E Rodrigopolle: Cricket selectors are laughing (11 May 1998)

May 11, 1998: The easiest thing today is to comment like wise owls after the event

Sri Lanka: Don't expect results overnight, says Dias (11 May 1998)

May 11, 1998: "Don't expect results overnight," said former Sri Lanka cricketer Roy Dias, who was appointed national coach to succeed Australia's Bruce Yardley on Saturday

Cup's last act serves as perfect stage for England aspirants (11 May 1998)

May 11, 1998: HAVE they sent the wrong tournament to the gallows

Bangladesh News Round-up (10 May 1998)

May 11, 1998: Tangail paved their way into the Bogra zonal final of the 24th national cricket championship with a thrilling three-run win over Kushtia in the first semifinal at the Bogra Stadium yesterday

P Roebuck: Stewart seen as the safe choice (10 May 1998)

May 10, 1998: ALEC STEWART'S appointment as England captain was expected

Pakistan: Six departments may get back PCB membership (10 May 1998)

May 10, 1998: KARACHI, May 9: Six departments are expected to get back their full membership of the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) when the General Body meets at Lahore on May 15

Sri Lanka: Dias new coach, Yardley in charge of spinners (10 May 1998)

May 10, 1998: CRICKET BOARD president Thilanga Sumathipala confirmed the new appointments of former Test cricketer Roy Dias (coach) and Ranjith Fernando (Manager) of the national cricket team at a media-briefing yesterday at the BCCSL Headquarters

S Berry: Pollock in full flow as Cork dries up (10 May 1998)

May 10, 1998: AT the Port Elizabeth Test of 1995 Dominic Cork was on top of the world, or as near to it as any England bowler has been since Ian Botham and Bob Willis

Sri Lanka: Yardley's shine wears off (9 May 1998)

May 9, 1998: Bruce Yardley, Sri Lanka's Australian cricket coach, we reliably learn has decided t quit his job as coach

Rashid Latif to attend ICC captains meet (9 May 1998)

May 9, 1998: KARACHI, May 8: Rashid Latif will represent Pakistan at the annual International Cricket Council (ICC) captains conference at Lord's on May 18

Bangladesh: Faridpur and Dinajpur in zonal final (9 May 1998)

May 9, 1998: Faridpur and Dinajpur moved into the zonal final of the 24th national cricket championship winning their respective two-day semifinals at different venues across the country yesterday

Samiul Hasan: PCB probe committee records Ata's statement (9 May 1998)

May 9, 1998: KARACHI, May 8: Discarded Test pacer Ataur Rahman has recorded his statement with Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) probe committee against betting and match-fixing, probe committee chairman Justice Ijaz Yousuf confirmed on Friday

Year out now for Warne (8 May 1998)

May 8, 1998: SHANE WARNE will be out of cricket for up to a year after corrective surgery on a damaged shoulder

England - Minor Counties: Trophy's new look (8 May 1998)

May 8, 1998: THE minor counties enter the new era of ECB reforms with the launch of an enlarged MCC Trophy this weekend

Sri Lanka: Galle Esplanade a Test venue soon (8 May 1998)

May 8, 1998: The Board of Control for Cricket in Sri Lanka (BCCSL) received a blanket cover from the government to go ahead with their project of transforming the Galle Esplanade into an international Test venue

My School Sport: Ian Botham (8 May 1998)

May 8, 1998: WHERE did you go to school

Warne has shoulder operation (7 May 1998)

May 7, 1998: Shane Warne, the most successful spin bowler in the history of Test cricket, has undergone surgery on his right shoulder and is expected to be out of competitive cricket for between six months and a year

Sri Lanka News Round-up (7 May 1998)

May 7, 1998: Maldivian President Abdul Gayoom has invited Sri Lanka's cricketer Sanath Jayasuriya and his bride Sumudu, to spend their honeymoon in Male

SLSCA role in producing world class cricketers, says Arjuna (7 May 1998)

May 7, 1998: Sri Lanka test cricket captain Arjuna Ranatunga lauded the Sri Lanka Schools Cricket Association for the major role it has played in developing and producing world class cricketers

Cup price to pay for MCC members (7 May 1998)

May 7, 1998: MCC members will, as expected, have to pay for entry to Lord's for the first time in the club's history if they want to watch next year's World Cup games there