Miscellaneous

THE Test series for the Ashes is what matters this season

CMJ: Smith leads county set in pursuit of recognition (17 May 1997)

ENGLAND will call on the services of an 18-year-old rookie leg-spinner and a former Australian Test player in an effort to give themselves a better chance of unravelling the mysteries of Shane Warne

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I AM wise to the ways of wicketkeepers

Michael Parkinson: `Barking` Russell keeps his head in the madcap world of cricket (17 May 1997)

KARACHI, May 15: The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has decided to release Mushtaq Mohammad if the former captain demands a better contract for the next season, well informed sources said

PCB reject Mushtaq's conditions (16 May 1997)

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NZ's Tour Itinerary Confirmed (16 May 1997)

WELLINGTON -- New Zealand's cricket tour itinerary to Australia later this year was confirmed yesterday, with three tests set down for Brisbane, Perth and Hobart

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Abbasi hits second probe against Aamir Sohail (16 May 1997)

KARACHI, May 15: One of the longest serving cricket administrators termed the Council's verdict against Aamir Sohail as comedy of errors adding that the higher tier has made itself a laughing stock

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Sohail ban lifted - news and reactions from Dawn (16 May 1997)

LAHORE, May 14: Ban of two years slapped on Aamir Sohail has been suspended but he has been fined Rs 50,000 for violating the Code of Conduct

No cricketer in recent times has revolutionised batting in the abbreviated form of the game more than Sanath Jayasuriya, the left-handed opener of World Cup champions Sri Lanka

Jayasuriya honoured by `Wisden' and Indian Cricket (15 May 1997)

ZIMBABWE'S young cricketer of the year for the 1996/97 season, Dirk Viljoen, left the country yesterday for Adelaide, Australia, where he will attend the Commonwealth Bank Cricket Academy

Viljoen Zimbabwe's young cricketer of the year (15 May 1997)

Zahira College, Colombo lost one of its former outstanding cricketers with the demise of Muhammed Anver in Oman

SL former player Anver dies in Oman (15 May 1997)

New Zealand Cricket yesterday issued a press release which claimed the very abbreviated Cricket Max variation of the game was as popular as traditional five-day test matches

Cricket Max Not A Threat To Tests (15 May 1997)

DOMINIC CORK, who missed the first half of England`s winter tour and struggled for form in the second, has been ruled out of next week`s Texaco Trophy one-day internationals against Australia

England leave Cork out of one-day squad (15 May 1997)

THE Australians had their first net of the Ashes tour at Lord`s yesterday and a long one it was for Mark Taylor, the captain, who is eager to put a run of bad form with the bat behind him

Taylor tinkers in nets (14 May 1997)

MUSHTAQ Mohammad, Pakistan`s coach, said yesterday he would resign after the four-nation Independence Cup in India because he was not being paid enough

Mushtaq to resign over pay (14 May 1997)

FOR Mark Alleyne, Gloucestershire`s presence at the top of the championship table must come as a relief, if not a surprise

Charles Randall: Alleyne out to make his mark (14 May 1997)

FEW cricket lovers would relish spending the first month of a new season (and an Australian one at that) in New York City, where ignorance of the 1997 season, indeed of any season, matches the lack of interest in the British

Tim Rice: Pads and gloves in the back seat on Broadway (14 May 1997)