Miscellaneous

Following the meeting of the Test captains at Lord's on Friday and a meeting of the International Cricket Council (ICC) Cricket Committee on Saturday it has been decided that from September 1 this year teams can use floodlights in Test cricket

Qamar Ahmed: Test cricket under lights soon (16 July 1997)

LANCASHIRE'S out-of-contract batsman Jason Gallian was ready to whet Sussex's appetite at Old Trafford today

Gallian in the Shop Window for Sussex (16 July 1997)

FORMER Trinidad and West Indies opening batsman Bryan Davis is happy over the introduction of floodlighting in Test cricket in the event of poor natural light threatening to curtail play

F Persaud: Bring on the Test floodlights (16 July 1997)

Regular sub-standard umpiring decisions during recent times prompts me to air the views of a substantial section of cricket enthusiasts who urge immediate corrective action

Accountability of umpires and referees and rogue umpiring (16 July 1997)

MIKE Watkinson is set to lead Lancashire's bid for their first hat-trick of Championship wins in two years against Sussex at Old Trafford tomorrow

Lancashire: Watkinson takes the lead (15 July 1997)

WHY did the England cricket selectors give their losing team such a resounding vote of confidence, picking the squad a week early and sending them off for a session of "bonding"

Donald Trelford: Hollioakes ready for ultimate Test (15 July 1997)

KARACHI, July 14: The Chief Executive of the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB), Tim Lamb, on Monday evening admitted that the image of the game was being destroyed in the wake of betting and match-fixing allegations

Samiul Hasan interviews Tim Lamb (ECB) (15 July 1997)

Australia's Steve Waugh wrote his name into the record books with the second century of the match in the third Test at Manchester early this month

Mohammad Shoaib Ahmed: Century knocks in both innings of a Test (14 July 1997)

KARACHI, July 14: England, like their arch-rivals Australia who prepared for the Ashes tour in Hong Kong, will train for the four-nation tournament in Sharjah by playing three warmup matches in Lahore in December

England to prepare for Sharjah at Lahore (15 July 1997)

Christopher Martin-Jenkins

CMJ: Technology lights the way as ICC look to the future (15 July 1997)

CONFLICTING messages were sent to the professional game by the decision of the chairman of selectors, David Graveney, to name England`s team for Headingley 16 days before the match

CMJ: Flexibility is needed to maintain strength (14 July 1997)

NEIL Fairbrother is winning his fitness battle for Lancashire's Championship match against Sussex starting at Old Trafford on Wednesday

Lancashire: Fair wind for Fairy (14 July 1997)

Has Aamir Sohail case been really closed

Lateef Jafri: Has Aamir Sohail case been really closed? (14 July 1997)

SURREY will be very eager indeed to build at once on their success at Lord`s on Saturday, starting with what ought to be a home banker against Hampshire at Guildford this week

CMJ: Surrey eager to build on cup success (14 July 1997)

RARE film of Don Bradman at the height of his record-breaking cricketing career has been uncovered in the archives of the British Film Institute

Second innings for rare cricket films (14 July 1997)

IN 1972, Leicestershire won -L2,500 as the original holders of the Benson and Hedges Cup (on Saturday, Surrey received -L42,000) and the Gold Award winner, Chris Balderstone, earned -L100 for his 41 not out

Simon Hughes: End of an era such a drag for some (14 July 1997)