The past, present and future generation of West Indies cricketers will be on show today at the Carlton Club ground for a worthy cause.In an effort to raise funds to help with the construction of an autism centre, the Variety Club of Barbados has organised two matches, the first starting at 4 p.m. and the other at 7:30 p.m. under the lights.The feature attractions brings together a "West Indies" team and the Barbados team, and the preceding affair to set the stage will involve a clash with the island’s leading primary schools, Marshall Trading St Catherine and Barbados Public Workers Co-operative Credit Union Wesley Hall.Leading the list of former West Indies stars are: Senator Desmond Haynes, along with ace fast bowlers, Joel Garner, Courtney Walsh and Curtly Ambrose.Recent West Indies players: Stuart Williams, Keith Arthurton and Adam Sanford. West Indies Under-19 selectees, Patrick Browne and Alcindo Holder, arealso in the "West Indies" line-up which has borrowed Barbadians Sherwin Campbell and Philo Wallace.The most known names in thematch featuring the juniors are:Anthony Alleyne, captain of recently-crowned primary schoolschamps St Catherine,and his rival skipper Roston Chase.The night match, which is a 35-overs-a-side affair, will feature coloured clothing and black sightscreens.Admission is $10.

A fiery burst from pacer Jaffar Nazir all but put Khan Research Laboratories (KRL) into the final of the Quaid-i-Azam National Cricket Championship after Faisalabad were forced to follow on at National Stadium here on Tuesday.Jaffar captured six for 31 in an unchanged spell of 17 overs from the University Road End to skittle out Faisalabad for 105 in their first innings on the second day of the four-day tie.Batting a second time with 231 runs in arrears, Faisalabad fared slightly better to reach 75 for three. Asif Hussain was holding the fort with a battling 38.KRL now have to wait until Thursday morning to complete an inevitable victory in this first semi-final after Wednesday’s unexpected rest day because of Kashmir Day.Faisalabad’s woes were further compounded by an injury to Mohammad Salman, normally a wicket-keeper but playing in this game as a batsman, who was unable to bat after requiring four stitches in his right hand.Salman was incapacitated while catching Naeem Akhtar in the slips as KRL added 73 to their overnight score of 263 for six.Wicket-keeper Zulfiqar Jan hammered 37 while putting 30 for the last wicket with Mohammad Asif.Barring any miracle, KRL’s opponents in the Feb 17-21 final, scheduled to be played at National Stadium, will be decided when PIA meet Rawalpindi in the second semifinal at UBL Sports Complex from Thursday.ScoreboardKRL (1st Innings), overnight 263-6):M. Ramzan c Asif b Moazzam 4Saeed Anwar Jr c Wasim b Moazzam 9Intikhab Alam lbw b Nadeem 20Saeed bin Nasir c Zaman b Tauqir 87Misbah-ul-Haq c Zaman b Moazzam 68Ali Naqvi lbw b Farooq 33Yasir Arafat run out 28Naeem Akhtar c Salman b Tauqir 19Zulfiqar Jan c Tauqir b Wasim 37Jaffar Nazir b Tauqir 4Mohammad Asif not out 10EXTRAS (B-4, LB-9, W-1, NB-3) 17TOTAL (all out, 100.5 overs) 336FALL OF WKTS: 7-268, 8-293, 9-306.BOWLING: Nadeem Afzal 23-5-56-1 (1nb); Moazzam Ali 26-3-102-3 (2nb); Tauqir Hussain 22-5-81-3 (1w); Farooq Iqbal 19-8-43-1; Zeeshan Asif 2-0-17-0; Wasim Haider 6.5-1-12-1; Asif Hussain 2-1-12-0.FAISALABAD (1st Innings);Zeeshan Asif lbw b Jaffar 5Hasnain Haider c Zulfiqar b Jaffar 4Asif Hussain lbw b Jaffar 2Mohammad Zaman b Jaffar 9Sami-ul-Haq c Ramzan b Yasir 10Wasim Haider c Zulfiqar b Jaffar 22Tauqir Hussain run out 16Farooq Iqbal c Zulfiqar b Yasir 4Nadeem Afzal not out 15Moazzam Ali b Jaffar 5Mohammad Salman absent injured -EXTRAS (LB-2, W-1, NB-10) 13TOTAL (all out, 33 overs) 105FALL OF WKTS: 1-9, 2-12, 3-17, 4-27, 5-39, 6-72, 7-82, 8-92, 9-105.BOWLING: Jaffar Nazir 17-6-31-6 (1nb); Mohammad Asif 7-3-8-0 (2nb); Yasir Arafat 9-0-64-2 (3nb, 1w).FAISALABAD (2nd Innings, following-on):Zeeshan Asif lbw b Asif 4Hasnain Haider c Zulfiqar b Jaffar 5Asif Hussain not out 38Tauqir Hussain b Saeed Jr 10Sami-ul-Haq not out 4EXTRAS (LB-4, NB-10) 14TOTAL (for three wkts, 28 overs) 75FALL OF WKTS: 1-8, 2-14, 3-69.BOWLING (to-date): Jaffar Nazir 5-1-10-1 (1nb); Mohammad Asif 7-1-13-1 (3nb); Yasir Arafat 8-1-23-1 (2nb); Naeem Akhtar 3-0-18-0 (4nb); Ali Naqvi 4-2-6-0; Saeed Anwar Jr 1-0-1-1

There were a number of interesting features of this match. Firstly, SachinTendulkar passed his own record for the most runs scored in a World Cup tournament. He had scored 523 runs (avg 87.16) in 1996.Most runs in a World Cup tournament

Name Team M Inns NO Runs HS Avg SR 100 50 YearSR Tendulkar Ind 8 8 0 571 152 71.37 90.34 1 5 2003SR Tendulkar Ind 7 7 1 523 137 87.16 85.59 2 3 1996ME Waugh Aus 7 7 1 484 130 80.66 85.51 3 1 1996GA Gooch Eng 8 8 0 471 115 58.87 70.29 1 3 1987R Dravid Ind 8 8 1 461 145 65.85 85.52 2 3 1999MD Crowe NZ 9 9 5 456 100* 114.00 90.65 1 4 1992PA de Silva SL 6 6 1 448 145 89.60 107.69 2 2 1996DC Boon Aus 8 8 0 447 93 55.87 76.67 0 5 1987Javed Miandad Pak 9 9 2 437 89 62.42 62.33 0 5 1992GR Marsh Aus 8 8 1 428 126* 61.14 68.26 2 1 1987

Tendulkar was dismissed for the 8th time in the nineties in Limited OversInternationals, passing the 7 dismissals in the nineties by Aravinda deSilva. De Silva has also made two not out scores in the nineties, making 9 scores in the nineties in total, one ahead of Tendulkar’s 8.The Sri Lankan innings included 5 ducks. This one short of the most ducks ina Limited Overs International innings. It was, however, the first time inLimited Overs Internationals that the first four batsman dismissed in an innings all made ducks.Most ducks in a Limited Overs International innings

Ducks For Against Venue Season6 Pakistan England Birmingham 19876 Pakistan West Indies Cape Town 1992/936 South Africa Australia Sydney 2001/025 England West Indies Lord’s 19795 England Zimbabwe Harare 1996/975 West Indies Pakistan Melbourne 1996/975 South Africa Pakistan Sharjah 1999/005 West Indies Zimbabwe Sydney 2000/015 New Zealand Pakistan Auckland 2000/015 Zimbabwe Sri Lanka Colombo-SSC 2001/025 Canada Sri Lanka Paarl 2002/035 Sri Lanka India Johannesburg 2002/03

Finally, Mohammad Kaif became the first fielder to take 4 catches in aWorld Cup match. For the record the following fielders all held theprevious record of 3:

Name For Against Venue SeasonCH Lloyd West Indies Sri Lanka Manchester 1975DA Reeve England Pakistan Adelaide 1991/92Ijaz Ahmed Pakistan Australia Perth 1991/92AR Border Australia Zimbabwe Hobart 1991/92CL Cairns New Zealand UAE Faisalabad 1995/96GP Thorpe England Sri Lanka Lord’s 1999NJ Astle New Zealand Australia Cardiff 1999IL Philip Scotland Bangladesh Edinburgh 1999RT Ponting Australia Bangladesh Chester-le-Street 1999SC Williams West Indies Scotland Leicester 1999AR Whittall Zimbabwe South Africa Chelmsford 1999V Sehwag India Holland Paarl 2002/03LJ Burger Namibia England Port Elizabeth 2002/03HH Dippenaar South Africa Bangladesh Bloemfontein 2002/03D Mongia India Namibia Pietermaritzburg 2002/03V Sehwag India England Durban 2002/03AF Giles England Australia Port Elizabeth 2002/03

Sri Lanka has practice sessions on Thursday and Friday at Buffalo Park from 10:00 to 13:00. After nets on Friday there will be a press conference with Sanath Jayasuriya and Dav Whatmore at Buffalo Park. The conference is timed for 13.00, but could start any time from 12.30.Sri Lanka manager, Ajit Jayasekera, has requested that media do not seek interviews with individual players for the entire period they are in East London. The only opportunity for media access will be at Friday’s press conference.Zimbabwe arrive in East London at 12.05 on Thursday and will net on Friday from 14.00-17.00.Media access to be confirmed by East London MLO David Denison: 083 708 2735India will make their coach and one of the players available for interview after training at Centurion today (Wednesday) at 12.30pm.New Zealand will be practicing at Centurion from 3pm today (Wednesday). There are no formal media arrangements planned. Former South Africa Test bowler Steve Elworthy will be among the nets bowlers and will be available to speak to the media.On Thursday both teams are practicing at Centurion, New Zealand in the morning and India in the afternoon. There will be pre-match press conferences with both teams at Centurion on Thursday, these are likely to be around the middle of the day.Media Contacts: – Centurion MLO Marc Friedman: 082 902 4943 – India media manager: Amrit Mathur 084 513 5706 – NZ media manager: Simon Wilson 083 419 7632

Northern Districts have decided to recognise some of the leading lights from their past by presenting annual awards in their honour.The move was announced at tonight’s annual presentation evening in which Matthew Hart was named the Air New Zealand Travelcentre Northern Districts’ Player of the Year.Hart, 30, who made his debut for ND in 1990/91, scored 546 runs during the State Championship, including a double century against Auckland.In the State Shield he scored 301 runs at 30.10.TelstraClear Black Cap Scott Styris was awarded the batsman of the year. He achieved a Test century on debut in the West Indies midway through last year and scored a century at the recently-completed World Cup against Sri Lanka.The bowler of the year was Joseph Yovich who took 24 wickets at 34.00 in the State Championship and headed the State Shield bowling statistics with 23 wickets at 18.86.James Marshall was the fielder of the year and Nicola Browne the women’s cricketer of the year.Other winners were:Eric Petrie Cup for top club team in Northern Districts – Eastern Suburbs, ND Women’s District Association Championship – Hamilton, Bruce Pairaudeau Cup for the top Under-19 District Association team – Hamilton, Basil McBurney Trophy – Hamilton, Fergus Hickey Rosebowl – Northland, Brian Dunning Cup for the inter-district one-day competition – Northland and Hamilton, Allan McBride Trophy for Service to Junior Cricket – Mike Nitz, Umpire of the Year – Ian Shine, Young Cricketer of the Year – Matthew Drake.

The Chairman of the Tasmanian Cricket Association, Denis Rogers AO today announced the following appointments within the structure of the Cascade Tasmanian Tigers for Season 2003/2004.

Daniel Marsh: Vice-Captain
Shane Watson: Deputy Vice-Captain
Dene Hills: Assistant Coach-Batting
David Saker: Assistant Coach-Bowling

Ricky Ponting has been re-appointed as the Captain of the Cascade Tasmanian Tigers.In announcing the appointments the Denis Rogers said: "Over the past months we have been reviewing our position and the Cricket Committee decided to appropriately address the challenge of re-building Tasmanian cricket. It was decided we should strengthen the coaching area in the senior structure from a batting and bowling point of view."The Chairman added upon the appointment of the Assistant coaches: "In our midst we had two relatively young men who have played a lot of 1st Class cricket and have been high achievers and we thought there was nothing better than to appoint Dene and David."This appointment of dual assistant coaches is a first in Australian cricket, with both being responsible for dedicated specific aspects of the game within the coaching environment.The Cricket Committee and the Board of Directors unanimously agreed that the leadership on the field be Ricky Ponting (Captain), Daniel Marsh (Vice-Captain) and Shane Watson (Deputy Vice-Captain).Mr. Rogers said of this announcement: "We are delighted with all these appointments and all concerned are looking forward to their challenges."Brian McFadyen, Head Coach of the Cascade Tasmanian Tigers expressed his delight with the new structure saying: "We needed to improve upon our support structure for the team and I am very excited with the support given to me this year and with this structure for the future. We are now a step ahead of the other states with the luxury of two full time assistant coaches with specific roles to develop the on-field performances of the team."Commenting on the appointment of Dan Marsh, McFadyen said: " Dan is a well respected person and player, he possesses an articulate knowledge of the game and has all the attributes of a good leader. He deserves the opportunity to Captain in Ricky’s absence."Upon the announcement of his elevation to Vice-Captain, Daniel Marsh who was in Adelaide with relatives after the birth of his daughter Ella said: "It is a fantastic honour to be named Vice-Captain of the Cascade Tasmanian Tigers and I am looking forward to the season ahead. With such a young squad of players I am sure that it will be an exciting one. To have people of the quality of Dene Hills and David Saker as assistants to Brian McFadyen can only be positive for Tasmanian cricket. With Shane Watson as Deputy Vice-Captain we have a good mix of people in the leadership positions."Shane Watson was extremely excited about his new role, which he hopes will lead to further leadership opportunities down the track. He was looking forward to helping the team move in the right direction and working with Brian, Dene, David and Daniel.Dene Hills and David Saker were equally looking forward to their new roles in the coaching area.Hills said: "I am proud to be wearing the badge in a different form. I played with a lot passion and I love Tasmanian cricket. I would hope that my experience at a 1st Class level and the passion I bought to the team will rub off on the current members of the Tigers."David Saker added: I believe we have produced some good bowlers in recent years and I am looking forward to the opportunity of working with some promising young bowlers and hopefully producing Australian bowlers for the future."Both believe they will work very well together. They also expressed a belief that their respective specific roles of batting and bowling inter link and they will assist each other in providing the best possible preparation for each and every player and the team in order for them to achieve the highest possible standard of performance.Profiles:Dene Hills: Assistant Coach- BattingDene Hills retired from 1st Class cricket in 2002/03. He is without doubt one of Tasmania’s most successful and celebrated batsmen. A left handed opener with a tight technique and a penchant for making big scores, Hills formed the other half of that famous opening pair, Cox and Hills. Dene played over 100 matches for Tasmania and was named Sheffield Shield Player of the Year in 1997/98. He served his state with distinction and his 265 in 1997/98 remains the highest by a Tasmanian. Dene is a Level 3 qualified coach and has recently coached the South Hobart-Sandy Bay Cricket Club in the TCA Grade competition after many years as a senior player and mentor at the University Cricket Club.David Saker: Assistant Coach- BowlingDavid Saker joined the Cascade Tasmanian Tigers in 2000/01 after a distinguished career with Victoria. And retired in 2002/03. David was a whole-hearted and resilient cricketer who was respected for his tenacity and determination as a player throughout the country. His leadership and competitive nature is sure to provide a good blend within the coaching staff. Saker has played 72 1st Class matches and 43 Domestic One-Day matches as a right-arm fast-medium bowler and was named Cascade Tasmanian Tigers Player of the Year in 2001/2002. He is a level 2 qualified coach.Daniel Marsh: Vice-CaptainDaniel Marsh first moved to Tasmania from South Australia in season 1996/97 and has since established himself as a respected cricketer of note and a senior member of the team. Daniel was named Cascade Tasmanian Tigers Player of the Year in 1999/2000 and was Man of the Match for the Prime Minister’s X1 against England in 1998/99. Marsh has played 87 1st Class matches and 62 Domestic One-Day matches. Coupled with his powerful stroke play in the middle order, all round skills as a left arm orthodox spin bowler and safe hands in the slips, his leadership qualities and experience have been utilised on many occasions in both forms of the game.Shane Watson: Deputy Vice-CaptainOriginally from Queensland, Watson moved to Tasmania in the 2000/2001 season and immediately enhanced his reputation as an exciting young all-rounder. In the following 12 months he caught the National selectors’ eyes and made his Limited Overs International debut against South Africa at Centurion Park in South Africa in 2001/2002. Shane has played 16 1st Class matches, 20 Domestic Limited Overs matches and 21 Limited Overs Internationals for Australia. He is currently making a full recovery from a back injury sustained during last season, which kept him out of Australia’s victorious World Cup campaign.

Stuart Law has been retained by Queensland as a contracted player for the 2003-04 season. Law, 35 in October, led them to their historic first Sheffield Shield win in 1994-95, but has recently been on the slide, losing both the captaincy and his one-day place last season.He also struggled with the bat, managing only 237 runs in nine matches, at an average of 18.23 and with a top score of 72. However, a strong season so far with Lancashire has helped him win another contract with Queensland.Queensland have listed a squad of 27, including seven players contracted to the Australian Cricket Board: Andy Bichel, Matthew Hayden, Nathan Hauritz, Martin Love, Jimmy Maher, Ashley Noffke, and Andrew Symonds.

Trojans bid to regain the Southern Electric Premier League, Division 3 leadership from Alton has been hit by injury and unavailabilities.Captain Simon Williams, himself doubtful with an infected grass burn, reveals that up to six first choice players could miss the top v bottom duel with Hambledon at Stoneham Lane."We really are up against it tomorrow. Players are pulling up lame and off to weddings, Wimbledon and so forth," he groaned.New leaders Alton are unchanged at Leckford, who are sliding down the table, while second-placed Ventnor are without Ian Hilsum for the comfortable-looking visit to ageing Waterlooville.Ever-improving New Milton, now fifth, are without hospital-bound David Wheeler and Lee Miller against Paultons at Fernhill.Winchester KS look a home banker against Flamingo at River Park, but South Wilts II are hit by first team calls ups for their visit to Bashley (Rydal) II.In the Hampshire League, leaders Tichborne Park should be too strong for Burridge II, but Bournemouth, though minus Morgan Parkin, are strengthened by Matt Mixer and Charlie Holcombe against Basingstoke & North Hants at Chapel Gate.

Where is South African cricket going? From the only team in the worldcapable of matching the all-conquering Australians, the side has been on a slippery slope for two seasons, and events in England suggest that nothing is in place to stop the slide.On top of the disastrous World Cup campaign, the sacking of Shaun Pollock and the Lance Klusener debacle can be added the retirements of Alan Donald, Jonty Rhodes and Gary Kirsten. Their absence has left a void causing nervousness amongst the loyal core of supporters who hanker for the glory days inspired by coach Bob Woolmer and now deceased and disgraced former captain Hansie Cronje.Eric Simons, the coach, and Graeme Smith, the newly appointed captain, made promises of improved performances, including inflicting scars on the England team. But South Africa were shown to talk the talk without being able to walk the walk – they walked away from the recent NatWest Series bruised, battered and comprehensively beaten.Feelings of joy and national pride from only a few years ago have beenreduced to anger, frustration and a sense of hopelessness.The miscalculation of the Duckworth-Lewis system in the vital World Cupmatch against Sri Lanka that denied South Africa a place in the Super Six highlighted the sharp decline. The coach should have taken fullresponsibility for that mistake but it was the captain, Pollock, who was stripped of his duties.The chopping block did not end there. Klusener became the next victim on the pretext that he needed to rest. When he was not given a national contract it became obvious that he would not be going on the England tour.Smith’s comments about Klusener being a disruptive influence raisedspeculation that lack of form wasn’t the reason for his omission from the squad. An average of 91 and five wickets during the World Cup compounded the speculation.The United Cricket Board (UCBSA) stood by Cronje. At the same time they supported Herschelle Gibbs. Support for the same player after a marijuana session and subsequent after-hour behavioural problems led to the appointment of a mentor.Klusener, however, was not even given the courtesy of a telephone call. This, after he was given an indication that he would be receiving a contract and a call-up for the tour to England. Where was the UCBSA support and rehabilitation then?The capabilities of the coaching staff should also be questioned.Glaring faults seem to be ignored in both the batting and bowlingdepartments while the fielding capabilities of a team recognised as the best two years ago can now only be described as average.Makhaya Ntini has 31 Tests and 80 one-day internationals under his belt and he still lacks the ability to bowl a slower ball. Jacques Kallis was a feared and respected bowler; today he is the one targetted by batsmen. Pollock’s loss of pace is a concern. At 30, he should be in a position to add a yard or two to his pace, especially if he is to continue to open the bowling for South Africa.The rebuilding and recovery process requires a solid foundation starting with administration, management, coaching and selection in order to create unity and trust amongst all concerned. Strong leadership throughout the structure is imperative if South Africa is to regain its cricketing glory.

Friday’s drizzle turned into a glorious summers day by Saturday, as Hampshire made hay in the sun skittling Northamptonshire out in the Frizzell Championship match at The Rose Bowl, and then setting a challenging declaration.Resuming at 76 without loss the visitors soon lost wickets as first Mike Hussey fell to a leg side trap off Chris Tremlett, Tim Roberts who top scored with 60 also fell to the tall seamer, then Tremlett wrapped up his trio having Phil Jacques well caught. David Sales and Mark Powell stayed for a brief saunter, but the introduction of the spinners brought about a dramatic collapse.Simon Katich started the ball rolling with a three wicket for 3 runs spell, and Shaun Udal polished up with his 3 wicket haul. Seven wickets had fallen for just 26 runs and in all the pre-lunch session saw all 10 wickets go for 100.With a comfortable 102 run lead, Hampshire looked to press their advantage. First Derek Kenway gave his side a good start, then Simon Katich following his first innings century continued his excellent run of form joined by skipper Crawley. Together the gathered 131 unbeaten runs, slaying the hapless Northants bowlers. Katich finished 79* which included 7 fours and a hugh six, Crawley belying his recent bad form stroked the ball cleanly with excellent timing, striking 10 boundaries.Crawley then declared setting the visitors a not unsurmountable task of 330 to win, there was 9 overs left in the day and 96 on the last day. Northamptonshire finished on 23-0 but not without some discomfort.