Miscellaneous

IT IS 30 years since England won a Test series in the Caribbean, Colin Cowdrey's team winning a solitary Test in Trinidad

West Indies face ticket squeeze (31 Oct 1997)

DHAKA, Oct 30: Salim Malik, Basit Ali and Ruwan Kalpage - three popular faces in the international arena - are about to make their debut here in the Damal Smriti Cricket Tournament

Malik & Basit to play in Bangladesh (31 Oct 1997)

To keep the nucleus of the World Cup winning side to defend the title in another 19 months in England is the view of Sri Lanka's most successful captain Arjuna Ranatunga

S Thawfeeq talks to Arjuna Ranatunga (31 Oct 1997)

SRI LANKA return to the Gaddafi Stadium here tomorrow, scene of their greatest triumph - the winning of the World Cup - for a week-long quadrangular competition

Ranatunga seeks change in English attitude (31 Oct 1997)

Canterbury and Otago are without many front-line players for their 50-over cricket match at the Ashburton Domain on Sunday

NZ: Leading Canterbury and Otago cricketers unavailable (31 Oct 1997)

West Indies cricket has survived many problems over the years - including insularity, the 1978 walkout of players following the invasion of Kerry Packer's World Series Cricket, and the 1992 boycott of the Test match at Kensington Oval, and it should

West Indies: It's time to act (30 Oct 1997)

COLOMBO, Wednesday (Lankapuvath) - A special unit of the bribery commission has commenced

Sri Lanka News Round-up (30 Oct1997)

NORTHAMPTONSHIRE have signed Paul Reiffel as their overseas player for next season following the failure to persuade fellow Australian Shane Warne to play in England

Northants capture paceman Reiffel (30 Oct 1997)

It was indeed sad to hear of the passing away of former Master-in-Charge cum Coach of Cricket at St

LW Abeyewardene obituaries (30 Oct 1997)

Gurusinha told Melbourne's The Age newspaper in a recent interview (Sat 18/10 or Sat 25/10) that he had faxed the Sri Lankan Cricket Board advising them of his retirement

Asanka Gurusinha retires (29 Oct 1997)

All rounder Pradeep Hewage of St.Benedict's College will captain the Sri Lanka under-19 cricket team during the tour of India commencing on November 23

Sri Lanka News Round-up (29 Oct1997)

West Indies: Rousseau on Lara plot accusations (29 Oct 1997)

Rousseau: What plot

Sri Lanka vice-captain Aravinda de Silva showed ominous signs that he was in good touch with the bat when he hit a sparkling unbeaten century (117 off 101 balls) in the second and final practice match played by the Pakistan-bound Sri Lanka team at

Sri Lanka warm-up: Aravinda bangs 117 off 101 balls (29 Oct 1997)

THE following "matters of concern" were raised at the Trinidad and Tobago Cricket Board of Control's annual general meeting last Saturday and "informed" a subsequent Resolution on the issue

T+T Board: In defence of a national hero (28 Oct 1997)

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New Zealand: HSOB fight off gutsy Park in Canterbury Grade (28 Oct 1997)

One-sided encounters marked the opening round of the Trust Bank Cup first-grade cricket competition yesterday with Riccarton, Sydenham, East Christchurch-Shirley, and Burnside West-University all comfortable winners

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ACA/ACB dispute update (27 Oct 1997)

In developments over the weekend surrounding the dispute between the Australian Cricket Board (ACB) and the Australian Cricketers Association (ACA) surrounding the latter's log of claims, the ACB have organised a meeting of with all state captains at

I REPORTED at the end of last season that the attractive ground belonging to Oatlands Park Cricket Club at Weybridge in Surrey, the scene of good cricket since it was bought by the club in 1926 when Douglas Jardine was a member of the committee, had

England: Hard lessons from Oatlands ground sell-up (27 Oct 1997)

To keep the nucleus of the World Cup winning side to defend the title in another 19 months in England is the view of Sri Lanka's most successful captain Arjuna Ranatunga

S Thawfeeq: Defending the title is Arjuna Ranatunga's aim (27 Oct 1997)

ASIF Iqbal's qualifications as captain were supported by the selection committee, headed by veteran Test cricketer M.E.Z

Lateef Jafri: Pakistan history -Debacle in India; lowest total at Perth (27 Oct 1997)