka hit back (20 December 2002)
 Sri Lanka fight back at Perth (20 December 2002)
 Commercial Director to leave ECB (19 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)
 England to play World Cup match in Zimbabwe (19 December 2002)
 ICC makes final offer to BCCI (19 December 2002)
 England add Blackwell to casualty list (19 December 2002)
 Blackwell latest injury fear for England (19 December 2002)
 Hampshire reach International staging agreements with ECB (19 December 2002)
 Andrew Flintoff to undergo further rehab ahead of World Cup (18 December 2002)
 England confident of winning in Australia - at Under-19 level (18 December 2002)
 Injured World Cup players can be replaced, says ICC (17 December 2002)
 Win was desperately needed, says Hussain (17 December 2002)
 England set Sri Lanka challenging target (17 December 2002)
 ICC explains procedure for replacing injured players at ICC Cricket World Cup 2003 (16 December 2002)
 Coming a cropper (16 December 2002)
 England up against it again as Ponting and Gilchrist run wild (15 December 2002)
 Ponting and Gilchrist set England daunting task (15 December 2002)
 Wessels to take helm at Northants (14 December 2002)
 I'm in it with everyone else, says Graveney (14 December 2002)
 Giles not fit for Melbourne (13 December 2002)
 No action against Gough over MacLaurin remarks (13 December 2002)
 Bowlers clawed it back under pressure - Ponting (13 December 2002)
 Bowlers clawed it back under pressure - Ponting (13 December 2002)
 Knight leads England to competitive total despite collapse (13 December 2002)
 Lee and Lehmann prevent England from posting massive total (13 December 2002)
 MCC team to tour Australia over Christmas and New Year (13 December 2002)
 'An evening of carols' raises £1,250 for Save the Children (12 December 2002)
 Pakistan cruise into the final (12 December 2002)
 England look to upset the odds in Sydney (12 December 2002)
 England look to upset the odds in Sydney (12 December 2002)
 Australia has double incentive for successful VB Series (12 December 2002)
 Hollioake set for England call (12 December 2002)
 Udal signs a new two year contract (12 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)
 Suriyaarachchi leads Sri Lanka to a seven-wicket win (11 December 2002)
 Anderson wins England call (11 December 2002)
 Release and revelation (10 December 2002)
 Caborn to stand by ICC on Zimbabwe issue (10 December 2002)
 Learning lessons from the other tour Down Under (9 December 2002)
 Foy stars in England's win (9 December 2002)
 Kaluwitharana, Zoysa recalled for VB Series (9 December 2002)
 England name initial 30-man World Cup squad (7 December 2002)
 ECB announce 30-man squad for ICC Cricket World Cup (7 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)
 Bond signs for the Bears (6 December 2002)
 Lawyer issues warning on Ambush Marketing (6 December 2002)
 Snape faces x-ray on injured thumb (6 December 2002)
 Slater shines as England slip up again (6 December 2002)
 Walter Hammond - A Cricketing Great (6 December 2002)
 Knight aims to state World Cup case (5 December 2002)
 Rikki Clarke signs new five-year contract with Surrey County Cricket Club (5 December 2002)
 Pakistan President to meet with ICC (4 December 2002)
 Key optimistic about one-day series (4 December 2002)
 Maartens, Field script emphatic South African win (4 December 2002)
 Flintoff dismisses fitness critics (4 December 2002)
 The better side won (3 December 2002)
 Can England draw positives from Ashes debacle? (3 December 2002)
 Ankle op for Hampshire's Udal (3 December 2002)
 Harmison looks to broaden horizons (3 December 2002)
 England couldn't withstand pressure - Fletcher (2 December 2002)
 Flintoff should have been fit sooner - MacLaurin (2 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)
 England beaten as Australia retain the Ashes (1 December 2002)
 Australia retain the Ashes with a convincing win in Perth (1 December 2002)