Miscellaneous

A test cricket series win against Sri Lanka would only lift New Zealand to equal - eighth with Zimbabwe on the world rankings, according to influential British publication Wisden

The Pakistan Cricket Board's probe committee, investigating betting and match-fixing is meeting at the Gadhafi Stadium, Lahore, on Sunday

SUSSEX have become the second county to apply for planning permission to erect permanent floodlights at their headquarters in the belief that day-night cricket has "a big future"

LORD'S is not what it used to be

WITH the burden of captaincy lifted from his shoulders Daniel Cheesbrough has weighed in with the runs to keep Great Harwood pushing for honours on two fronts

Thurstan College beat Raddoluwa MMV in their U-17 'Singer' Trophy match played at Thurstan Arounds recently

Dhaka, Dinajpur in zonal finals

WITH rain preventing all but one game on the eastern side of the country from starting, Ayr, in Conference C, and Poloc in Conference B, took advantage of a window in the western weather to record victories

Duleep Mendis asked to explain

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LANCASHIRE will ask John Crawley to step into the firing line at Northampton tomorrow

For many years, the state of Jamaica's cricket has been the concern of cricket fans around the island

Emerald International, recognised as a top player in the Sri Lankan menswear market, recently signed a contract with the 'promising generation' of Sri Lankan cricket - Mahela Jayewardena, Naveed Nawaz, Ruchira Palliyaguru, Russel Arnolda and Ruwan

BRIAN LARA has been fined UKP 2,000 - about half a week's wages - by Warwickshire for missing Sunday's AXA League match against Somerset

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JOE Scuderi enjoyed his first clash with his old Nelson team-mates as his new club Colne defied the best efforts of Roger Harper to progress to the semi-finals of the Jennings Worsley Cup

Born: May 23 1966

Will Mohsin Khan be able to deliver the goods

A MAN'S reach should exceed his grasp, or what's a heaven for

Singapore Friendship Cup for Bangladesh