Miscellaneous

LONDON -- The International Cricket Council yesterday unveiled a new corporate image, ambitious plans to develop the game internationally, and gave its approval in principle to the concept of a world championship of test cricket

ICC Unveils Ambitious Plans For Future (19 Jun 1997)

Christopher Martin-Jenkins

CMJ: England in right shape to shed weight of history (19 June 1997)

A ROW over advertising rights on the pitch covers at Lord`s has been simmering during the build-up to the second Test against Australia

Lord`s cover-up provokes anger (19 June 1997)

ALAN RICHARDSON, the Staffordshire seam bowler, has won a Minor Counties call-up to play the Australians in a one-day fixture at Jesmond on Tuesday, July 8

Minor Counties: Richardson called to face Australians (18 June 1997)

Christopher Martin-Jenkins

CMJ: Disney`s magic kingdom takes cricket towards new frontiers (18 June 1997)

"I SHALL write the history of the 1999 World Cup and the first sentence will record that it was a great success." Thus did Michael Browning, an Australian who is already in England and will remain here for the next two years as event

CMJ: World Cup guarantees cash jackpot for game (18 June 1997)

PAUL REIFFEL made hints about retiring from cricket at the age of 31 when he was omitted from the Australian tour party two months ago, so he was understandably elated yesterday when he was told he would be playing in the second Test against

Happy days for the Reiffels (18 June 1997)

IT is a rare luxury that England go into a Lord`s Test against Australia one up in the rubber

EW Swanton: Atherton honour timed to refresh Lord`s nostalgia (18 June 1997)

DURHAM reasserted their supremacy among British universities when they avenged last year`s semi-final defeat by Loughborough to win yesterday`s BUSA Halifax final at Wardown Park, Luton, by eight wickets

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FRED TITMUS confirmed yesterday that he regarded Michael Atherton as "one of the worst captains since the War" and that during his time as an England selector he wanted him replaced

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Scyld Berry: Have England broken deadly spell of Warne? (16 June 1997)

Have England broken deadly spell of Warne

West Indies' star fast bowler Curtly Ambrose, completed 300 wickets in limited-overs cricket against world champion Sri Lanka on June 6, 1997 at Port-of-Spain

Mohammad Shoaib Ahmed : Ambrose makes mark in 1-day cricket (16 June 1997)

While their Cricket Board officials are making a strong bid to gain Test status at the ICC annual meetings in London, Bangladesh national cricket team is making its final preparations in Dhaka for next month's Asia Cup tournament to be held in Sri

Bangladesh train for Asia Cup (16 June 1997)

Christopher Martin-Jenkins

CMJ: Lord`s Test: England keep faith with winning side (16 June 1997)