Miscellaneous

Wicketkeeper-batsman Shane Robinson has been named captain of the Otago Shell side for this summer

JOHANNESBURG (Oct 23, 1995 - 13:36 EDT) - England have named given all 16 members of their squad an early chance to impress in their initial one-day matches against a Nicky Oppenheimer XI and Eastern Transvaal on Tuesday and Wednesday

THE Australian press has produced a hostile reaction to the inclusion of Salim Malik, the former captain at the centre of bribery allegations, in Pakistan`s party to tour Australia

KARACHI, Pakistan (Oct 23, 1995 - 18:06 EDT) - Pakistan`s cricket team left for Australia on Monday with manager Intikhab Alam making it clear they would not discuss the Salim Malik bribery charges during the tour

KARACHI, Pakistan (Oct 23, 1995 - 14:01 EDT) - Pakistani cricketers, who leave for Australia on Monday, start their tour in a swirl of controversy after the reinstatement of former test captain Salim Malik, cleared of bribery charges

Australian all-rounder Steve Waugh predicted the inclusion of Malik in the Pakistan side would make Australia`s task of winning the series much harder

LAHORE, Pakistan (Oct 21, 1995 - 14:12 EDT) - Pakistani cricket authorities said on Saturday they had recalled sacked former captain Salim Malik for the coming tour to Australia and New Zealand, clearing him of a bribery charge

The Pakistan Cricket Board has ordered a high-level probe into its team`s unceremonious exit from the Champions Trophy in Sharjah, amid reports of a player revolt against skipper Rameez Raja

A hit-rin visit by Australian coach Bob Simpson and some computer technology has made Australian cricket`s most lethal weapon, Shane Warne, take a turn for the better

Victorian captain Dean Jones yesterday gave an open invitation to discarded Queensland batsman Andrew Symonds to play for Victoria

Victorian wicketkepper-batsman Peter Roach and SA leg-spinner Evan Arnold were the outstanding performers on the Australian Cricket Academy`s recent tour of Pakistan

With the first Test against Pakistan only a few weeks away, it is worth examining why they are renowned as a team capable of pulling off miraculous victories when all seems lost while being a team prone to easy defeats for no apparent reason

ESPN, the US-based sports network channel, joined India`s Modi Entertainment`s Group (MEN) on Monday to launch a much-delayed television channel hit by satellite snags and courtroom tussles

Australia`s leading cricketers have given a resounding thumbs down to Sir Richard Hadlee`s concept of a Test match World Cup to decide the No

Champion fast bowler Craig McDermott is ready to shatter Pakistan`s boast that it has the best bowling combination in the world

Title: Pakistan`s Two `Ws` are Together Again Author: ??

CRICKET: England will help to make history later this month when it plays in the first first-class match to be staged by a black South African township

Any Zimbabwean spies watching South Africa`s gruelling practice session at the Harare Sports Club on Wednesday could be forgiven for thinking that paceman Fanie de Villhers has been "hamming" it up

Like the elephant, one of the symbols of Sri Lanka, Dav Whatmore was bigger than big in Colombo the week, and had plenty to trumpet

For afficionados of the noble art of leg-spin bowling, the prospect of Shane Warne and Abdul Qadir on opposite sides this summer was too good to be true