Miscellaneous

LONG delays for rain at Headingley yesterday gave Yorkshire members plenty of time to contemplate a renewed campaign to save Test cricket at the Leeds venue

CMJ: Caddick goes out to bat for future of Headingley (25 July 1997)

RAWTENSTALL professional Ian Hewett's season is over because of a serious shoulder injury

Lancashire League: Hewett injury ends season (25 July 1997)

FLOODLIT one-day games may become a permanent part of cricket`s future following the runaway success of Warwickshire`s trend-setter at Edgbaston

Peter Deeley: Lighting the way to bright future (25 July 1997)

Christopher Martin-Jenkins

CMJ: England`s great chance to seize Ashes initiative (24 July 1997)

ANDY FLINTOFF is ready to step out of the shadows of Ben Hollioake as another shooting star of English cricket

Lancashire: Andy shows his promise (24 July 1997)

LIGHTS, camera, action - at long last

Neil Bramwell: Floodlit game an enlightened way to a bright future

`I MET George once, when I was 11

Mark Nicholas: Headley family tree bears fruit for England (24 July 1997)

MIKE SMITH, Gloucestershire`s Yorkshire-born swing bowler, has been called into the England 12 and is likely to play against Australia in the fourth Test, which starts at Headingley tomorrow

Peter Deeley: Smith poised for `home` debut (23 July 1997)

IN cricketing terms, Smith is a name more associated with gatherers than hunters, particularly when preceded by the word Mike

Simon Hughes: Smith`s the name, swing`s the game for late developer (23 July 1997)

ANDY FLINTOFF was set to play his last game in a month for Lancashire today

Lancashire: Flintoff Signs Off (23 July 1997)

"I DOESN`T matter how badly you did daddy, I still love you

Matthew Fleming: Little matter of a bad day at the office (23 July 1997)

MIDDLESEX resume their chase for the championship at Lord`s today with an announcement imminent that the county`s new secretary is to be Vinny Codrington, a rugby administrator at the Richmond club

Charles Randall: Codrington may have much to celebrate (23 July 1997)

ESSEX, caught on the hop by Graham Gooch`s decision to retire, have made no special plans for his farewell championship match against Worcestershire at Chelmsford, which starts today

Charles Randall: Gooch exits without ceremony (23 July 1997)