Miscellaneous

KARACHI, Sept 2: Pakistan captain Ramiz Raja on Tuesday denied PCB reports that he was fined for going for toss in green shorts in the Asia Cup opener in Sri Lanka

Raja denies being fined for dress code (3 Sep 1997)

KARACHI, Sept 2: Pakistan captain Ramiz Raja fired all cylinders at his critics and the media for projecting him as `Majid Khan's favourite boy'

Raja launches blistering attack on media, critics (3 Sep 1997)

NEXT week, an MCC team will walk from cafes, bars, hotel lobbies and other acquired changing areas that surround the forlorn pitch in the middle of Corfu`s main square for a series of matches

Steve Bunce: Grounds for optimism on Corfu (3 September 1997)

Six runs in the last ball by L

Sri Lanka: Daily News round up (3 Sep 1997)

THE Shell Sandals regional one-day competition is just over a month away

West Indies: Shell /Sandals players pull no-show (3 Sep 1997)

IT'S crunch time for the Lancashire committee at Old Trafford tonight

Crunch time for Lancashire committee (3 Sep 1997)

AUSTRALIA`S domestic one-day competition will experiment with 12-player teams next season as part of changes an- nounced by the Australian Cricket Board yesterday

William Gray: Australia to try one-day change (2 September 1997)

Canterbury Cricket's roller-coaster finances took an upward swing in the last season with a profit of $17,524 -- an improvement of $34,000

NZ: Canty Cricket has profit swing (2 Sep 1997)

Christopher Martin-Jenkins

CMJ: Tried system hardly seems to be lacking tense finish (2 September 1997)

A POEM, it can now be revealed, was what finally swayed Mike Atherton to soldier on as England captain

Donald Trelford: `Miles to go before I face Ambrose` (2 September 1997)

GREAT Harwood CC have terminated Chris Killen's contract for "playing under the influence of alcohol" during Saturday's game at Blackburn Northern

Vaux Ribblesdale League: Killen sacked for drinking during game (2 Sep 1997)

JOHN Crawley took over as Lancashire captain at Old Trafford today as Mike Watkinson stood down

Crawley takes the captaincy at Old Trafford (2 Sep 1997)

Robert Philip: Striving to preserve fellowship of cricket (2 September 1997)

"Adapt or die

The Tamil Union Cricket and Athletic Club has made an appeal to the Board of Control for Cricket in Sri Lanka for a grant and a loan to upgrade the historic P

S Thawfeeq: Sri Lanka - Plans to upgrade Sara Stadium (2 Sep 1997)

AMID all the concern about Michael Atherton and the England captaincy, spare a thought at this time for players in a real plight: those girding themselves for the chop

Simon Hughes: Game`s unwanted men face one last, unplayable delivery (1 September 1997)

THREE weeks of the first-class season remain and for several county teams, many individual players and all the administrators who meet tomorrow at Lord`s, they will be critical

CMJ: Comment: Forum will make or break MacLaurin blueprint (1 September 1997)

LAHORE, August 31: The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chief executive Majid Khan has said that the new format adopted for the domestic cricket, which would get under way on Monday, would provide more opportunities to players to prove their capabilities

Pakistan: National U-19 cricket gets under way today (1 Sep 1997)

HASLINGDEN were made to sweat at Bentgate after bowling Burnley out for 128

Lancashire League round-up (1 Sep 1997)