Miscellaneous

SIR Richard Hadlee was regarded among the aristocrats of cricket, but he yesterday moved into the back-alleys of the game by advocating that bowlers should be allowed to tamper with the ball

Speculation grows about once mighty Martin Crowe's future

Graham Gooch may have a part to play in England`s next Ashes challenge...on the selection front

A 5-page report on the NZ tour of SA prepared by NZC's director of cricket Rod Fulton (former Canterbury and ND batsman) has been leaked to the media

SRI LANKA have shelved the idea of appointing Ian Botham or Allan Border as their national coach, apparently for financial reasons

Former Australian Cricket Board chairman Fred Bennett OBE has died unexpectedly here aged 79

Pakistan has been shunned from two of the major Test venues of Australia, Melbourne and Adelaide when they tour here later this year for a three match series

Last Thursday evening, vandals dug up the Basin Reserve wicket (host to the ODI #2 vs WI)

The message from down under was that a World Series final between Australia and Australia "A" deserved nothing less than our contempt, but no one told Ted Dexter

Three New Zealand players have been dropped from the ODI series vs WI after allegedly smoking pot at a team function

A thirteen man squad has been named for the opening one-day international against the West Indies, to be held in Auckland this Sunday

When Sunil Gavaskar talks cricket, you listen

What a difference there might have been in the fight for the Ashes if Mike Atherton had been able to call on more men of Tip Foster's calibre