Miscellaneous

ED GIDDINS, the Sussex bowler banned for 20 months after testing positive for cocaine during a championship match at the end of May, has decided to appeal against the suspension

Giddins to fight ban (19 Sep 1996)

New Zealand Cricket's 102nd annual meeting in Christchurch today is likely to be a quiet affair, any potential fires having been doused in Dunedin recently

Doig douses Otago's fires (20 Sep 1996)

* Sri Lanka `A` team arrived in Hong Kong to take part in this weekend`s Hong Kong International six-a-side cricket tournament

Sri Lankan news (20 Sep 1996)

As the South African cricket team readies itself for another exhausting summer, coach Bob Woolmer said yesterday that he believed the side to be about two seasons off its best

Peter Robinson: South Africa look forward to Kenya (19 Sep 1996)

DAVID GRAVENEY is awaiting clearance from the players` union before deciding whether he can make his pitch for the job vacated by Ray Illingworth

Graveney waits for players` verdict (19 Sep 1996)

Sri Lanka, World Cup champions and winners of the Singer 4-nation tourney will make their first appearance in the Kenyan 4-nation tourney when they confront hosts Kenya in the curtain-raiser on September 28

Lanka play Kenya in first game (19 Sep 1996)

A soggy start to the summer down in Vredenberg notwithstanding, Transvaal move on to the second stage of their pre-season preparations with a four-day training camp starting at the Wanderers today

Peter Robinson: Transvaal pre-season training (19 Sep 1996)

THE public address announcer at Cardiff on Monday finished his work for the season by wishing all spectators a happy Christmas

Leicestershire keep a wary eye on elements (19 Sep 1996)

THERE is one topic of conversation Phil Simmons has not brought with him into the Leicestershire dressing-room

Simmons a brick in the Grace Road wall (19 Sep 1996)

Sri Lanka team will return to Sharjah cricket in November for the first time as undisputed World Champions

Sri Lankan news (19 Sep 1996)

JACK BIRKENSHAW insists he would get more satisfaction from a Leicestershire championship title this weekend, as coach, than he did as a player in 1975, the last time the county became champions

Class of '96 have made Birkenshaw so proud (18 Sep 1996)

* Sri Lanka plans to go into their second Test against Zimbabwe, which starts on Wednesday at the SSC grounds, with a three pronged pace attack

Sri Lankan news (18 Sep 1996)

LANCASHIRE will have to look in another direction before obtaining the disciplined aggression they are seeking after Dennis Lillee yesterday said he was unable to take up an offer to become the club`s head coach

Lancashire out of luck in effort to sign Lillee (18 Sep 1996)

Sachin Tendulkar`s baptism as captain was a stern test indeed

ML Jaisimha: Indian think tank doesn't think (18 Sep 1996)

Under-17 Sebastianites excel this season (SL) (18 Sep 1996)

A plot to kidnap Indian cricketing legend Kapil Dev has been foiled by police, newspapers reported Tuesday

Police foils Kapil Dev kidnap plot (18 Sep 1996)