CMJ: Quality control should not mean meagre quantity (29 Jun 1998)

Jun 29, 1998: AS RAIN fell at Old Trafford last Wednesday before Lancashire's NatWest match against Sussex, viewers were treated to Ian Botham, no doubt with the best intentions, firing away at county cricket as the cause of England's latest debacle and being

Bermuda U-16 to tour Canada (29 Jun 1998)

Jun 29, 1998: Bermuda U-16 will tour Canada during 1-9 August, 1998

A Lewis: A singular approach in double vision (28 Jun 1998)

Jun 28, 1998: THE Bedser twins are 80 next Saturday but they would not want me to make a fuss about it

England Cricket Focus (28 Jun 1998)

Jun 28, 1998: DARREN Gough's attempts to prove his fitness ahead of Thursday's third Test were frustrated yesterday as heavy rain washed out the first day of Yorkshire's three-day match against Cambridge University at Headingley

T Cozier: World Cup Hopes And Impressions (28 Jun 1998)

Jun 28, 1998: Providing they haven't been bought over by some American sports franchise in the interim and transformed into air-conditioned super-domes for televised basketball, gridiron and baseball, Kensington, Queen's Park, Sabina and the other cricket grounds

Barbados: Club Cricket Round-up (28 Jun 1998)

Jun 28, 1998: An action-packed period of post-tea drama left Big B Spartan with a sniff of an unlikely victory, which was eventually averted by resolute batting from ESA Field Pickwick's middle and lower order

P Newman: Live Test coverage to stay with BBC (28 Jun 1998)

Jun 28, 1998: COVERAGE of all six home Tests each summer will remain live on BBC television, provided the BBC raise their bid for future rights to something close to what the England and Wales Cricket Board could receive from satellite stations

Scottish Cricket: Brinkley returns for Triple Crown (27 Jun 1998)

Jun 27, 1998: SCOTLAND, still celebrating their surprise victory over Worcestershire in the NatWest Trophy last Wednesday, have named a 13-man squad for the defence of their Triple Crown title next week

M Fleming: Game to profit from a level playing field (27 Jun 1998)

Jun 27, 1998: THIS week's decision by Chris Smith, the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, to allow all television companies to operate on a level playing field when bidding for the rights to Test Cricket is more than just good news

P Fox: Innings closed but not all doom and gloom (27 Jun 1998)

Jun 27, 1998: THIS has not been a good week for the BBC: Test match cricket looks like disappearing from their screens, the BBC's head of sport, Jonathan Martin, is taking an early bath and, to cap it all, BBC television prefer Wimbledon and Prime Minister's

England News Round-up (27 Jun 1998)

Jun 27, 1998: Darren Gough returns to Yorkshire's side for the three-day game against Cambridge University at Headingley today

England Cricket Diary (27 Jun 1998)

Jun 27, 1998: DOWNPATRICK are determined that their 150th anniversary celebrations will not be marred by the fire which destroyed their clubhouse last week

M Bose: How No 10 went in to bat for the TV rethink that suited cricket (27 Jun 1998)

Jun 27, 1998: THE decision by Chris Smith, the Culture Secretary, to allow Sky to bid for all the six cricket Tests in an English summer was the result of intervention by Downing Street , writes Mihir Bose

Barabados: Schools South near first win in 5 years (27 Jun 1998)

Jun 27, 1998: Rarely do CHIC Schools South command the spotlight

Sri Lanka News Round-up (26 JUn 1998)

Jun 26, 1998: The annual Golden Battle of Uva between Bandarawela Central and St.Joseph's College will be played on the Bandarawela Town Council grounds on June 26 and 27

Scottish Cricket: All-rounder Shahid shines for Heriot's (26 Jun 1998)

Jun 26, 1998: Shahid Aslam has been the driving force behind Heriot's remarkable start to the season in which they have won all five Conference A games

Ribblesdale League: Holroyd makes up for lost time (26 Jun 1998)

Jun 26, 1998: Andy Holroyd's Ribblesdale League record haul of catches behind the stumps is helping him catch up for lost time after getting hitched Down Under

Lancashire League News (26 Jun 1998)

Jun 26, 1998: Chorley have appointed Australian strike bowler Tim Menting as their professional for the rest of the season

Lancashire League: Worsley Cup - Griffin looks on the bright side

Jun 26, 1998: Haslingden skipper Mark Griffin is looking on the bright side as his team prepare for their rearranged Worsley Cup semi final with Colne at Bentgate tomorrow

J Copley: TV's crown jewels gain soccer and rugby finals (26 Jun 1998)

Jun 26, 1998: Football and rugby were given extra protection for live television coverage yesterday in a revised list of sporting "Crown Jewels", from which England cricket Test matches have been excluded