Miscellaneous

International Cricket Council (ICC) president Jagmohan Dalmiya left the capital for Calcutta yesterday after a three-day visit to review the progress of the forthcoming Wills International Cup tournament to be held at the Bangabandhu National Stadium

ICC trio departs from Dhaka (15 Sep 1998)

Former New Zealand youth cricket team all-rounder Stephen Cunis is coming to Canterbury after struggling to break into the Northern Districts team

New Zealand: Cunis opts for Canty (15 Sep 1998)

MARK RAMPRAKASH, the Middlesex captain, goes into hospital in London today to have his tonsils removed after a season of intermittent illness

Middlesex face up to shambolic descent (15 Sep 1998)

Todmorden can thank Australian wicket-keeper Ian Healy for recruiting new professional Brendan Nash

Lancashire League: Healy helps Todmorden Nash dash (15 Sep 1998)

BEN 'The Gladiator' Hollioake smashed his seventh double boundary 10 into the Blue Zone at the new Edgbaston Dome in Birmingham last night as the Warwickshire Bears crushed the Surrey Lions in the Budweiser 33s League

M Nicholas: New game needs a short, sharp shock (14 Sep 1998)

For how long our cricketers will go through the crucible of scrutiny

Lateef Jafri: Cricket inquests causes confusion and distress (14 Sep 1998)

Wasim Akram is closer than ever to fulfilling his dream of leading Lancashire to the championship

Lancashire: Wasim closes in on treble dream (14 Sep 1998)

Test tourney slot for Bangladesh likely

Dalmiya happy with Wills preparation (14 Sep 1998)

WASIM AKRAM has played his last match for Pakistan

Wasim Akram: 'My reputation is more important than glory' (14 Sep 1998)

Long before information technology threatened a takeover, cricket held a monopoly on confusion and complication, writes PAUL AGNEW

P Agnew: Lancashire League Feature (14 Sep 1998)

The rain which completely washed out five of the six fixtures in the Northern League on Saturday left the placings at the top of the table unchanged

Lancs Northern League: Rain denies Chorley (14 Sep 1998)

WEATHER interruptions apart, and there have been many worse seasons, there has been only one serious blight on the Britannic Assurance County Championship which reaches yet another unpredictable climax this week and once again raises the serious

CMJ on English pitches: Grass-roots problem of producing a level playing field (14 Sep 1998)

Colombo North (Outer) clinched the BCCSL Under 15 Regional trophy beating Kandy Region by 66 runs at the limited over final played at the NCC grounds yesterday

Sri Lanka: Colombo North (Outer) clinch BCCSL U-15 title (13 Sep 1998)

WHILE the game of cricket has seen many exciting matches, perhaps nothing that has ever happened on the field of play will prove as interesting and momentous as what is due to happen in the coming weeks at the Lahore High Court

Pakistan braced for more scandal (13 Sep 1998)

Efforts are underway to lift the standard of district level cricket coaches

Bangladesh: Gordon to coach cricket coaches (13 Sep 1998)

With cricket at the top of the sports agenda these days, what with Sri Lanka's triumphs in England, now it is the turn of our blind cricketers to show their prowess

Sri Lanka: Blind cricketers gear up for World Cup (13 Sep 1998)