Miscellaneous

Just the other day, Dilip Vengsarkar - the second highest Indian run-getter in Tests after Sunil Gavaskar - was expected to take over as chairman of the national selectors after incumbent Gundappa Vishwanath completed his tenure

Dilip Vengsarkar opts out of running for selection committee post

LONDON, Thursday (Reuter) - Dmitri Mascarenhas, an English-born Australian of Sri Lankan parentage, earned himself a place in Hampshire`s record-books with an outstanding bowling display on his first-class debut on Wednesday

Startling debut by Hampshire teenager

The Australian Cricket Board and the Board of Control for Cricket in India have agreed to institute a new trophy for Test match competition between the two countries

India-Australia Test match: Border-Gavaskar trophy on offer (6 Sep 1996)

Former Australian captain Ian Chappell said the lack of backing umpires by administrators had led to the appointment of match referees in international cricket

Sa'adi Thawfeeq :Cricket administration anathema to Chappell

Finally, Sri Lankan cricketers are waking up to the fact that there is big money in international cricket

Lankans reap the spoils of success (5 Sep 1996)

AT THE end of last season Yorkshire announced they would search the world for a major figure who could fill the post of team manager

Wasim is the man for Old Trafford (5 Sep 1996)

Lawyers for the Board of Control for Cricket in Sri Lanka and the personal lawyers of skipper Arjuna Ranatunga are examining Australian skipper Ian Healy`s book, Playing For Keeps, to see whether Healy can be sued by his Lankan counterpart

Ranatunga's lawyers examine Healy's book for legal action (5 Sep 1996)

It was, perhaps, inevitable that advertisers would home in on the potential of Saurav Ganguly, following his phenomenal showing in England during the Indian tour there earlier this summer

Saurav Ganguly joins the ranks of the moneyspinners (5 Sep 1996)

Harsha Bhogle: Cry havoc! (Jayasuriya profile) (5 Sep 1996)

Cry havoc

ON TUESDAY in Taunton, on a bouncy pitch, Dominic Cork gave a reminder that he could bat

Cork Appeals for Patience in Search for his Lost Art (5 Sep 1996)

RAY ILLINGWORTH succeeded in clearing his name yesterday

C Martin-Jenkins: Illingworth Succeeds in Clearing His Name (4 Sep 1996)

Canterbury will field the most potent strike bowling combination in women`s cricket with the queen of pace, Katrina Withers, joined by New Zealand team-mate Helen Bastion this summer

Bastion boosts Canty's bowling (4 Sep 1996)

DURHAM have persuaded former Australian Test batsman David Boon to lead them out of the doldrums

Boon Responds to Durham Call (4 Sep 1996)

First Sharjah.Then Singapore

Big cricket now moves to Canada (Sep 4 1996)