Miscellaneous

Can England go toe to toe with the world's best

KARACHI, Nov 5: All the city roads will lead to the National Stadium on Friday where Pakistan launch their effort to restore battered pride against Australia in first of the three One-day Internationals

01 Aug ESPN to telecast cricket in India over the next 5 years; Taylor keen to avoid controversy; Wessels suspected fracture; More on the never-ending Atherton controversy

03 Dec Indian cricket team will play 3 one-day matches against West Indies in Trinidad next May to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the arrival of Indians in the region

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Mohammed Azharuddin would not be wrong to consider himself a very unlucky captain, after India lost a golden opportunity to beat the West Indies in a Test series last month

"Puss" Achong won a place in cricketing folklore for inspiring the phrase `Chinaman` in cricket`s vocabulary

The Cricket Field, by Rev

As in great batsmen, Trevor clearly states his criteria

Play at Taunton in July 1954 was relieved by a maiden century by Leslie Angell, the Somerset opening batsman, and by a strange bowling performance from Hanif Mohammad of Pakistan

Note: The last three instances were achieved in 6-match series.

52 and 6 C.A.Absolom (Eng) Melbourne Jan 1879 60 and 4 J.H.King (Eng) Lord's Jun 1909 80 and 0 A.E.V.Hartkopf (Aus) Melbourne Jan 1925 24 and 60 Yuvraj of Patiala (Ind) Madras Feb

If all goes well, ten potential Sri Lankan cricketers between the ages of 19 and 21 years will sign up contracts to play for clubs in the English leagues this summer

Fri 01 GAme SL v PAk Bd XI ends in a draw

01 Jan Fairbrother to join Eng sqad in Aus

01 Jul India-A squad announced for Kenya tour in August - see article in this directory for details

02 Mar Vasbert Drakes named in WI one-day squad v Aus

The fourth Test between England and South Africa ends in a draw

01 Nov Manoj Prabhakar and Nayan Mongia were dropped from the Indian team for the rest of the 3 nation tournament as disciplinary action

03 Apr John Reid will not continue as NZ coach