Miscellaneous

WILTSHIRE entered the Minor Counties record books as the first side to scale 500 under the experimental "grade" rules

John Crawley can start packing for Australia this winter, writes ANDY WILSON

INDIAN authorities have added another dissenting note to the troubled build-up to cricket's debut in the Commonwealth Games next month by saying they will not allow their players to undergo drug tests

It is with the objective of obtaining medical treatment for fast bowler Chaminda Vaas' injured foot - that he has been sent to England

Zahir Abbass Hanif went into the biggest weekend of his first Vaux Ribblesdae League campaign on a high - after his best knock so far to blast Read into oblivion last Saturday

East Lancs skipper Mark Lomas has urged fellow captains to make the new controversial Lancashire League rules work

AT LAST I can bin the dog-earred old cuttings in my "England's Last Triumph" file

Cricket's old school tie is strangling the lines of communication with its indoor counterpart, says Mark Cini, who is at the hub of the national indoor championships, which began in Christchurch yesterday

Moratu Vidyalaya entered the finals of the Horlicks Trophy under-15 division two when they beat Revatha Vidyalaya, Balapitiya by 51 runs on first innings in the semi-finals played at Balapitiya

Jamaica Under-19 representatives Jermaine Lawson, with 10 wickets, and a century from Barrington Bartley Jnr

KARACHI, Aug 13: As many as 31 of a maximum 35 posts of the seven zones of the Karachi City Cricket Association (KCCA) were elected unopposed for the next three-year term on Thursday after the withdrawal of various candidates ahead of the zonal

Greenidge rookie, Gazi what

Any technology which helps umpires improve decision making is worth implementing, believes New Zealand Cricket's umpires manager Brian Aldridge

Places in New Zealand men's and women's World Cup indoor cricket teams will be the ultimate prize during the national championships starting in Christchurch today

A specialist's visit soon will decide the cricketing fate of New Zealand all-rounder Chris Cairns who faces a break from the game either way with a degenerative complaint in his right knee

It is the vision of the International Cricket Council to make cricket an authentic global sport in the year 2000

West Indies manager Clive Lloyd is calling for the best umpires to be used for Test matches and not necessarily umpires from every Test-playing country

Bangladesh Cricket Board yesterday called another 25 cricketers along with 14 it picked for the Commonwealth Games squad for a camp at the BKSP

THE International Cricket Council have defended their policy of using national pay scales for their umpires panel

THE scramble for places in the Conference tables intensifies this weekend with all captains casting a wary eye on the table and, perhaps, an even warier eye on the inclement weather