Miscellaneous

Sri Lanka captain Arjuna Ranatunga is set to reach a personal milestone in his cricketing career early next month

Former Australian pace bowling star Dennis Lillee spoke high of Sri Lanka's left-armer Chaminda Vaas and said the youngster is one of the best fast bowlers produced by Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka`s Benson and Hedges World Series Cup (WSC) match against West Indies at Adelaide on Friday marked the country`s 200th one-day international

DAVID CAPEL, the England all-rounder, yesterday signed a threeyear contract with Northamptonshire, ending speculation that he was about join Gloucestershire

The National Organisation for Tobacco Eradication - NOTE,an Indian anti-smoking organisation,requested Indian President Shankar Dayal Sharma not to grace the inauguration ceremony of the World Cup cricket tournament because of a sponsorship deal

SSC are set to beat NCC by an innings very early this morning in their Coca-Cola Division I cricket tournament match for the Saravanamuttu Trophy on the SSC turf at Maitland Place

Sri Lanka team which beat the west Indies by four wickets to start their World Series Cup campaign in style,will remain in Adelaide till Monday before moving on to Sydney

A Coca Cola Sara trophy Segment `A` weekend without Marvan Atapattu still turned out to be quite a profitable one for batsmen with no less than eight of them crossing the century mark - which is easily the highest for one weekend in the current

THE International Cricket Council (ICC) has again abrogated its responsibility to the game and its players

Sri Lanka captain Arjuna Ranatunga said they will prove their worth in the World Series Cup limited over tournament which starts in Adelaide on Friday

RAY Illingworth was yesterday rebuffed, in the nicest possible way, by the counties in his attempt to take more control over his England players

RICHIE Richardson yesterday shrugged off criticism from Brian Lara about his captaincy during last summer`s West Indies tour of England

Summarized from an AFP report....

Sri Lanka cricket captain Arjuna Ranatunga said that he is confident of his team`s capabilities and they will bounce back in the remaining matches of the three-Test series against Australia

THERE will be no new dawn for English cricket today as delegates assemble for the two-day Test and County Cricket Board meeting at Lord`s

The India Senior, India A and B teams were announced today for the challenger tournament to be played at Hyderabad between Dec 28 and 31

BARBADOS, Dec.11

This article is taken from the Daily Gleaner, 12/12/95, author Tony Becca

In-form batsmen Chaminda Mendis and Marvan Atapattu should play a key role when Sri Lanka `A` meets Pakistan `A` in a crucial Interface four-nation tournament match to be played in Sharjah on Sunday

MADRAS, Dec