Miscellaneous

Fanie De Villiers' overseas career is not yet over

A SIXTEEN MEMBER Thomian cricket team will leave for England on May 21 to play a series of one-day games against clubs and schools

KARACHI, May 17: The three-member Disciplinary Committee of the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) will decide on Monday when it has to call Aamir Sohail and ask him to substantiate the match-fixing and bribery allegations he had made against his

KARACHI, May 16: Former member of the Selection Committee, Salahuddin Ahmad, said that the Executive Council has created more chaos and confusion than ever by announcing a decision against Aamir Sohail which has never been heard before

THE Test series for the Ashes is what matters this season

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

I AM wise to the ways of wicketkeepers

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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