A Test match containing eight centuries, 1462 runs and 17 wickets finished. No one really cared, but Mark Boucher took a wicket.

Nicky Boje is a dubitable starter for the ODI series against West Indies, after suffering from a breathing problem.

WI V SA, Day 4: Chris Gayle became the 4th West Indian to score 300+ runs in an innings as the home side extended their total to 565/5.

Glenn Turner looks set to join the New Zealand selection panel to add the batting expertise NZC feel they have been lacking.

Shoaib Malik has been banned for one Test, and fined 75% of his match fees from two ODIs, for throwing away a domestic Twenty20 match.

Veteran wicket-keeper, Moin Khan has been discarded from the final 17 man Pakistan squad to tour the West Indies.

Chris Gayle found form at the right time for the West Indies, as he smashed his seventh Test match hundred – a score of 184 not out.

Mohammad Sami has been robbed of approximately Rs. 1.5 million (USD 25,300) when his home in Karachi was burgled.

The ECB have released the preliminary itinerary for the 2005 winter tour to Pakistan.

Pakistan allrounder Shoaib Malik may yet face an international ban, after deliberately conceding a domestic Twenty20 match.