Miscellaneous

LORD`S is the place where Mike Atherton`s men must take a step further in their development if the Ashes are to be won

Scyld Berry: Time to kick the tourists when they are down (16 June 1997)

LAHORE, June 15: The scrutiny committee, formed to weed out bogus clubs from all over the country, has completed its work but was unable to proceed further due to a snag

PCB: Cricket scrutiny panel completes its work (16 June 1997)

DARREN GOUGH was back to his best in Birmingham, the old, irrepressible, surging Gough, doffing his cap to supporters at long leg and returning to bowl out-swingers as bouncy and laughing as their purveyor

Peter Roebuck: Gough finds effervescent spirit of old (16 June 1997)

SIR Donald Bradman learned to bat by throwing a golf ball against a water tank and hitting the rebound with a stump; Lord Colin Cowdrey honed his off-drive in South India with his backside pressed against the mesh of a tennis court

Simon Hughes: Cricket must tap this early learning centre (16 June 1997)

JIM LOVE and Scottish cricket should know within the next 48 hours the answers to some very important questions

Love aiming to conquer all (Scotish cricket) (16 June 1997)

ONE man does not make a team, they say - but in Lancashire's case, Wasim Akram goes pretty close

Lancashire: Wasim roars back (16 June 1997)

A CLEAR mind in a cluttered room

Brough Scott: Man of the hour stays true to his roots (16 June 1997)

Christopher Martin-Jenkins

15-Jun-1997

CMJ: Award for Atherton in time for Lord`s (14 June 1997)

LONDON, June 13: The ICC conference started on Thursday to restructure and revamp the old and ageing and at times politically influenced body into a democratic and visionary institution

Qamar Ahemad: Dalmiya takes over as new president (14 June 1997)

Christopher Martin-Jenkins

CMJ: Hussain moves up a gear as the fine-tuning pays off (14 June 1997)

FRANS Cronje is using his healing hands to get Worsley Cup semi-final rival Dale Benkenstein fighting fit

Lanashire League: Todmorden ace helps rival get fit for semi clash (14 June 1997)

SUSSEX`S complaints about their treatment by both umpires and the Duckworth-Lewis method in their Sunday League defeat by Durham last weekend have been politely rejected by the England and Wales Cricket Board

Clive Ellis: About Cricket: Sussex storm complaints doused (14 June 1997)

KARACHI, June 13: Arch-rivals Pakistan and India may play a series of one-day games in United States of America to further give a boost to the sport in the country, President, California Pacific Cricket League, Faizul Hasan, said on Friday

Pakistan, India may play cricket ties in America (14 June 1997)

MIKE Atherton today joined a highly select band of Lancashire cricketers when he was awarded the OBE

England skipper Atherton awarded OBE (14 June 1997)

KARACHI, June 12: There is a confusing situation in the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) as far as its legitimate status is concerned, Justice (Retd) Fakhruddin G Ebrahim observes in his legal opinion which was sought by the administration

Two entities working under PCB's name (13 June 1997)

KENT`S surge of popularity was put into perspective by the mass brawl outside the ground at Canterbury after Tuesday`s Benson and Hedges Cup semi-final

Charles Randall: Kent find trouble brewing (13 June 1997)

WEEKS of unrest within the Derbyshire dressing-room came to a head yesterday when the club`s Australian captain, Dean Jones, resigned amid accusations of a lack of support from senior players

Jones quits at Derbyshire as unrest grows (13 June 1997)

KARACHI, June 12: The Executive Council of the Karachi City Cricket Association (KCCA) met at the National Stadium on Wednesday evening and unanimously asked the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) to award it two one-dayers of the golden jubilee cricket

KCCA wants jubilee one-dayers in Karachi (13 June 1997)