Miscellaneous

Ella Donnison from Nottingham captains the newly formed England A side in their bid to defend the European Cup, in Denmark next week

Donnison leads England A in defence of European Cup (July 12 1999)

In most areas of life defeats produce a test of character frequently with two diametrically opposite results

Batting is the bane of Pakistan's cricket (12 July 1999)

Sri Lanka: Cricket news in brief (12 July 1999)

How desperate can Sri Lankan off-spinner Muttiah Muralitharan be to have his contract as Lancashire's overseas player extended

Cricket Focus (11 July 1999)

Mike Gatting and Graham Gooch would both be members of a select XI of the finest English county cricketers since the war, but their days of selecting England teams are near the end

England to drop Gatting and Gooch as selectors (11 July 1999)

When the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) sifts through the applications for the post of team manager in the next few months, it should reflect on the sad saga of Clive Lloyd

West Indies cricket will miss Lloyd (11 July 1999)

Lahore, July 10: The overall performance of the Pakistan team in the seventh World Cup Cricket Tournament was remarkable and the nation should encourage the players so they could gird up their loins for future contests

Pakistan's overall performance no mean feat (11 July 1999)

Karachi, July 10: The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has summoned team manager Dr Zafar Altaf and vice-captain Moin Khan to brief the executive council on the team's performance in the World Cup

PCB summons Altaf and Moin to brief executive council (11 July 1999)

Getting the mix right (11 July 1999)

It bleeds my heart

There is a three-way tie at the top of the Barbados Cricket Association's Courts/Suzuki Division 1 championship as it goes into a five-week break

Barbados Clubs: Three share lead (11 July 1999)

Worried about the relatively small number of umpires with both first-class and Test cricket experience, the West Indies Cricket Umpires Association wants the regional board to expand the Test umpires' panel and to limit the number of first-class

Call for umpires' quota (11 July 1999)

Favourites Bangladesh meet Nepal in the final of the Youth Asia Cup Cricket Sunday at Kalang Oval ground in Singapore

Asian Youth Cup: Bangladesh and Nepal qualify for U-19 World Cup (11 July 1999)

Pradeep Hewage (107 n.o), Saman Jayantha (104) and Chandika Hathurusinghe (105) hit centuries as Seylan Bank beat Commercial Bank by 127 runs and Hatton National Bank defeated Bartleet Group by 138 runs in their Singer sponsored Mercantile 'A'

Sri Lanka Clubs: Hewage, Jayantha and Chandika get centuries (11 July 1999)

MCC will be plunged into turmoil if a vote of no confidence in the committee is forced through at a special meeting on Wednesday

Fears of chaos as MCC vote on tickets (11 July 1999)

When the first few New Zealand wickets fell cheaply on the first morning at Edgbaston, there were already worried faces among administrators fearing an early finish and the loss of ticket sales

Talking Cricket: Hoping balls do not reduce Lord's Test to a bun-fight (10 July 1999)

Promising Northerns all-rounder cricketer Mpho Pedi, contracted to play for the Titans next season, is in a critical condition in the Universitas Hospital, Bloemfontein after being stabbed more than a dozen times

Young South African cricketer stabbed (10 July 1999)

Shane Warne has shelved plans to retire, telling the Australian Cricket Board Friday he is available for international selection

Warne puts retirement on hold (10 July 1999)

For the past 12 trophy-less seasons, they have failed to find the right formula to return to the top of regional youth cricket

T&T Nortel team ready for Jamaica (10 July 1999)

A David Trist (coach)-Jeff Crowe (manager) hierachy could be the way the Black Caps and New Zealand Cricket enter the new millennium

Trist and Crowe in frame to lead NZ (10 July 1999)