Miscellaneous

Newly elected Sri Lanka Cricket Board President Thilanga Sumathipala said that he wanted to resolve the dispute regarding the World Tel deal as soon as possible in order to ensure the Cricket Board did not lose good money

Thilanga wants to resolve World Tel dispute as soon as possible (31 Mar 1998)

THE growing differences between England's Test and one-day sides may be defined even further in Australia next winter when the two teams are likely to be managed by different people

England aim to lessen the burden (31 Mar 1998)

THE West Indies Players' Association (WIPA) now has a fixed place to call home

West Indies Players Association Get A Home (31 Mar 1998)

SHERWIN CAMPBELL is out, but certainly not down

Sherwin Campbell Looking On Bright Side (31 Mar 1998)

TWO weeks to the start of a new cricket season

M Parkinson on England: Lacklustre arrival of the county show (30 Mar 1998)

MEMBERS of the Women's Cricket Association yesterday voted to bring an end to 71 years of independence by merging with their male counterparts, the England and Wales Cricket Board

England: Women join forces with ECB (30 Mar 1998)

The Chairman, officials and members of the Pakistan Cricket Board have been grieved by the untimely death of International Umpire Saqib Qureshi

PCB Press Release: Condolence for Umpire Saqib Qureshi (30 Mar 1998)

It has been reported in a section of the press that the two senior players of the Pakistan Cricket team are involved in a brawl and one of them has threatened to cut the tour short and go back to Pakistan

PCB Press Release: Refutation of reported Brawl (30 Mar 1998)

PCB Press Release: Wills Cup Beneficiaries (30 Mar 1998)

CRICKET: Former West Indies opening batsman Robert Samuels pilotted leaders Melbourne to first innings points over Police with a masterful century in their drawn seventh round Senior Cup game at Elletson Road Sports Complex yesterday

Jamaican club cricket: Robert Samuels slams 145 (30 Mar 1998)

Thilanga Sumathipala overcame all handicaps laid in his path by opponents, to be elected president uncontested, at the 50th annual general meeting of the Board of Control for Cricket in Sri Lanka at the Cricket Board headquarters yesterday

Thilanga Sumathipala - youngest president of the BCCSL (30 Mar 1998)

DEBARAWEWA National School figured in two drawn inter-school cricket matches recently

Sri Lanka News Round-up (29 Mar 1998)

29-Mar-1998

M Atheron: A job I held dear but knew I had to give up (29 Mar 1998)

ON THE evening I resigned a couple of ex-England captains rang me at the team hotel, which was nice of them as there are only a certain number of people who know exactly how you feel in those circumstances

29-Mar-1998

England captaincy: Hussain leads case for his own defence (29 Mar 1998)

ALEC STEWART, it seems, is as big a certainty to replace Michael Atherton at the helm as Curtly Ambrose to win a popularity contest in Antigua

29-Mar-1998

Sri Lanka schools previews (28 Mar 1998)

Upeka Fernando, the in-form Thomian skipper, is out to give another treat to the spectators with the bat at the annual Mustangs Trophy limited over cricket encounter against traditional rivals Royal to be played at the SSC grounds, Maitland Place on

Centurion (South Africa) - Test all-rounder Pat Symcox, dropped after scoring a century against Pakistan in the first Test of the three match series at the Wanderers last month has been fined R500 (about $US120) for refusing to sign an autograph

T Chesterfield: Pat Symcox fined (28 Mar 1998)

Sri Lanka News Round-up (28 Mar 1998)

By M

THE NEW-SEASON whiff of linseed oil, freshly mown grass, and Fred Trueman's pipe tobacco is almost upon us, and pub conversations are already beginning to turn from the abdication of Michael Atherton to more parochial matters

England: Lewis ready for return to grace (28 Mar 1998)