Miscellaneous

The World Cup is now over

Some observations on Sri Lanka's World Cup failure (23 July 1999)

CENTURION (South Africa) - What was called 'suggesting a crazy idea' to Eddie Barlow by his former Test captain Dr Ali Bacher, has landed the tough-minded all-rounder with the sort of challenge he is likely to enjoy at the age of 58

Barlow becomes an honorary Bangladeshi (23 July 1999)

Lahore, July 22: New manager and coach of the Pakistan cricket team will be announced soon and national selection committee will be re-constituted

New manager and coach to be announced shortly: Mujeeb (23 July 1999)

CENTURION (South Africa) - Northerns Titans all-rounder Mpho Pedi, the victim of a vicious assault and left dying in a pool of blood more than two weeks ago, has successfully negotiated what medical specialists call the 'tricky corner' in the

Pedi sets out on recovery road (23 July 1999)

Former Sri Lanka captain Ranjan Madugalle is a strong believer that a world class cricket team must not only have world class players, but also world class administrators

World class cricketers need top administrators, says Madugalle (23 July 1999)

So the curse of Lord's has struck again and after a comparatively untroubled time during the morning session, England have once again fallen victim to a phenomenon which has troubled them most sorely in recent years

The Curse of Lord's (22 July 1999)

New South African cricket coach Graham Ford has inherited a team in fine shape, but the former Maritzburg Varsity coach is well aware how quickly things can change

New SA coach looks ahead (22 July 1999)

New Zealand cricket fast bowler Geoff Allott has been named Christchurch High School Old Boys' Association Sportsman of the Year

Allott honoured (22 July 1999)

Despite its myriad attractions, cricket has always had the capacity to be the cruellest of games

Stewart fights back at Lord's (22 July 1999)

Joint leaders Barbados and Guyana will clash head-to-head to decide the winner of Zone B in the final preliminary round of the Nortel Networks Under-19 Tournament which begins today

Nortel Championship: Bajans eye semifinal (22 July 1999)

Fears are growing that Darren Gough may miss the rest of the series against New Zealand and struggle to prove his fitness for the winter tour of South Africa

Series may already be over for Gough (22 July 1999)

John Crawley has finally ended his wait for a century

Lancashire: Crawley off the century mark (22 July 1999)

Australian cricketer and member of the recent winning World Cup team, Paul Reiffel, today announced his retirement from all international cricket prompting withdrawal from the up coming tour of Sri Lanka and Zimbabwe

Reiffel retires

22-Jul-1999•Australian Cricket Board

Ribblesdale League: Ashraf agrees return (21 July 1999)

Jennings Ribblesdale League leaders Cherry Tree have signed professional Naeem Ashraf for another season

Nottinghamshire are favourites to win the race to sign Shoaib Akhtar, the Pakistan fast bowler, now that Vasbert Drakes, the club's current overseas player, has made his future intentions clear

Notts favourites to sign Akhtar (21 July 1999)

Mike Smethurst, the surprise hero of Lancashire's NatWest Trophy victory over Hampshire two weeks ago, was left out of the championship rematch in Southampton today

Lancashire: Hero Smethurst's squeezed out (21 July 1999)

Aged 29, and four years after his one and only experience of international cricket, Vasbert Drakes still has his mind set on a recall to the West Indies team

Drakes has sights set on West Indies recall (21 July 1999)

In recent years, the standard of Jamaica's cricket has declined and many people, in and outside the sport, have been asking why

Players' attitudes may be game's real dilemma (21 July 1999)

Scotland's selectors have picked a strong 12-man squad for their one-day game against the South African Cricket Academy next Tuesday at Forfar, the first in a series of four to be played during the next two weeks

Crawley recalled to face South Africans (21 July 1999)