Cricket

India have appointed former England coach Duncan Fletcher as the new coach of the national team.

Middlesex cricket club said Fred Titmus, a former England all-rounder whose first-class career with the county side spanned a remarkable 33 years, died Wednesday. He was 78.

The Auckland squad has been named for the domestic one-day semi-final against Otago at Colin Maiden Park, Auckland tomorrow. 

About 4000 cricket fans are expected to gather for the one-day international between New Zealand and Pakistan at the Queenstown Events Centre on Wednesday.

New Zealand pace bowler Chris Martin knocked off two milestones last week and he is keen to make it a trifecta when the second cricket test against Pakistan starts at the Basin Reserve here on Saturday.

Pakistan took the one-day series against England into a deciding fifth match after winning thr fourth match by 38 runs, on a day relations between the two teams threatened to boil over following fresh corruption claims.

Two sporting codes have clashed over the use of the Centennial Park Oval on February 11.

From the heights of a magnificent unpredictability acquired through the seesawing fortunes and switchback reversals that so often make it the most enthralling of sports - one, moreover, in its duration and sensibilities seemingly isolated from the instant gratification of lesser contests - test cricket has seemingly been brought to its knees by the most mundane and base of motives: greed.

Dunedin should have a cricket field big enough to host major tests from next year, after a compromise was hammered out between the Dunedin City Council and the New Zealand Historic Places Trust.

You might describe Ross Dykes' push to have part of the former Dunedin Art Gallery demolished as a patient and diligent innings.