Miscellaneous

ENTER the Hollioake brothers, after one weekend that gave English cricket a bigger lift than a thousand hours of ECB agonising

Charles Randall: Hollioake brothers out to lift Surrey (27 May 1997)

writes Christopher Martin-Jenkins

CMJ: England experiences climate of change (27 May 1997)

ASSOCIATED MOTORWAYS scored a fine 7_wicket win over Singer in their Mercantile `A' division cricket encounter at Reid Avenue yesterday

Sri Lanka: AMW and HNB win (27 May 1997)

LET`S start with Oasis again and Some Might Say - and some have had plenty to say

David Lloyd: Trophy triumph does the talking for us (27 May 1997)

BEN and Adam Hollioake, the new stars of English cricket, left the adulation of thousands of fans behind yesterday to return to a suburban ground to play in a charity game for a former teammate

Michael Smith: England bowled over by the boys from Ballarat (27 May 1997)

INJURIES and bad weather threatened to ruin Pakistan`s Independence Cup hopes, following their 115-run defeat by Sri Lanka in the first match of the best-of-three finals, in Mohali on Saturday

Pakistan hit by injuries (26 May 1997)

Martin Johnson: Tourists lose their fizz as heady brew is diluted (26 May 1997)

HO hum

THE last time the Australians were in Durham, in 1993, 3,000 hero-worshippers turned up hoping to see Ian Botham take his last first-class wicket

Simon Hughes: Boon just that for Durham (26 May 1997)

BARELY a handful of teams have been successful in any form of cricket without first applying the basic disciplines of the game and then bringing flair to their performance

Mark Nicholas: England take to wing with a new desire (26 May 1997)

THE Australians are partly to blame for the whitewash they suffered in the Texaco Trophy series

Ian Chappell: Taylor problem critical (26 May 1997)

KARACHI, May 24: Hanif Mohammad is not only my hero but of the entire nation and we are proud of him

Hanif's Services to the sport, country lauded (24 May 1997)

SUSSEX face a bill of more than 100,000 following the abandonment of development plans at the Hove County Ground

Six-figure bill leaves Sussex facing loss (24 May 1997)

SRI LANKA, the world champions, and Pakistan - two of the most versatile one-day teams - promise a keen fare when the Independence Cup finals start in Mohali, India, today

Anwar the threat to world champions (24 May 1997)

SEYLAN BANK caused a major upset in the Mercantile `A` division cricket tournament when they beat last year`s champions Hatton National Bank by seven wickets in their tournament match at the Saravanamuttu Stadium yesterday

Daily News : Sri Lanka Round Up (24 May 1997)

New Labour, new result against Australia (24 May 1997)

NEW Labour, New England

ENGLAND made a great and heartening start when they defeated Australia by six wickets at Headingley on Thursday and most of those who flock to the Oval this morning for the second one-day international will be expecting more of the same

CMJ: Bullish Lloyd hell-bent on stoking England`s fire (24 May 1997)

THE first selections of England`s new committee under chairman David Graveney are not only made but on view in the one-day series

Ted Dexter: Tighter rein on Lloyd would benefit England (24 May 1997)