Miscellaneous

MIKE Atherton is set to miss this week's Roses Match as he ponders his England future

Lancashire League: It's a heart Acre

ENGLAND cricket, the national side as opposed to the structure which supports it, was saved in the very nick of time at the Oval on Saturday afternoon

LAUREL and Hardy, Abbott and Costello, Morecambe and Wise: artistes are more successful in pairs

A NEW sense of purpose and discipline has been pledged by the South African cricket team following a "jolt" when they lost at home against Australia last season

GREGORY STEPHEN Chappell, the former Australian cricket captain, could be considered as one of the best players Australia has ever produced

ENOUGH IS enough

KARACHI, Aug 23: Pacer Shoaib Akhtar is on the verge of joining the growing list of players who had the potential but couldn't represent Pakistan simply because they were ill-mannered and arrogant

Sri Lanka cricket team's next international assignment is a Quadrangular one-day tournament in Pakistan in October/November to coincide with Pakistan's Golden Jubilee Independence celebrations

WHEN Australia`s last man Glenn McGrath chipped the final ball of the sixth Test towards mid-off for Graham Thorpe to dive forward and take the conclusive catch, it was a glorious moment for English cricket

I suspect Mike Atherton would have held the same sentiment about resignation on Thursday when Australia were quickly 49 without loss in reply to England`s paltry 180

By Asoka Jayakody - Kurunegala Sports Cor

IT is time to recognise the awful affliction shared by those who have the responsibility for running English cricket - the compulsion to be seen to be doing something and to be saying something about it

NAEEM Ashraf stepped off the plane, was taken straight to Cherry Tree's clubhouse and immediately declared: "I want to go for the double"

Lancashire League: Barker's dogs of war

Mihir Bose

ISLAMABAD, Aug 22: The Secretary Islamabad Cricket Association, Jawadul Hassan has again challenged the decision of Pakistan Cricket Board to include Islamabad under-19 team in Grade-II despite an ex-parte decision taken in favour of ICA against LCCA

LANCASHIRE are in danger of missing the boat in their bid to sign Shane Warne

I CAN'T imagine there are going to be many more weeks like this in my career

SHANE WARNE sits back in the armchair of his smart Mayfair hotel room and lights a cigarette