Miscellaneous

THE saying that "things brown" has taken on a new meaning

Vaux Ramsbottom Cup: Pickles versus Onion

HASLINGDEN must lay their Todmorden bogey if they are to become the first Lancashire League club to put their name on the Lees Brewery Challenge Trophy

One of the island's most battered Division 1 cricket teams enters this afternoon's second day of second series Courts/Suzuki matches in a position in which they can try to force a rare victory

IT was all because the umpire called 'no ball'

PADDY McKeown believes his big breakthrough for Lancashire is only just round the corner

Steve James has become used to century celebrations during an increasingly prolific county career with Glamorgan, but as a 12-year-old pupil at Monmouth School the prospect of a maiden hundred was a strangely alarming one

THE Conference meeting between Clydesdale and Aberdeenshire at Titwood tomorrow promises to be the top match in a section which has so far been dominated by the Mannofield side despite them having completed only four of their scheduled seven games

THE increasing influence of youth has been evident in recent results and Minor Counties Cricket Association coaches John Shepperd and Phil Oliver have been gratified by a series of striking performances from up-and-coming hopefuls

Eight of the world's fastest bowlers will have their speed tested before the testimonial of West Indian paceman Courtney Walsh

Keith Arthurton has the Lancashire League run record in his sights after a prolific start to the season , writes Pete Oliver

The Board of Control for Cricket in Sri Lanka is on the threshold of the 50th anniversary of its existence

Breaking records is nothing new to Settle run machine Surendra Bhave

Lancashire failed to break even in their day-night floodlit AXA League fixture against Surrey at Old Trafford on Wednesday

West Indies Cricket Board president Pat Rousseau is happy that the West Indies will be staging the ninth World Cup

The West Indies Cricket Board has told the International Cricket Council that it cannot and will not accept any examination of the Sabina Park pitch - not unless the game's governing body decides to inspect all pitches

Former Sri Lanka fast-medium bowler Champaka Ramanayake has become the leading wicket-taker in the Central Lancashire league with 36 wickets from eight matches

A unanimous vote by over 60 delegates at the International Cricket Council (ICC) annual meeting awarded the 9th ICC World Cup to the West Indies, a release from the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) said yesterday

SCOTLAND'S World Cup hopes have been dealt a blow after the International Cricket Council blocked moves which would have allowed players like Yorkshire's Gavin Hamilton to turn out for the Scots without affecting their chances of going on to play for

Betting and match-fixing issue was discussed at the International Cricket Council (ICC) meeting in England last week, a spokesman for the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) said