Miscellaneous

KARACHI, Aug 9: Speedster Waqar Younis is in Lahore and was expected to contact the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB)

Waqar Younis in Lahore, meets Salim Altaf (10 Aug 1997)

HOOSAIN Ayob was once a fast bowler who cut great swathes through opposing batting line-ups

C Bryden: Ayob spreads word in Africa (10 Aug 1997)

A NEW name for the Transvaal Cricket Board is likely to be the first significant change in Ziggy Wadvalla's tenure as general manager

C Bryden: New Transvaal Cricket General Manager appointed (10 Aug 1997)

CRICKET'S version of a Super 12-type provincial competition could be launched in the 1998/99 season

C Bryden: Bacher's Super 8 plan a knockout (10 Aug 1997)

THE `Sunday sandwich` of one-day games in the middle of championship fixtures may be off the ECB menu for next season, but the programme outlined for 1998 and 1999 proposes a dog`s dinner of starting days for the championship

Cricket Diary: Different days to solve a puzzle (9 August 1997)

Colin Bryden is one of South Africa's most eminent sports journalists

Bob Dubery: Colin Bryden speaks at the Cricket Society of SA

THE MacLaurin blueprint for the future of English cricket is hardly a revolution

Shane Lee: MacLaurin missed chances (9 Aug 1997)

KARACHI, Aug 8: Pakistan's bid to retain Toronto's Sahara Cup against India is under severe threat after Waqar Younis and Mushtaq Ahmad informed the board of their non-availability for the five-match series to be played between Sept 13 and 19

S Hasan: Waqar, Mushtaq not available for Sahara Cup (9 Aug 1997)

FORMER knockout kings Lancashire are bidding for league glory on two fronts

Lancs in hunt for league double (9 Aug 1997)

KARACHI, Aug 7: The Treasurer of the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB), Salman Taseer, on Thursday took the officials as well as the followers of the game by surprise when he resigned from the key post after holding the office for 29 months

S Hasan: Salman Taseer opts out as PCB Treasurer (8 Aug 1997)

NEVER mind the young guns, it's the golden oldies who have spearheaded Whalley's rousing revival in the Vaux Ribblesdale League this season

Vaux Ribblesdale League: 30-somethings inspire Whalley (8 Aug 1997)

KARACHI Aug 7: The Indian Deaf Cricket team is to undertake Pakistan tour in November this year to play three one-day matches in Lahore and Karachi

Indian deaf cricket side to tour Pakistan (8 Aug 1997)

HYDERABAD, Aug 7: The council member of Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) and vice president, Hyderabad Division Cricket Association (HDCA), Yar Mohammad Solangi, has lashed out at John Woodcock, the sports correspondent of The Times for omitting the name

Woodcock's list slammed (8 Aug 1997)

LAHORE, Aug 7: The former Test opener Shafiq Ahmad "Papa" has been appointed a national selector in place of another former Test cricketer Haroon Rashid, who had resigned from the selection committee after being made a coach of the Pakistan senior

Ilyas Beg: Shafiq Papa to be selector (8 Aug 1997)

MATT Hope insists that Lowerhouse can put the Corrie Jordaan saga behind them to concentrate on their challenge for the Lancashire League

Lancashire League: Lowerhouse can still win title says Hope (8 Aug 1997)

LAHORE, Aug 7: The reports from captain Ramiz Hassan Raja and head of team's self-disciplinary committee Salim Malik about Shahid Afridi are being awaited by the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB), it was reliably learnt on Thursday

Captain's report on Afridi being awaited (8 Aug 1997)