Miscellaneous

Keith Barker junior has smashed out of sight a 10-year-old batting record held by English cricket's newest star Andrew Flintoff , writes PETER WHITE

Leicestershire have shown interest in signing up Sri Lanka's ace spinner Muthiah Muralitharan as their overseas player for next season

Lancashire are hoping to stage a third floodlit AXA League match at Old Trafford this season

Lancashire have booked Mike Atherton and Andy Flintoff on a flight from Leeds to Southampton to save them a marathon drive from the Fifth Test to the NatWest Trophy semi-final

THE telephones at Yorkshire's Headingley headquarters, the venue for the final Test against South Africa next week, have hardly stopped ringing since Mike Atherton struck the winning runs for England at Nottingham on Monday to level the series

The World Cup Trophy is the most prestigious trophy that the 12 countries will be vying for next summer

Canterbury cricket officials are continuing to seek compensation after a Shell Cup match was cancelled at Lancaster Park last December

I DO anything I can to avoid leaving England in the summer

KARACHI, July 28: The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) announced a packed 1998-99 domestic season's schedule on Tuesday with main emphasis being on Grade Two tournaments

Ribblesdale Wanderers are bearing the fruits of their youth policy as they emerge as the dark horses in the race for the Ribblesdale League title they haven't won since 1963

Marathon man Mike Atherton faces a severe test of even his stamina in the NatWest Trophy semi-finals

As the Birmingham side left the field after being beaten by eight wickets, one follower shouted at the West Indian: "You are getting oe200,000 a year and I have taken a day off work to watch this rubbish." Another was screaming abuse as Lara appeared

Michael Atherton, the man who set up England's victory at Trent Bridge by blunting the threat of Allan Donald, will miss Lancashire's important championship match against Leicestershire this week at the request of the England selectors , writes

Shane Warne, the prolific Australian wicket-taker, has been told by surgeons that he might never bowl again

Chris Wood, the English Cricket Board's surprise choice as their new pitches consultant, has signed terms of employment and immediately began to lay plans for a new life away from the leafy surrounds of Shenley Park, the MCC's country home of cricket

KARACHI, July 27: The cricket selectors meeting for the selection of a 14-member Commonwealth Games team has been rescheduled for Tuesday because of the failure of the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) to complete the formalities

Cricket Association Members Want To Know State Of Money Game

On February 4, 1993 (Independence Day) the title of "Kreeda Koushala" was conferred on Sri Lankan Umpire Thammahette Mudalige Samarasinghe at the Wayamba Deshabimana Award Ceremony held at the Welagedera Stadium, Kurunegala

Discarded West Indies players Junior Murray and Patterson Thompson have been named along with Trinidadian Richard Smith to play for Surrey in this year's County Championships

Chris Lewis is the most notable omission from a 37-man provisional World Cup squad announced by England's selectors yesterday