BULAWAYO: Pakistan batsman Inzamam-ul-Haq (R) cuts a delivery watched by Zimbabwe wicketkeeper Tatenda Taibu on Saturday

BARODA: India's Rahul Dravid attends a practice session, November 17, 2002.

HARARE: Pakistan off spin bowler Saqlain Mushtaq (C) is embraced by an unidentified teammate and wicket keeper Kamran Akmal (R) after taking the wicket of Zimbabwe batsman Andy Blignaut on the fourth day of the first test at 
the Harare Sports Club on November 12, 2002.

BRISBANE: Aussie cricketers celebrate their triumph against England on November 10, 2002

KOLKATA: West Indies player Wavell Hinds (L) tries to protect himself from a ball, hit by Indian player Sachin Tendulkar (R) during the third Test match between India and the West Indies at Eden Gardens on, November 2 2002.

KOLKATA: Indian skipper Sourav Ganguly (L) speaks with his West Indies counterpart Carl Hooper during a memento presentation ceremony on the second of the third Test between India and West Indies at Eden Garden on October 31, 2002.

Indian cricketer Sachin Tendulkar (R) holds the One-Day International cricket trophy with P.C Mathew, vice executive of TVS Motor Company during a news conference in Bombay October 23, 2002. TVS Motor Company is the main sponsor of a one-day international series between India and the West Indies to be played in November in India.

SHARJAH: Pakistan batsman Hasan Raza hits the ball on his way to his second half-century of the day against Australia on the third day of the third Test on October 21, 2002

CHENNAI: India's captain Sourav Ganguly is carried away on a stretcher after he collided with teammate Anil Kumble while trying to take a catch during the fourth day's play of the second Test between India and the West Indies on October 20, 2002

PERTH: England pacer Darren Gough signs an autograph for a fan after they arrived here on October 18, 2002, ahead of the five-Test Ashes series starting next month

CHENNAI: West Indies batsman Ramnaresh Sarwan (R) drives as Indian wicketkeeper Parthiv Patel looks on during the first day's play in the second Test on October 17, 2002

CHENNAI: Darren Powell, of the West Indies, bowls during a practice session on Wednesday. The West Indies take on India in the second Test starting today

CHENNAI: India's Javagal Srinath (R) gives tips to fellow pacer Zaheer Khan on Tuesday. The second Test between India and the West Indies starts here tomorrow

SHARJAH: Australian pacer Brett Lee (R) changes into a dry shirt as team-mate Matthew Hayden quenches his thirst during the opening day's play in the second Test against Pakistan at the Sharjah Cricket Stadium on Friday, October 11, 2002. Lee is seen wearing an ice-jacket to beat the heat

SYDNEY: Former Australian cricket captain Allan Border (C) and former teammate Dean Jones (L) and another unidentified walker cross the Sydney Harbour Bridge as they embark on a month-long 1000 km walk from Sydney to Brisbane to help raise money for sick and troubled children on October 8, 2002. Border, his wife Jane and Jones hope to arrive in Brisbane during a break in play in the first Ashes cricket Test between Australia and England on November 7

COLOMBO: Pakistan batsman Faisal Iqbal hits a ball to the boundary as Australian 'keeper Adam Gilchrist (L) looks on during the second day of the first Test on October 3, 2002

COLOMBO: Pakistan's captain Waqar Younis waves from the out field as his young son got his attention from the pavilion during the first day of the first Test between Pakistan and Australia at P.Saravanamuttu Stadium on October 3, 2002

COLOMBO: Australian batsman Damien Martyn practices ahead of the first Test against Pakistan on October 2, 2002

COLOMBO: Sri Lankan captain Sanath Jayasuriya (L) and Indian skipper Sourav Ganguly hold the trophy after the rain-marred final of the ICC Champions Trophy on September 30, 2002

COLOMBO:India's captain Sourav Ganguly (R), Sachin Tendulkar (C) and coach John Wright look at other players practise during a practise session on September 28, 2002.

COLOMBO: Australian batsman Shane Warne (L) and Sri Lankan wicketkeeper Kumar Sangakkara look skywards after Warne miss times a sweep shot during the ICC Champions Trophy semi-finals on September 27, 2002.

COLOMBO: Police officers point to the wreckage of the three-wheel taxi that crashed injuring its passenger, Zimbabwe cricket captain Heath Streak on September 23, 2002 in city's fashionable Cinnamon gardens area. Streak was admitted to a private hospital with a suspected fractured shoulder.

COLOMBO: South African batsman Hershelle Gibbs holds a bat as he watches his team warm up during the nets at R. Premadasa Stadium

KOLKATA: National Congress leader Sharad Pawar (L), President, Board of Control for Cricket in India, Jagmohan Dalmiya (C), and former Assam chief minister Prafulla Mahanta (R) pose for photo on their way to BCCI's annual general meeting on September 19, 2002

COLOMBO: Australian umpire Darryl Harper (L) wipes the sweat off South African officiating umpire Rudi Koetzen to beat the heat during a break in a pool match between England and Zimbabwe in the ICC Champions Trophy on September 18, 2002

COLOMBO: Victor Grandia of The Netherlands bowls during their pool match against Sri Lanka in the ICC Champions Trophy on Monday

COLOMBO: West Indies skipper Carl Hooper (R) addresses the media as manager Ricky Skerritt looks on. Hooper said they would treat the ICC Champions Trophy as a dress rehearsal for next year's World Cup in South Africa

COLOMBO: South Africa's Jonty Rhodes sweeps a delivery during the ICC Champions Trophy match with the West Indies on September 13, 2002

COLOMBO: Sri Lankan dancers perform at the opening ceremony of the ICC Champions Trophy on September 12, 2002. Twelve countries are participating in the 15-day event

COLOMBO: South African batsman Herschelle Gibbs (L) sweeps a ball as New Zealand 'keeper Lou Vincent (C) and captain Stephen Fleming look on during a practice match on September 11, 2002

LONDON: The scene at Lord's cricket ground which is having major re-surfacing work, due to be completed in December, 2002 on Tuesday, September 10, 2002

LONDON: Indian batsman Sachin Tendulkar signs autographs outside the dressing room on the fifth day of the fourth and last Test against England at The Oval on Monday

LONDON: India's batsman Rahul Dravid (R) hits for four runs as England wicketkeeper Alec Stewart looks on during the fourth day of fourth Test at The Oval on September 8, 2002.

NAIROBI: Pakistan's Wasim Akram misses the ball delivered by Australian bowler Jason Gillespie (c) as wicketkeeper Adam Gilchrist, waits for ball during their final at the Nairobi Gymkhana Club on September 7, 2002.

LONDON: India's wicketkeeper Ajay Ratra (R) and Rahul Dravid (C) run to congratulate VVS Laxman (L) after he caught England's Nasser Hussain during the second day of the 4th Test at The Oval on September 6, 2002.

NAIROBI: Australia's batsman Adam Gilchrist reacts after missing the ball delivered by kenyan batsman Thomas Odoyo during their triangular one-day international tournament on September 5, 2002

LONDON: Indian batsman Sachin Tendulkar is presented with an engraved nPower stump to mark his 100th Test appearance during a team photocall at the Oval on September 4, 2002

KOLKATA, India: Cricket fans from India's main opposition Congress Party burn an effigy of International Cricket Council (ICC) Chief Executive Malcolm Speed on Tuesday. India's cricketers are still refusing to sign a disputed ICC contract for next week's Champions Trophy in Sri Lanka

NAIROBI: Australian batsman Michael Bevan in action during a triangular one-day series match against Kenya on September 2, 2002

NAIROBI: Kenya's wicketkeeper David Obuya (centre) appeals for leg before against Pakistani batsman Misbah-ul-Haq during their tri-series match at the Gymkhana Ground on September 1, 2002

NAIROBI: Australian captain Ricky Ponting survives an lbw appeal against Pakistan during their tri-nation tournament match on August 30, 2002

NAIROBI: Kenyan wicketkeeper Thomas Odoyo celebrates after the dismissal of Pakistan's Azhar Mahmood during their tri-nation series match at the Nairobi Gymkhana on August 29, 2002

LEEDS: India's Anil Kumble (2 nd R) celebrates with Virender Shewag (R), Parthiv Patel (2 nd R) and VVS Laxman (L) after trapping England's Robert Key leg before for 34 during the fourth day's play of the third Test at Headingley on August 25, 2002

LEEDS, England: Blood pours from the head of a spectator after a six hit by Indian captain Sourav Ganguly struck him during the second day play of the third Test against England at Headingley on August 23, 2002.

LEEDS: India's Sachin Tendulkar escapes a close call from England's Alex Tudor on the second day of the third Test at Headingley on August 23, 2002

TANGIERS: Sri Lanka's Sanath Jayasuriya holds the trophy despite having his arm in a sling after his team won Morocco Cup final against South Africa at Tangiers Cricket Stadium on August 21, 2002. Jayasuriya won the man of 
the match and the man of the series.

TANGIERS: South Africa's Shaun Pollock runs to catch the ball during Morocco Cup final against Sri Lanka on August 21, 2002. Pollock made the catch but the umpire decided the ball came off the batsman's pad.

BANGALORE: Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) Secretary Niranjan Shah (L) and President Jagmohan Dalmiya (R) examine documents during a working committee meeting on August 20, 2002. The session was organised to discuss the recent Indian cricket team's decision to oppose the ICC's insistence on signing its marketing deal for next month's ICC Champion's Trophy in Sri Lanka

TANGIERS: Pakistan's Wasim Akram (C) is hugged by team-mates Imran Nazir (R) and Waqar Younis (L) after taking the wicket of Sri Lanka's Sanath Jayasuriya during the one-day game against Sri Lanka in Morocco Cup match on 17 August 2002

TANGIER: Pakistan's Inzamam-ul-Haq (C) hits a boundary against Sri Lanka during the one-day Morocco Cup match on August 14, 2002

TANGIERS: Sri Lankan captain Sanath Jayasuriya (R) stands by as a Moroccan cricketer tries his helmet on during practice on August 13, 2002

NOTTINGHAM: England's wicketkeeper Alec Stewart (L) watches as India's batsman Sachin Tendulkar (R) is bowled out by Michael Vaughan (unseen) on August 12, 2002

NOTTINGHAM: England batsman Craig White (R) plays a shot off India's Harbhajan Singh watched by wicketkeeper Parthiv Patel (L) on the fourth day of the second Test at Trent Bridge on August 11, 2002 

NOTTINGHAM: England opener Robert Key pulls Indian pacer Zaheer Khan on the third day of the second Test at Trent Bridge on August 10, 2002

NOTTINGHAM: India captain Sourav Ganguly (R) and coach John Wright (L) look from their dressing room as rain delays the start of play on the second day of the second Test against England on August 9, 2002

SYDNEY: Mark Waugh addresses the audience at the launching of his autobiography on August 1, 2002

Glamorgan fast bowler Simon Jones bowls at Indian batsman Sachin Tendulkar during the third day of the first Test match between England and India at Lord's on July 27, 2002

LONDON: English bowler Craig White (2nd L) is congratulated by captain Nasser Hussain (L) as he claims the stumps after dismissing India's Ashish Nehra (R) to conclude the Test on July 29, 2002 

LONDON: English batsman Nasser Hussain hits the ball watched by Indian wicketkeeper Ajay Ratra during the first Test at Lord's cricket ground on July 25, 2002.

LONDON: Indian wicketkeeper Ajay Ratra (3rd L) embrace bowler Ajit Agarkar (L) after they dismissed English captain Nasser Hussain for 155 during the first Test at Lord's on July 26, 2002.

Australian Test cricket captain Steve Waugh speaks with journalists in Barrackpore, some 40 km (25 miles) north of the eastern Indian city of Kolkata on July 23, 2002. Waugh was visiting Udayan, a home and school for Indian children whose parents have leprosy. Many children at the home said they would pray that the 37-year-old all-rounder makes his country's World Cup squad.

Sri Lanka's Kumar Sangakkara (C) holds a catch to dismiss Bangladeshi batsman Amin-ul-Islam (L) as Sri Lanka's captain Sanath Jayasuriya watches on the third day of the first Test in Colombo July 23, 2002. Sri Lanka beat Bangladesh by an innings and 196 runs with Sri Lanka's spinner Muttiah Muralitharan taking a 10-wicket haul.

COLOMBO: Bangladeshi captain Khaled Mashud (R) sweeps a ball as Sri Lankan wicketkeeper Prasanna Jayawardena (L) looks on during the first day of the first Test match between Sri Lanka and Bangladesh on 21 July 2002.

SINGAPORE: Malaysian bowler S Vickeneswaran (L) looks on as Nepalese batsman Dipendra Chaudhary drives the ball during the ACC Trophy Tournament semifinal on July 19, 2002

CAPE TOWN: Cricket fans Zaheer Chothia (R) and his family were among close to 500 fans who waited patiently to purchase their World Cup tickets at the Newlands cricket ground here on July 15, 2002, the first day on which tickets were available to the public 

LONDON: India's captain Sourav Ganguly and others embrace and congratulates Mohammed Kaif after their team beat England at Lord's in a triangular series one-day final on July 13, 2002

BRISTOL: Sri Lanka's Kumar Sangakkara is stumped during the NatWest Series match with India on July 11, 2002

SINGAPORE: Kuwait's bowler Waheed Janjua (R) reacts after his serve as Qatar batsman Mohammad Jhangir (C) makes his run during the Asian Cricket Council Trophy on July 11, 2002

LONDON: Cricket fans shelter from the rain as they wait for play to commence in the NatWest Series match between England and India at The Oval on July 9, 2002. The two teams are due to meet again on Saturday also in the final at Lord's. Picture taken with a fish-eye lens

BIRMINGHAM: India's Ajit Agarkar (R) watches as Sri Lanka's Kaluwitharana edges his first ball during their NatWest Series One-day International match on Saturday.

CHESTER-LE-STREET: England's Darren Gough can only watch as India's Viranda Sehwag (L) and D Mongia take flight during their NatWest Series One-day International match on Thursday

ST GEORGE'S, Grenada: New Zealand's Shane Bond (L), who was named Man of the Series, greets West Indies' Chris Gayle, who was declared Man of the Match, after the conclusion of the second Test on Tuesday

ST GEORGES:West Indies' Ramnaresh Sarwan sits dejected after he was run out for 39 during play against New Zealand on the third day of second Test on June 30, 2002.