Miscellaneous

MELVYN Betts, the outsider in the three-man race with Chris Silverwood and Ed Giddins for the final place in England's Test party, by-passed the orthodox route into the thoughts of the selectors

ON Thursday morning, those South African cricketers who have never played a Test at Lord's may smile to think that their cricket careers have got them a big game at the great ground

Clayton Lambert immediately stamped his presence on the Courts/Suzuki Division 1 cricket competition yesterday

LORD'S have taken a giant leap into the next century and embraced the technological age

The United Cricket Board of South Africa has announced the formation of a panel of specialist coaches to assist players at provincial, national and junior level

Andrew Harris, Derbyshire's highly-rated pace bowler, is not expected to play again this season because of a back injury

MY appetite for Talking Cricket is somewhat diminished at the moment

THE introduction of a Premier League is as far away as ever after the latest rejection by the Confederation of Lancashire Cricket Leagues

HASLINGDEN may be the holders and the reigning Lancashire League champions but Colne professional Joe Scuderi insists the draw for tomorrow's Worsley Cup semi-finals suits him fine

TEST cricket may end up partly on BBC and partly on Sky from the beginning of next season - with Sky getting the first two days an BBC the rest of the match , writes Mihir Bose

An inter-class six-a-side cricket tournament was organised for the first time in the history of Aquinas College of Higher Studies, Borella by the Catholic Students' Movement

Todmorden are looking for revenge against Ramsbottom tomorrow as they bid to recover from a season's start that has been slow in every sense , writes PETE OLIVER

Durham, the British university champions, attempt to reach their 14th final in 15 years when they meet Nottingham in their postponed semi-final at Abbeydale Park, Sheffield today

THE rivalry between neighbours Ayr and Prestwick is renewed tomorrow in Conference C with Ayr, in second place, favourites to come out on top

A CLAMP-DOWN on public drinking at Test match grounds is being proposed by Warwickshire after crowd misbehaviour at the Edgbaston Test

Nuwan Zoysa's fate will be decided by one of Australia's top knee surgeons

Lancashire are set to play in front of an Edgbaston full house for their floodlit AXA League match against Warwickshire at the end of the month

Defending champs MTS Wanderers were in a strong position against Texaco Police as the All Sport Savannah cricket final began at the Queen's Park Savannah yesterday

THE TRUE test of a captain falls to Nasser Hussain when Essex, bottom of the Britannic Assurance Championship, meet leaders Surrey at Chelmsford, starting today

Sri Lanka's champion fast bowler Chaminda Vaas is on the recovery trail and may hopefully be in England for the one-off Test and the triangular series with the host country and South Africa