Miscellaneous

1st World Cup of Blind Cricket to be played in New Delhi, India

1st World Cup of Blind Cricket to be played in New Delhi, India. (16 Sep 1997)

BY 12 votes to seven the 19 first-class counties and MCC voted yesterday for the County Championship to continue as a single league for at least three more seasons, with a lucrative incentive for the counties finishing in the top

CMJ: Two divisions rejected (16 September 1997)

Sri Lankans, led by their dashing opener Sanath Jayasuriya, have taken top three places in the latest CEAT International Cricketer of the Year ratings

Sri Lankans take top three spots in CEAT ratings (16 Sep 1997)

WASIM Akram, the Pakistan captain laid low by injury, has called for a ban on the use of megaphones by spectators at matches following an incident here at the weekend resulting in a Pakistani player being banned for two matches

William Gray: Megaphones out of order (16 September 1997)

LANCASHIRE will be playing in the same old county championship next season after their hopes of two divisions were shattered at Lord's yesterday

Lancashire: dismay at old county league system(16 Sep 1997)

KARACHI, Sept 14: Test discard Aamir Sohail is set to be ignored for the three-day opener against South Africa and to be played here at the National Stadium from Oct 1 to 3

Aamir Sohail set to miss opener with South Africa (15 Sep 1997)

CHORLEY missed out on the Vaux Northern League Championship by the narrowest of margins in a controversial finish to the season

Vaux Northern League: Horridge fumes as Chorley miss title by a whisker (15 Sep 1997)

LANCASHIRE today threw their weight behind cricket's bid for two divisions

Lancashire: Simmons backing two divisions (15 Sep 1997)

THE West Indies had not found life easy on their tour of England in 1957 and when they visited the subcontinent the era of their famous three W's- Weekes, Walcott and Worrellhad come to an end

Lateef Jafri: History of Pakistan cricket part 3:Success over West Indies, battle against Aussies (15 Sep 1997)

IT is crunch day, as Lord MacLaurin puts it, for Raising The Standard, the ECB management board`s blueprint for the playing structure of cricket

CMJ: Comment: Counties set to retain one-league championship (15 September 1997)

MIKE Atherton, writing in The Telegraph after deciding to carry on as England captain, talked of his term of office as following a four-year cycle

Angus Fraser: Happy to lose my `former England bowler` status (15 September 1997)

CHERRY Tree brought their incredible double winning season to a close with a crushing victory over Whalley in the Vaux Ribblesdale League

Vaux Ribblesdale League : Icing on Cherry's cake (15 Sep 1997)

IT had not been much of a day for Derbyshire

Peter Roebuck: Fallen Cork needs to show he can rise again (15 September 1997)

IT BECAME clear yesterday that Lord MacLaurin, chairman of the England and Wales Cricket Board, miscalculated when he said he was strongly in favour of a split into two divisions of the County Championship

Sri Lanka: Interesting cricket on the card at Kurunegala sixes (14 Sep 1997)

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14-Sep-1997

CMJ: Counties mass in opposition to MacLaurin (13 Sep 1997)

CHRIS READ will have good reason to be grateful to Andy Stovold if he makes it to the top of the cricketing tree

Cricket Diary: Read`s future clearly in safe hands (13 Sep 1997)

LANCASHIRE hero Gary Keedy is considering a new two-year contract offer from the county

Lancashire: Keedy offered new deal (13 Sep 1997)

Test umpire Cyril Mitchley loves his job

Cyril Mitchley speaks at the Cricket Society of South Africa (13 Sep 1997)