Miscellaneous

Peter Such, the Essex off-spinner who has played in eight Test matches for England, was named yesterday in the Ashes party for the forthcoming winter tour

THE subject that is imperative today is the warmest congratulations to Sri Lanka for as conclusive a victory as could be imagined, the details of which to English eyes and ears hold sad, salutary lessons

Graham Lloyd has been handed two big chances to stake his claim for a place in England's World Cup squad next year

Christopher Martin-Jenkins

With the kind of solid approach that typifies the name of his school, Dwayne Farrell performed the rare feat of batting through the entire first day of the 1998 Cable & Wireless BET Under-15 cricket final yesterday

Jamaica Grande and Boscobel meet today in the final of the John Issa/Superclubs hotel cricket competition at the Content Gardens Oval beginning 10:30 a.m

Square Toiletries Limited became the official soap and toothpaste suppliers of the World Cup bound Bangladesh cricket team, according to a three-year contract with the Bangladesh Cricket Board

Lancashire League secretary Rod Slater is sweating on a decision over his future as an official

Warren Hegg and John Crawley were today selected for England's Ashes Tour of Australia this winter

I read with interest the response given yesterday by Barbados Cricket Association (BCA) president Tony Marshall to an article which appeared in "the Sunday Sun" of August 30, 1998

They may be neighbours, but when the BET Under-15 final bowls off at the BET Ground at 1 p.m

ISLAMABAD, Aug 31: The Standing Committee of the Senate on Culture, Sports and Tourism, which met under the Chairmanship of senator Justice Dr

Batsman Wavell Hinds is the only Jamaican named in the West Indies A team which is set to tour India in November

THE divisional line-ups for next year's fully-fledged Scottish National League were largely resolved at the weekend

ALEC STEWART and his three Surrey colleagues involved in the humiliation by Sri Lanka will have to hit the ground running when they return to county cricket today

Lancashire are set to pull out of the bidding for Sri Lankan spinning sensation Muttiah Muralitharan as a replacement for Wasim Akram next season

Former England all-rounder David Capel inspired Haslingden to a 13 run victory over East Lancs in the Lees Brewery Inter-League Challenge Trophy at Alexandra Meadows

Courtney Browne given another chance to get back into West Indies selectors' good books

Cricket - once the preserve of Englishmen and their local aspirants - has become Sri Lanka's national sport

IN the most dramatic of finishes, Grange retained the Whyte & Mackay Scottish Cup when, with Prestwick needing three to win from the final delivery, their last man was run out going for the clinching runs