Miscellaneous

A Yorkshireman was the Roses match winner at Headingley

AYR and Aberdeenshire all but secured their First Division status for next season from Conference C at the weekend

Is Majid Khan planning to resign as CEO

A fine century by Udara Dhanthanarayana enabled Badulla District to beat Ampara by five wickets and enter the second round in their Under 15 Badulla Region inter-league cricket encounter played on the Badulla Esplanade

Former national cricketer and a vice-president of Bangla-desh Cricket Board (BCB) Tan-veer Haider, who was appointed as manager of the 16th Commonwealth Games bound team, has decided against going to Kuala Lumpur because of illness

LAHORE, Aug 17: Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chairman Khalid Mahmood has said that for the first time 2.5 million rupees had been earmarked in the 1998-99 budget to improve facilities in main cities of the country where important matches were being

ON THE back of England's series-clinching victory over South Africa at Headingley, the England and Wales Cricket Board are currently engaged in contract discussions with nine UK broadcasters

LAHORE, Aug 16: Celebrated Test batsman Javed Miandad was appointed new coach and opener Aamir Sohail as captain of the Pakistan senior cricket team for the Sahara Cup five-match series against India at Toronto

All three matches in the county championships ended in no decision yesterday as first rain then badlight halted play in all three matches

KARACHI, Aug 16: Former captain Javed Miandad has not only been appointed coach but has also been directed to take the guard if required, informed sources said

In the ongoing English season Pakistan's Saqlain Mushtaq, who plays for Surrey, became the third bowler in the 1998 season to capture 50 or more wickets

Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) is likely to introduce a tournament on the lines of the Australian Super Max Eight to scout budding talents, BCB president and Deputy Minister for Shipping Saber Hossain Chowdhury told BSS yesterday

KARACHI, Aug 16: Mohsin Khan said on Sunday that he has not been approached by the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) for the job of junior team coach

LAHORE, Aug 15: Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) executive council, scheduled to meet on Sunday at 10:30 am, will appoint coaches and captains for the Pakistan "A" side and the Pakistan senior team, besides taking some other important decisions

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LAHORE, Aug 15: Sports events in different disciplines were organised in the provincial metropolis to celebrate the Pakistan Independence Day

After 30 Tests - 27 in succession - as the West Indies' only dependable opening batsman, Sherwin Campbell finds himself having to rebuild his career

ED NICHOLLS, of Guyana, one of the least experienced members of the National Grid international panel, will become the sixth overseas umpire to stand in six Test matches this summer when he arrives this week for England's game against Sri Lanka at

He may only be 19, but Daren Ganga has been given a man's job to do

What's first - cricket or school