Miscellaneous

MARK BOUCHER may have the Aussie inside lane for the time being but the battle to succeed Dave Richardson as national wicketkeeper is anything but settled

Wicket keepers in RSA (25 Nov 1997)

SUSSEX finally got their man yesterday when Chris Adams, the batsman reluctantly released by Derbyshire, agreed to sign a three-year contract and to take over the captaincy of the county who finished bottom in the championship and Sunday league last

Adams agrees to lead Sussex (25 Nov 1997)

Australian Neil Maxwell, New Zealand Cricket's marketing manager, is available to play for Canterbury for some of its Shell Cup campaign

New Zealand: Maxwell available for cup campaign (25 Nov 1997)

IT HAS been the ultimate development week in the brief history of the United Cricket Board of South Africa

Black cricketers in RSA (25 Nov 1997)

A DISCIPLINED, yet enterprising, half-century from Adrian Jones and good all-round performances from Orion Bostic and Winston Reid inspired Sports and Games YMPC to a 32-run Fire Cup semifinal victory over ESA Field Pickwick yesterday

Barbados:YMPC Beat Picwick In Semifinal (24 Nov 1997)

OLD STAGER Jeffrey Mascoll topscored with a valuable 42 and then took the final United Carlton wicket as Big B Spartan went through to their eighth final of the Fire Cup competition

Barbados: Spartan Go Through To Final (24 Nov 1997)

In November 1980, Clive Lloyd brought a West Indian squad which included five fast bowlers determined to break the deadlock

West Indies-Pakistan Test encounters since 1958 - II (24 Nov 1997)

BOURDA, the international Guyanese cricket ground which has long had inadequate drainage facilities, will be equipped with covers for its entire playing area from next year

West Indies: Bourda Ground To Get State-Of-The-Art Covers (24 Nov 1997)

Compiled by Dinesh Weerawansa

Sri Lanka News Round-up (24 Nov 1997)

In Brian Lara's first comments about his on-off return to Warwickshire next summer, he has said he is still uncertain about the move, writes Peter Deeley

Lara unsure about return to Warwickshire (24 Nov 1997)

BY thrashing New Zealand with a day to spare the best cricket team in the world continue to demonstrate what can be achieved when individual talents are linked to an unshakeable collective resolve

Australians strike a sensible note after board play it tough (24 Nov 1997)

THE Army in Jaffna has taken steps to help Tamil youth in Jaffna to take up to the internationally reputed game of cricket

Sri Lanka News Round-up (23 Nov 1997)

23-Nov-1997

Botham having a charity ball (22 Nov 1997)

THURSDAY night at the Harare South Golf Club, and Ian Botham knows he has to make his speech early

22-Nov-1997

* Joseph Vaz College Wennappuwa recorded two good victories over Kalutara MV and St

Sri Lanka News Round-up (21 Nov 1997)

DAVID LLOYD, the bubbly, talented Lancastrian who took over as England's cricket coach from the arch pragmatist, Ray Illingworth, has been given an extension of his two-year contract, writes Christopher Martin-Jenkins

Lloyd given more time to get England in shape (21 Nov 1997)

REGIONAL and international cricket commentator Tony Cozier will deliver the feature address at the annual Queen's Park Cricket Club dinner and award ceremony to be held at the Queen's Park Oval on Friday 28th November, 1997

WI: Cozier to speak at Queen's Park (21 Nov 1997)