P Christie: Restraining order against Tamil Union and CCC (1 Aug 1998)

Aug 1, 1998: Colombo Additional District Judge K.T.Chitrasiri issued an enjoining order restraining the Colombo Cricket Club (CCC) and the Tamil Union Cricket Club (TUCC) from playing the semi-final Second Division Tournament cricket match

Scottish Cricket: Clydesdale D-Day (1 Aug 1998)

Aug 1, 1998: An intense scramble is developing for top divisional status the Scottish League next season with five places up for grabs

Lancashire League: Enfield plan Arthurton assault (1 Aug 1998)

Aug 1, 1998: Enfield skipper Andy Barker believes his team can succeed where most other sides in the EW Cartons Lancashire League have failed and put the brakes on Rawtenstall's run-machine Keith Arthurton

G Wattley: Lara's silence still unbroken (1 Aug 1998)

Aug 1, 1998: JULY 31 has come and gone

Lights out for Lancshire (1 Aug 1998)

Aug 1, 1998: Hampshire have destroyed Lancashire's plan to play more floodlit cricket at Old Trafford this season

Simon Hughes: On Fraser and Lewis (1 Aug 1998)

Aug 1, 1998: Chris Lewis and Angus Fraser: raisins and pearls

C Ellis: England Cricket Diary (1 Aug 1998)

Aug 1, 1998: Geoffrey Boycott is likely to face conflicting commitments this autumn after being contracted by TransWorld International, the television network, to commentate on the coming Australian three-Test tour of Pakistan

Barbados: Spartan Eyes victory (1 Aug 1998)

Aug 1, 1998: Big B Spartan have victory in sight when the second day of the fourth round of the Courts/Suzuki cricket competition bowls off at 1:30 p.m., today

Bangladesh: In search of fresh blood (1 Aug 1998)

Aug 1, 1998: Sixteen cricketers and a coach will leave for Australia this morning to undergo a monthlong training at the Commonwealth Bank Cricket Academy in Adelaide

Ribblesdale League: Naeem Ashraf sign new deal (31 Jul 1998)

Jul 31, 1998: Ashraf signs new deal on eve of league title showdown professional Naeem Ashraf has handed Vaux Ribblesdale League champions Cherry Tree a major boost on the eve of their title crunch match with Padiham , writes PETER WHITE

G Longley: Innovative Aussie helping New Zealand (31 Jul 1998)

Jul 31, 1998: Ashley Ross is the third Australian to cross the Tasman and work for New Zealand Cricket, joining marketing manager Neil Maxwell and coach Steve Rixon

Lancashire weather threat (31 Jul 1998)

Jul 31, 1998: Lancashire's Championship challenge is being threatened by a familiar adversary - the weather

N Scott: Gallian replaces Johnson (31 Jul 1998)

Jul 31, 1998: IT WAS Paul Johnson's curious final duty yesterday morning to present Jason Gallian, signed last October from Lancashire, with his Nottinghamshire county cap before confirming to their team-mates that Johnson had also relinquished the captaincy in

Hasan Masood: Bangladesh Cricket given everything (31 Jul 1998)

Jul 31, 1998: The Government of Bangladesh is to spend around 15 crore Taka to host the Wills International Cup to be held at the Dhaka Stadium from October 24 to November 2, State Minister for Youth and Sports Obaidul Quader said yesterday

B Molligoda: Trophy to be awarded outright to World Cup winner (30 Jul 1998)

Jul 30, 1998: The World Cup Trophy is the most prestigious trophy that the 12 countries will be vying for next summer

S Thawfeeq: Leicester show interest in Murali (30 Jul 1998)

Jul 30, 1998: Leicestershire have shown interest in signing up Sri Lanka's ace spinner Muthiah Muralitharan as their overseas player for next season

Crowd Boos Lara Again (30 Jul 1998)

Jul 30, 1998: LEICESTER, Brian Laras dreadful English season touched new depths yesterday when he was subjected to angry heckling from supporters after his county team, Warwickshire, was crushed in the quarter-final of the NatWest Trophy here

Lancashire Youth: Record Barker (30 Jul 1998)

Jul 30, 1998: Keith Barker junior has smashed out of sight a 10-year-old batting record held by English cricket's newest star Andrew Flintoff , writes PETER WHITE

England's Lancashire pair flight rescue (30 Jul 1998)

Jul 30, 1998: Lancashire have booked Mike Atherton and Andy Flintoff on a flight from Leeds to Southampton to save them a marathon drive from the Fifth Test to the NatWest Trophy semi-final

Lancashire plan floodlit fixture (30 Jul 1998)

Jul 30, 1998: Lancashire are hoping to stage a third floodlit AXA League match at Old Trafford this season