Miscellaneous

Mark Nicholas, the SKYTV commentator and ex-Hampshire captain will return to his old county on Friday 1st August to represent a Hampshire CCC XI v Odiham & Greywell Cricket Club

Nicholas returns to Hampshire (30 July 1997)

A CRICKET-mad academic is threatening legal action after he was ejected from the fourth Test between England and Australia while dressed as a carrot

Paul Stokes: Test match carrot may sue after being pulled from ground (30 July 1997)

writes Christopher Martin-Jenkins

CMJ: Hollioakes could provide the lift England need (30 July 1997)

R Dwight: Hartley & Co. launch Sunny cricket wear (30 July 1997)

GLEN CHAPPLE faces an uphill battle to be fit for Lancashire's next Championship game against Warwickshire starting at Blackpool a week tomorrow

Lancashire: Chapple's battle (29 July 1997)

COUNTY scorers decided against strike action yesterday in their dispute with the England and Wales Cricket Board

Peter Deeley: Scorers stay loyal (29 July 1997)

IN a propitious piece of timing, Lord MacLaurin`s long-awaited blueprint for the revival of English cricket was handed over yesterday to the game`s ruling body, just as the national team went down to their second defeat in a row

Donald Trelford: Blueprint lands amid Test ashes (29 July 1997)

WEST INDIES cricket Board of Control secretary Andrew Sealy yesterday put to rest the controversy now surrounding their decision to re-appoint Courtney Walsh ahead of Trinidadian Brian Lara to the position of skipper of the regional team

Irving Ward: Walsh is skipper and that's that (29 July 1997)

THE third degree finger burns from Headingley 1981 have long since cooled, and Ladbrokes scarcely thought twice about repeating their 500-1 quote against England yesterday lunchtime

Wanted: new heroes to join the class of `81 (28 July 1997)

TWO old masters got Lancashire's young guns off the hook at Southampton yesterday - and put the Red Rose back on top of the Sunday League

Old heads push Lancs to top (28 July 1997)

THERE was much consternation about the preparation of the pitch for this fourth Cornhill Test, but you certainly couldn`t say that about the players

Simon Hughes: Series turns into the lab Tests (28 July 1997)

EVENTS at Headingley may not be what the England and Wales Cricket Board were praying for but they provide a timely climate for the blueprint which will be unveiled officially to the counties and the press a week today

CMJ: Blueprint begins to shed the fear factor (28 July 1997)

GRAHAM GOOCH retired from first-class cricket in the middle of his 25th season at Chelmsford on Saturday and said he wanted to see county staffs trimmed and the system changed

Charles Randall: `Blood players much younger` demands Gooch (28 July 1997)

AUGUST 5 is D-Day for cricket when a national plan for the game will be announced

Ted Dexter: Championship must be seen as the premier competition (28 July 1997)

WHEN you get praise from a legend you know you must be doing something right, writes TONY GARNER

Tony Garner: Praise from a legend (28 July 1997)