Miscellaneous

John Woodcock, former editor of Wisden and senior cricket correspondent of the Times recently contributed a series of articles to the Times magazine giving hos personal choice of 100 great cricketers

John Woodcock's 100 greatest cricketers (07 Jul 1997)

LAHORE, July 6: Some cricketers of the Sri Lanka-bound Pakistan team were bitten by "belly bug" a few days ago

Ilyas Beg: A few cricket selectees have stomach trouble (7 July 1997)

KARACHI, July 6: Discarded batsman Basit Ali couldn't make to the Pakistan team for the Asia Cup because he is said to be involved in match-fixing and betting

The exclusion of Basit Ali on flimsy grounds (7 July 1997)

FOR county cricket, the watershed of the season has arrived

Commentary: Regional games would foster the new breed (7 July 1997)

DURHAM`S sense of optimism following their first championship win in almost two years last week was well and truly dampened yester- day when the fourth successive day was washed out at Chester-le-Street

Celebrations fall flat for Durham (6 July 1997)

06-Jul-1997

Openings for three or four places in Indian team (6 July 1997)

It was not just another ordinary day at the nets for the Indian probables

06-Jul-1997

Atherton: Media can't take the Michael (5 July 1997)

BRUSHING aside the bystander's request for an autograph, Mark Waugh bullishly made his way onto the Australian team coach on the eve of the third Test

DALE Benkenstein will seek more medical advice when he makes a flying visit home to South Africa next week, on cricket business for Natal

Lancashire League: Dale Benkenstein defies the pain (5 July 1997)

DICKIE Bird has been doing his best to shed his reputation as the umpire who always brings rain

Cricket Diary: Weather finally catches up with Dickie (5 July 1997)

JONATHAN Fielding faces one of the big matches of the season tomorrow ..

Ribblesdale League: Fielding's set for key games (5 July 1997)

Christopher Martin-Jenkins

CMJ: Headley could be missing piece in England`s jigsaw (3 July 1997)

03-Jul-1997

Mark Nicholas: Reiffel`s recall gives Australian attack straight back (3 July 1997)

DRESSED to his chin in sweaters and tracksuit while play continued at Southampton over the weekend, Paul Reiffel sat on the players` balcony and contemplated his second visit to England

03-Jul-1997

Charles Randall: Sussex out to stop the rot (2 July 1997)

SUSSEX, bottom of the Sunday league table and dropping like a stone towards the lowest rung of the championship, have made another major change before the four-day game against Worcestershire, which starts at Arundel today

IN this age of sports psychology there is no more important cricketing buzzword than `goal-setting`

Matthew Fleming: Batting blues leave time for talking shop (2 July 1997)

THE memorial service for Denis Compton, a crowd-puller to the end, was the most over-subscribed to be held at Westminster Abbey for more than 30 years, with rumours that there was even a black market in tickets for the event

Ben Fenton: Cricket salutes Compton, the batting cavalier (2 July 1997)

PHIL TUFNELL registered a hat-trick record yesterday - the kind no bowler wants

Peter Deeley: England tell Tufnell for a third time to go home (2 July 1997)

THE summer`s other touring side to England, Pakistan A, arrived unheralded at the weekend and start their seven-week programme today with a three-day match at Trent Bridge, against Nottinghamshire

Raza the big name in low-key squad (2 July 1997)