Miscellaneous

The absence of two distinguished Cabinet Ministers at the felicitation dinner hosted by the Board of Control for Cricket in Sri Lanka for the World Cup cricket champions at Colombo Hilton on Saturday did not in any way take the glamour away

South African fast bowler Allan Donald will return to Warwickshire, on a one-year contract, next season

For an Indian cricket establishment devoid of silver linings in a dark and dismal horizon, Saurav Ganguly has come as a godsend

The greatest gathering of past and present cricketing luminaries from Sri Lanka under one roof, will take place when the Board of Control for Cricket in Sri Lanka felicitates the World Cup winning cricketers at a gala dinner at Colombo Hilton

First, they established themselves as world champions in one-day cricket, lifting the Wills World Cup in March this year

The confirmation received by the Sri Lanka Cricket Board that Australian Cricket Board (ACB) chairman Denis Rogers will be coming for the Singer World Series is a clear indication the Australians are keen to come to Sri Lanka

Five former Sri Lanka cricketers including three past and present captains are among 18 candidates currently following the Sri Lanka Cricket Board`s Level II diploma cricket coaching course at the Cricket Board headquarters

MUMBAI, July 16

It wasn`t the usual way Imran Khan faced up to fellow cricket stars Ian Botham and Allan Lamb

Radio commentator Alan McGilvray, regarded as the voice of Australian cricket for almost 50 years, died in hospital on Wednesday

"Neither Azharuddin nor I had anything to do with Vinod Kambli`s omission (from the Indian cricket side that toured England)," said team manager Sandeep Patil (seen here with former manager Ajit Wadekar), on arrival in Bombay Tuesday

Jagmohan Dalmiya, secretary of the Board of Control for Cricket in India, has ruled out the possibility of moving the courts against the recent ruling of the International Cricket Council whereby despite securing a majority he was not

Saurav Ganguly, a new entrant to Test cricket who scored centuries at Lord`s and Trent Bridge in England, tops the season`s Pepsi ratings for the 1996-97 season

The five match cricket series between India and Pakistan to be held in Toronto, Canada, from September 14 to 22 will be played for the Sahara Cup

KUALA LUMPUR, Sunday, - Cricket officials are considering making the Super Eights tournament, won by Australia A in Malaysia on Sunday, an annual event according to former Australian test captain Greg Chappell

KUALA LUMPUR, July 13 - Cricket launched an ambitious campaign on Friday to boost its popularity in Asia with a flurry of big hitting under revised rules aimed at making the game more action-packed

Sri Lanka`s World Cup winning captain Arjuna Ranatunga launched a public trust fund primarily to provide accommodation and nourishment to outstation cricketers

Today`s Mercantile `A` division fifty-over cricket final between Hatton National Bank and Union Assurance at the SSC grounds, will be of special significance to Sri Lanka captain Arjuna Ranatunga

A Wisden collection, once owned by cricket legend W G Grace, was sold for $ 124,000 at an auction in London on Thursday, July 11

THREE great cricketers will be adversaries once again