Haroon calls it quits (25 May 1998)

May 25, 1998: Pakistan cricket coach Haroon Rashid has finally called it quits on May 22

Lancashire: New Akram shoulder blow (25 May 1998)

May 25, 1998: WASIM Akram is out of today's floodlit Axa League clash with Essex - and could be struggling for Wednesday's Benson and Hedges Cup quarter final at Surrey

Bangladesh: Talha to lead Dhaka University cricketers (24 May 1998)

May 24, 1998: Dhaka University yesterday named an 18-member team which will take part in the final round of the 24th national cricket championship now being held in Sylhet

Barbados: Opening Remarks (24 May 1998)

May 24, 1998: More than 1 300 cricketers left the pre-season controversy behind them and donned their whites yesterday to herald the start of the Barbados Cricket Association (BCA) season, generally regarded as the showpiece of the local sporting calender

Bangladesh: National cricket - Rajshahi in quarterfinals (24 May 1998)

May 24, 1998: Rajshahi moved into the quarterfinals of the 24th national cricket championship with a facile 49-run win over Khulna at the Sylhet Stadium yesterday

Weekes bat goes for UKP 1,050 (23 May 1998)

May 23, 1998: SIR Everton Weekes's record breaking bat sold at auction in London for UKP £1,050

Trinidad: Carib cricket comes to crunch (23 May 1998)

May 23, 1998: WHEN the final round of matches in the National League Division One competition begins today, the top four teams will have absolutely no margin for error

Indian tour itinerary in final stages - Majid (23 May 1998)

May 23, 1998: KARACHI, May 22: Pakistan cricket team's tour itinerary for next year's visit of India was in final stages with Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) hoping that the trip was on despite political uncertainty

Lancashire League: Mott hope for Lowerhouse (23 May 1998)

May 23, 1998: MATTHEW Mott hopes an encouraging double-header for himself and the team last weekend will trigger off an improvement in Lowerhouse's fortunes - starting at Todmorden tomorrow

Pakistan: Haroon quits as cricket team coach (23 May 1998)

May 23, 1998: LAHORE, May 22: Pakistan senior cricket team coach Haroon Rasheed submitted his resignation to the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chief executive Majid Khan on Friday

England News Round-up (23 May 1998)

May 23, 1998: THE line-up for cricket's debut in the Commonwealth Games has been finalised - with England confirmed as the headline absentees

Leics News: Jack's the Lad for us, insist Leicestershire (23 May 1998)

May 23, 1998: Leicestershire have extended manager Jack Birkenshaw's contract into the next millennium

Barbados: Fresh Cricket Season Starts (23 May 1998)

May 23, 1998: HOW quickly things have changed

Bangladesh: National cricket - Final round begins in Sylhet today (23 May 1998)

May 23, 1998: The final round of the 24th national cricket championship begins at the Sylhet Stadium this morning with Khulna taking on Rajshahi in the opening match

Jamaica Test - Sorry, no refunds (22 May 1998)

May 22, 1998: THE West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) is rejecting compensation requests by tour operators or those England supporters who lost money, or had their holidays curtailed, when the Sabina Park Test was abandoned after 50 minutes of play in January

Sri Lanka News Round-up (22 May 1998)

May 22, 1998: A limited over cricket match between the Mount Lavinia Magistrate's Court and the Attorney Generals' Department will be played at St

Boy batsman demolishes opposition (22 May 1998)

May 22, 1998: Schoolboy cricketer Michael Andrews showed his England heroes how to play - by staging a super-show with both ball and bat

PCB Release: Haroon Rashid's resignation as Manager (22 May 1998)

May 22, 1998: Haroon Rashid the Coach of Pakistan Cricket team submitted his resignation today to the Chief Executive of Pakistan Cricket Board stating that "unavoidable circumstances" prevent him from carrying on his duties

Pakistan Universities: Karachi Varsity win Zone B final (22 May 1998)

May 22, 1998: KARACHI, May 21: Karachi University proved their superiority after winning the All-Pakistan Inter-University Cricket Zone 'B' Tournament final over Bahauddin Zakariya University (BZU), Multan, by a narrow margin of two wickets at the KCCA Stadium

Lancashire League: Mott set to join Victoria (22 May 1998)

May 22, 1998: LOWERHOUSE professional Matthew Mott is to join Victoria for their 1998-99 Sheffield Shield campaign