Miscellaneous

The easiest thing today is to comment like wise owls after the event

E Rodrigopolle: Cricket selectors are laughing (11 May 1998)

OF LEADERS, Field-Marshal Montgomery once said `they have infectious optimism, a determination to persevere in the face of difficulties and the composure to radiate confidence when they themselves are not too certain of the outcome.Õ One would think

Life after Lloyd- Ray Ford appraises Viv Richards' captaincy (11 May 1998)

Middlesex and Ramprakash - Breakfast of champions? (11 May 1998)

Breakfast of champions

HAVE they sent the wrong tournament to the gallows

Cup's last act serves as perfect stage for England aspirants (11 May 1998)

"Don't expect results overnight," said former Sri Lanka cricketer Roy Dias, who was appointed national coach to succeed Australia's Bruce Yardley on Saturday

Sri Lanka: Don't expect results overnight, says Dias (11 May 1998)

THAT the MCC are to ask members who voted against women to say what they are afraid of is a clear sign all is not well at Lord's

Michael Parkinson: MCC chaps in a flutter over chintz effect (11 May 1998)

Tangail paved their way into the Bogra zonal final of the 24th national cricket championship with a thrilling three-run win over Kushtia in the first semifinal at the Bogra Stadium yesterday

Bangladesh News Round-up (10 May 1998)

AT the Port Elizabeth Test of 1995 Dominic Cork was on top of the world, or as near to it as any England bowler has been since Ian Botham and Bob Willis

S Berry: Pollock in full flow as Cork dries up (10 May 1998)

ALEC STEWART'S appointment as England captain was expected

P Roebuck: Stewart seen as the safe choice (10 May 1998)

KARACHI, May 9: Six departments are expected to get back their full membership of the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) when the General Body meets at Lahore on May 15

Pakistan: Six departments may get back PCB membership (10 May 1998)

CRICKET BOARD president Thilanga Sumathipala confirmed the new appointments of former Test cricketer Roy Dias (coach) and Ranjith Fernando (Manager) of the national cricket team at a media-briefing yesterday at the BCCSL Headquarters

Sri Lanka: Dias new coach, Yardley in charge of spinners (10 May 1998)

KARACHI, May 8: Rashid Latif will represent Pakistan at the annual International Cricket Council (ICC) captains conference at Lord's on May 18

Rashid Latif to attend ICC captains meet (9 May 1998)

KARACHI, May 8: Discarded Test pacer Ataur Rahman has recorded his statement with Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) probe committee against betting and match-fixing, probe committee chairman Justice Ijaz Yousuf confirmed on Friday

Samiul Hasan: PCB probe committee records Ata's statement (9 May 1998)

Bruce Yardley, Sri Lanka's Australian cricket coach, we reliably learn has decided t quit his job as coach

Sri Lanka: Yardley's shine wears off (9 May 1998)

Faridpur and Dinajpur moved into the zonal final of the 24th national cricket championship winning their respective two-day semifinals at different venues across the country yesterday

Bangladesh: Faridpur and Dinajpur in zonal final (9 May 1998)