Miscellaneous

There was a time, not so long ago, when a West Indies selection meeting would last about as long as it takes to consume a rum

Australia's chances of winning their Test series against the West Indies suffered a severe setback when fast bowler Craig McDermott tore ligaments in his left ankle in a training accident in Georgetown, Guyana

KARACHI, March 20: President Farooq Ahmad Khan Leghari tonight announced the new BCCP setup with the appointments of a Chairman, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and Treasurer exercising the powers vested in him under Articles 5, 6 and 7 of the

Craig White struggles for fitness for 1995 season

Clive Rice, never afraid of hyperbole, says Masters cricket could become the cricketing equivalent of the seniors golf tour

Western Australia's left-arm paceman Brendan Julian will join the Australian team in the Caribbean after Damien Fleming damaged his shoulder

RAYMOND Illingworth is anxious to rebuild his understanding with Michael Atherton after a divisive Australian tour

Rookie seam bowler Kerry Walmsley was today named in a 12-man New Zealand squad for the first Test against Sri Lanka, which begins in Napier on Saturday

RAYMOND Illingworth, the chairman of selectors for the past 10 months, is now master of all he surveys, after the executive committee of the Test and County Cricket Board extended his powers to include the full management of the

RAYMOND Illingworth launched a barely concealed attack on the England tour manager Mike Smith last night on the eve of a Test and County Cricket Board spring meeting that will examine the cause of England`s failure in the Ashes series

Simon Wilde tucks in with two former England internationals but finds the course of cricketing banter decidedly on the lean side

ENGLAND`S county cricketers are trying to install their own code of conduct in time for the forthcoming season

Barbadian paceman Vasbert Drakes has been called up by the West Indies for the first three one-day internationals against Australia

SARFRAZ NAWAZ, the former Pakistan Test player, said his onetime captain Imran Khan should be stoned to death as the row over bribery allegations among Pakistan players turned into open hostility

MR BIG of the Bombay bookmakers declines to be identified even though he heads one of the fastest-growing sectors of the Indian economy

The Australian pay-TV Premier Sports Network (PSN) has rejected a compromise deal offered by the free-to-air Nine Network which would have allowed Nine to broadcast the imminent Australian tour of the West Indies

IN my 21 years of first-class cricket as player and captain not once was I approached to influence a match for money