Miscellaneous

Brian Lara became the first batsman to pass 2,000 championship runs this season and helped Warwickshire move closer to the county title

The great thing about Ray Illingworth, apart from the telling fact that as chairman of the England selectors he still attends committee meetings at Farsley Cricket Club, is that he can usually distinguish the wood from the trees

Now that The Human Curl has taken up hacking for a living, I have good and bad news to impart

Chris Silverwood, England`s main strike bowler, is out of the second under-19 Test against India, which begins today at Headingley

Indian Team to SL has been announced yesterday

Sri Lankan cricket selectors have dropped 5 key players following the defeat in the First Test vs Pakistan

Sanjeeva Ranatunga, the uncapped brother of Sri Lankan captain Arjuna, has been included in a 15-man party for today's first one-day international against Pakistan

Unfortunately, for him, Craig White has stress fractures of his shins and will not play again this summer

More reaction to Atherton ball-tampering controversy

ESPN closed 40M deal to televise cricket in India

M A Atherton (Lancashire, capt) age 26 Tests 38 A J Stewart (Surrey) 31 41 G A Gooch (Essex) 41 111 J P Crawley (Lancashire) 22 1 G A Hick

Since their re-introduction to International Cricket, South Africa just haven't been able to produce a spinner of Test quality

Allegations of ball-tampering by S.African bowlers

Further information gleaned from various newspapers