Simon Hughes: Mind games that prove so deadly (8 Aug 1998)

Aug 8, 1998: DAVID Bairstow was very much at large during last year's Headingley Test, putting heart and soul into a campaign for Yorkshire CCC to remain at their old home

Bangladesh: Gordon gets interim axe (8 Aug 1998)

Aug 8, 1998: Bangladesh Cricket Board has given its Director of Coaching West Indian Gordon Greenidge the cold shoulder by dropping the former Caribbean Test opener from the Malaysia-bound Commonwealth Games squad

Mattew Fleming: Canterbury and Headingley (8 Aug 1998)

Aug 8, 1998: HEADINGLEY and Canterbury

Cricket diary: Lost luggage adds to ills for flying doctor (8 Aug 1998)

Aug 8, 1998: ALI BACHER's diplomacy on the international cricket circuit in furtherance of South Africa has won him almost universal acclaim - but that has not stopped the doctor twice committing something of a faux pas on their England tour this summer

Nasir Malick: Waqar Younis banned from driving for a year (7 Aug 1998)

Aug 7, 1998: LONDON, Aug 6: Pakistani fast bowler Waqar Younis was on Thursday banned from driving for a year in the United Kingdom on charges of drunk driving

Ribblesdale League: Harwood consistency search (7 Aug 1998)

Aug 7, 1998: Great Harwood are searching for the missing ingredient as the Ribblesdale League championship race starts to hot up - consistency

Lancashire League: Clash of the entertainers (7 Aug 1998)

Aug 7, 1998: Ramsbottom and Rawtenstall may have only six wins between in the Lancashire League this season but their showdown at Acre Bottom tomorrow still promises to be one of the most entertaining games of the day

Lancashire: Yates takes his chance (7 Aug 1998)

Aug 7, 1998: Gary Yates is hoping life will start at 30 for him

Azhar only Pakistani among top 10 batsmen (6 Aug 1998)

Aug 6, 1998: KARACHI, Aug 5: Allrounder Azhar Mahmood figures as the only Pakistani among top ten batsmen on the international circuit, according to Wisden Cricket Monthly of August

Pakistan 'A' to tour New Zealand (6 Aug 1998)

Aug 6, 1998: LAHORE, Aug 5: Pakistan "A" cricket team will tour New Zealand from Nov 3 to Dec 12 this year

New Zealand: CCA favours transfer scheme for players (6 Aug 1998)

Aug 6, 1998: An inter-district player transfer scheme, as proposed by Central Districts, would suit cricket in Canterbury, says CCA chief executive Tony Murdoch

Lancashire: Riddle over Austin fitness! (6 Aug 1998)

Aug 6, 1998: Riddle over Austin fitness

New Zealand: Hockley's cricket future secured (6 Aug 1998)

Aug 6, 1998: In what is believed to be a world first for women's cricket, outstanding New Zealand batsman Debbie Hockley has been contracted by Canterbury up to the 2000 World Cup tournament

Barbados: BCL's Mapp In Trouble (6 Aug 1998)

Aug 6, 1998: THE Barbados Cricket League (BCL), so often off course, thought they had it all mapped out this season

New Zealand: Canterbury move challenge for Barton (6 Aug 1998)

Aug 6, 1998: Hamish Barton, a young man with an impressive cricket pedigree, hopes to transform potential into performance by moving from Auckland to Christchurch

Jamaica: Sabina pitch to be ready in October (5 Aug 1998)

Aug 5, 1998: The Sabina Park cricket pitch will not be ready for any cricket matches before October

Lancashire League: Jordaan back as Rishton pro (5 Aug 1998)

Aug 5, 1998: Corrie Jordaan has agreed terms to return for a second season as Rishton professional next summer

Lancashire: Fairbrother cracks (5 Aug 1998)

Aug 5, 1998: Neil Fairbrother will play for the rest of the season with a cracked ankle to help treble-chasing Lancashire

B Molligoda: English cricket - behind the boundary (5 Aug 1998)

Aug 5, 1998: The famous "Ashes" Urn played for by England and Australia men's sides is kept at Lords

Computer LBW scheme has appeal (5 August 1998)

Aug 5, 1998: THE claim by a scientist in South Africa that he could develop a computer system for leg before wicket umpiring decisions, if the necessary funding were found, comes as food for thought for England's authorities