Miscellaneous

While the British are getting ready to put the future of their cricket in the hands of the Clive Lloyd Academy, some of the planners in regional cricket are at odds over which course is best for West Indies cricket

CRICKET: Melbourne defeated Portland by ten wickets to win the 1998 Senior Cup cricket title at Melbourne Oval yesterday

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

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

Breakfast of champions

HAVE they sent the wrong tournament to the gallows

"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

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

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

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

ALEC STEWART'S appointment as England captain was expected

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

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

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

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

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

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

SHANE WARNE will be out of cricket for up to a year after corrective surgery on a damaged shoulder

THE minor counties enter the new era of ECB reforms with the launch of an enlarged MCC Trophy this weekend

WHERE did you go to school