Miscellaneous

Maldivian President Abdul Gayoom has invited Sri Lanka's cricketer Sanath Jayasuriya and his bride Sumudu, to spend their honeymoon in Male

Sri Lanka News Round-up (7 May 1998)

MCC members will, as expected, have to pay for entry to Lord's for the first time in the club's history if they want to watch next year's World Cup games there

Cup price to pay for MCC members (7 May 1998)

Hampshire announce sale of the County Ground (7 May 1998)

Thursday 7th May

Abu Fuard that mesmerising off spinner of the sixties and seventies who is back as vice president of the Cricket Board has been picked to visit South Africa and Australia and study how their cricket academies are functioning

Sri Lanka's Abu Fuard to study cricket academies (7 May 1998)

Shane Warne, the most successful spin bowler in the history of Test cricket, has undergone surgery on his right shoulder and is expected to be out of competitive cricket for between six months and a year

Warne has shoulder operation (7 May 1998)

Sri Lanka test cricket captain Arjuna Ranatunga lauded the Sri Lanka Schools Cricket Association for the major role it has played in developing and producing world class cricketers

SLSCA role in producing world class cricketers, says Arjuna (7 May 1998)

CRICKET: A solid six-wicket partnership between Kerry Scott and Lincoln Granston powered champions Kingston College to a comfortable 262 for seven on yesterday's first day of the three-day Sunlight Cup finals against Jonathan Grant High at Melbourne

Jamaica: Sunlight Cup final report (6 May 1998)

IN WHAT appears to be an unprecedented move, Intermediate powerhouses Dover have turned down their promotion to the Premier Zone for the 1998 Barbados Cricket Association (BCA) season

Barbados: Intermediate Cricket Champs Turn Down Promotion (6 May 1998)

BARBADOS have been drawn in the same group as World Cup champions Sri Lanka, fellow West Indians Jamaica and home nation, Malaysia, in the Commonwealth Games' first cricket tournament in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, in September

Commonwealth Games Cricketers Getting In Shape (6 May 1998)

ALEC STEWART will bat no lower than four and keep wicket when he leads England into the first Test match against South Africa on June 4, writes Christopher Martin-Jenkins

C Martin Jenkins: England put faith in strong Stewart (6 May 1998)

THE shock news that England may not be travelling to Australia this winter to regain the Ashes of a burnt bail but the Ashes of Florence Rose Murphy's veil, will, all Englishmen hope, not dampen the sporting ardour of our team when they set out on

T Rice: Romantic veil tale brings new twist to Ashes saga (6 May 1998)

Sri Lanka: Ranga Dissanayake a promising cricketer (6 May 1998)

Rajshahi, aided by a brilliant century from Nayan, stormed into the Thakurgaon Zone final of the 24th national cricket championship defeating Kurigram by 219 runs yesterday

Bangladesh News - National Championship scores (6 May 1998)

ANOTHER vote on whether women should be admitted as members of MCC could take place as early as the autumn of this year

Lord's set for fresh vote on women (6 May 1998)

1998 marks the last season of the Benson & Hedges Cup; the domestic limited-overs competition that has been contested annually since 1972

Review of the first Benson & Hedges Cup 'Cricket Showcase' (5 May 1998)

Jamaica: J. Grant, KC in big showdown (5 May 1998)

Faridpur, Kushtia and Dinajpur moved into the zonal semifinals of the 24th national cricket championship winning their respective matches in different venues across the country yesterday

Bangladesh News round-up (5 May 1998)

At 10.30am on Tuesday 5th May the ECB announced the name of the next English cricket captain at a Lord's Press Conference

Who will replace Mike Atherton as England captain? (5 May 1998)