The Christchurch Junior Cricket Association Draw for Saturday, December 6 is:(All matches to start at 9am)Senior Traditional Two-daySection 12nd day of 2Section 22nd day of 2Senior Traditional One-day:Section 1:Es4 v Syd5 Cash1,Pk4 v Med2 Park1,Oc3 v Es5 Cla1,Hsob1 v Bwu2 Burn5,Sum1 v Oc4 Malv1,Bwu3 v Horn1 Dent1.Section 2:Lpw2 v Stc1 Stc2,Cagr2 v Hals3 Cagr2,Horn2 v Syd2 Dent2,Nb2 v Syd7 Syd4,Syd6 v Sum2 Lind1,Sum3 v Med3 Bar2,Bwu4 Bye.Section 3:Bwu6 v Upr1 Burn9,Med4 v Lpw4 Ens2,Stc2 v Bwu5 Stc3,Bwu7 v Med5 Burn10,Oc6 v Syd8 Syd3,Es6 v Oc5 Stal1,Med6 v Mp1 Emc1,Oc7 v Oc8 Elm3.Junior Traditional One-day:Section 1:Es11 v Syd14 Stal2,Med7 v Oc11 Malv2,Es10 v Oc15 Bwd3,Pk5 v Hals4 Park2,Oc12 v Hare2 Ilam5.Section 2:Cagr3 v Lpw5 Cagr3,Syd17 v Nb3 Southbd1a,Horn3 v Syd15 Cash2a,Oc10 v Bwu9 Burn8,Sum4 v Oc13 Bar1,Hals5 v Es12 Stal3.Section 3:Lpw6 v Bwu8 Burn7,Upr2 v Heath1 Hd1,Oc16 v Pk6 Park3,Stac4 v Syd18 Stac4a,Hals6 v Upr3 Rd1,Oc14 v Nb4 Fns1a.Junior Modified:Zone 1:Bwu10 v Oc21 Kirk1a,Hals7 v Hsob3 Halss1a,Med8 v Bwu11 Polo1a,Oc22 v Oc20 Polo3a,Oc24 v Sum5 Polo2a,Oc23 v Hals8 West1a.Zone 2:Es15 v Syd20 Thorn1a,Mp3 v Es14 Polo4a,Es16 v Syd21 Sis1a,Syd22 v Mp3 Bow1a.Junior Average:Zone 1:Sum6 v Lpw9 Brgn8,Lpw8 v Sum7 Brgn7,Heath2 v Syd35 Brgn6,Hals9 v Syd34 Brgn5,Hals10 v Syd33 Brgn4,Hals12 v Syd31 Brgn3,Syd32 v Hals11 Brgn2,Hh2 v Syd30 Brgn1.Zone2:Nb5 v Oc34 Walt5,Es23 v Es25 BurwN1,Hare3 v Pk7 Park4,Syd36 v Cagr5 Brgn9,Syd37 v Cagr4 Brgn10,Oc35 v Nb6 Walt8,Oc36 v Es24 BurwN2.Zone 3:Med9 v Oc33 Jel2,Hsob4 v Oc31 Jel3,Ricc1 v Mp5 Jel4,Oc30 v Horn4 Jel5,Oc32 v Med10 Jel6,Oc37 v Hare4 Jel7,Mp4 Bye.Kiwi:Zone 1:Lpw10 v Hals13 Brad1,Syd41 v Sum8 Brad2,Syd43 v Syd42 Brad3,Sum9 v Syd40 Brad4,Hals14 v Heath3 Brad5,Syd44 v Hh3 Brad6.Zone 2:Cagr6 v Cagr7 Walt1,Nb7 v Med11 Walt2,Nb8 Bye.Zone3:Pk9 v Pk8 Park5,Horn6 v Oc45 Elm7,Oc43 v Oc42 Elm5,Mp7 v Ricc2 Walt9,Mp6 v Upr4 Elm8,Oc46 v Oc40 Elm6,Oc44 v Horn5 Jel8,Oc41 v Tait1 Jel1.

A report in India Today magazine claims that India’s players are seeking assurances from the Indian board (BCCI) about their personal safety before agreeing to travel to Pakistan for March’s ground-breaking series.The article adds that several players believe that the BCCI has spent more time focusing on the financial windfall likely to accrue from the games than it has on the welfare of the team.”Is anyone in the BCCI going to do a recce before the tour and see what the arrangements are for the team?” the magazine quotes an unnamed player as saying. “We get a feeling they are happy to just have the tour and send us off. There seems to be more talk of television revenues rather than security which is disturbing.”Recent reports have indicated that the tour could generate huge sums of money, with the cash-strapped Pakistan Cricket Board alone set to earn around $30 million in broadcast and sponsorship rights.Jagmohan Dalmiya, the BCCI president, dismissed the concerns, insisting that he had been in regular touch with the Pakistan board to discuss all aspects of the tour, including player security.

Chief Executive of Cricket NSW David Gilbert has announced the SpeedBlitz Blues squad to play Queensland in a Pura Cup match at the Gabba starting on Sunday February 1st, 2004.

Steve Waugh (c)
Greg Mail
Phil Jaques
Dominic Thornely
Mark Waugh
Brad Haddin
Aaron O’Brien
Stuart MacGill
Grant Lambert
Matthew Nicholson
Stuart Clark
Nathan Bracken (subject to fitness)
Doug Bollinger

Ticket sales for the opening ODI of the five-match series between Pakistan and India at Karachi had to be suspended when fans broke through security cordons causing mayhem, and ending with police having to restore order.The number of people trying to buy tickets caught the authorities by surprise, and the situation became more serious when frustrated fans started throwing stones at the police, who in turn retaliated by using batons to disperse the crowd. Several people were hurt, none seriously.Onlookers blamed the Pakistan Cricket Board’s handling of the sales, pointing out that it only opened three sales booths – with a total of eight windows – despite the massive demand which should have been forseen. The PCB has previously used a variety of outlets, including banks, to sell tickets but opted to restrict sales to the stadium box office on this occasion.”We will resume the ticket sale from Monday and in an orderly manner by increasing the number of booths and will have outlets other than the National Stadium,” Rameez Raja, the PCB’s chief executive, told reporters. “We have only 20,000 tickets for sale after 20 percent have already been sold on the internet and in a city of 140 million people such minor incidents take place due to over-demand."

With the England cricket team creating waves in the West Indies, Warwickshire joined forces with England’s main sponsors, Vodafone, to create an indoor beach cricket event for local primary schools.The aim was to bring a little bit of the Caribbean to Edgbaston Cricket ground. The indoor school was filled with 10 tonnes of sand, palm trees, surfboards and deck chairs, and the atmosphere was provided by a steel band and an barbecque.Two local Birmingham schools attended – Montgomery Primary and Prince Albert Juniors. They were coached by Warwickshire’s development coaches for the day and given tours of the ground as well. After a barbecque lunch, the children then got the opportunity to have a question and answer session with three England and Warwickshire players – the captain Nick Knight, Jim Troughton and Dougie Brown.The event was attended by 80 children, as a little taste of the Caribbean was brought to Birmingham on a cold March day.

In the latest round of National League matches, Worcestershire came out on top, but only just, in a rain-affected game against Scotland, and Sussex defied the pace of Shoaib Akhtar to set Durham a stiff total at Hove, with Robin Martin-Jenkins picking up three cheap wickets as Durham fell 99 runs short.Worcestershire batted first after winning the toss at Grange Cricket Club in Edinburgh, which had been soaked by morning rain, and were soon on the back foot, when Graeme Hick fell for 7, caught by Dewald Nel off the bowling of Asim Butt. Scotland continued to bowl well, and Worcestershire were reduced to 69 for 6 as five of the top six were dismissed for single figures, but Vikram Solanki (36) and Kabir Ali (33) provided a little stability, and helped Worcs to a total of 128 after 22 overs.In reply, Scotland lost Asim Butt early, and despite some runs from Sridharan Sriram (24) and Ryan Watson (26), were always behind the required run-rate. David Leatherdale, Kabir Ali and Nadeem Malik picked up wickets regularly, and despite Paul Hoffman’s last ditch effort, Scotland were never really in with a shout.At Hove, Matt Prior’s maiden century, and a 69-ball 81 from Chris Adams helped Sussex to a highly competitive 261 for 4 from 45 overs against the Durham bowling attack, lead by Shoaib Akhtar. Prior started fairly slowly, but after passing 50 accelerated well to bring up his hundred only 43 balls later. He finally fell caught by Graham onions off Neil Killeen for 119.An unbeaten 58 by Gary Pratt was the only highlight for Durham, whose top order were rolled over by Martin-Jenkin’s medium pace. Shoaib Akhtar once again failed at number four, and with only Gordon Muchall (22) sticking around for any length of time, Durham crawled to 162 for 8 at the end of their allotted overs.
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