Hampshire announce sale of the County Ground (7 May 1998)

May 7, 1998: Thursday 7th May

Sri Lanka's Abu Fuard to study cricket academies (7 May 1998)

May 7, 1998: Abu Fuard that mesmerising off spinner of the sixties and seventies who is back as vice president of the Cricket Board has been picked to visit South Africa and Australia and study how their cricket academies are functioning

Bangladesh: Khulna baffle Barisal (7 May 1998)

May 7, 1998: Reckless batting forced Barisal out of the 25th national cricket championship after they suffered a humiliating 165-run defeat at the hands of Khulna in the Satkhira zonal semifinal played at the Satkhira Stadium yesterday

Jamaica: Sunlight Cup final report (6 May 1998)

May 6, 1998: CRICKET: A solid six-wicket partnership between Kerry Scott and Lincoln Granston powered champions Kingston College to a comfortable 262 for seven on yesterday's first day of the three-day Sunlight Cup finals against Jonathan Grant High at Melbourne

Sri Lanka: Ranga Dissanayake a promising cricketer (6 May 1998)

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Lord's set for fresh vote on women (6 May 1998)

May 6, 1998: ANOTHER vote on whether women should be admitted as members of MCC could take place as early as the autumn of this year

Commonwealth Games Cricketers Getting In Shape (6 May 1998)

May 6, 1998: BARBADOS have been drawn in the same group as World Cup champions Sri Lanka, fellow West Indians Jamaica and home nation, Malaysia, in the Commonwealth Games' first cricket tournament in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, in September

C Martin Jenkins: England put faith in strong Stewart (6 May 1998)

May 6, 1998: ALEC STEWART will bat no lower than four and keep wicket when he leads England into the first Test match against South Africa on June 4, writes Christopher Martin-Jenkins

Barbados: Intermediate Cricket Champs Turn Down Promotion (6 May 1998)

May 6, 1998: IN WHAT appears to be an unprecedented move, Intermediate powerhouses Dover have turned down their promotion to the Premier Zone for the 1998 Barbados Cricket Association (BCA) season

Bangladesh News - National Championship scores (6 May 1998)

May 6, 1998: Rajshahi, aided by a brilliant century from Nayan, stormed into the Thakurgaon Zone final of the 24th national cricket championship defeating Kurigram by 219 runs yesterday

T Rice: Romantic veil tale brings new twist to Ashes saga (6 May 1998)

May 6, 1998: THE shock news that England may not be travelling to Australia this winter to regain the Ashes of a burnt bail but the Ashes of Florence Rose Murphy's veil, will, all Englishmen hope, not dampen the sporting ardour of our team when they set out on

Jamaica: J. Grant, KC in big showdown (5 May 1998)

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C Martin Jenkins: Stewart must not underestimate the task ahead (5 May 1998)

May 5, 1998: THE announcement of who is to captain England this summer will be made from Lord's this morning and for the two principals the journey will be short

Scottish Cricket: Pylon stops play in first-day fiasco (5 May 1998)

May 5, 1998: THE first full day of League action in Scotland was marked by controversy when the Conference game at Raeburn Place between Edinburgh Accies and Clydesdale could not be played because a floodlight pylon used for rugby training had not been removed

Who will replace Mike Atherton as England captain? (5 May 1998)

May 5, 1998: At 10.30am on Tuesday 5th May the ECB announced the name of the next English cricket captain at a Lord's Press Conference

WI selectors: Well served, Wes (5 May 1998)

May 5, 1998: CRICKET: When the West Indies Cricket Board names its new selection panel during this month's annual general meeting in Grenada, Wes Hall will not be on it

Bangladesh News round-up (5 May 1998)

May 5, 1998: Faridpur, Kushtia and Dinajpur moved into the zonal semifinals of the 24th national cricket championship winning their respective matches in different venues across the country yesterday

Review of the first Benson & Hedges Cup 'Cricket Showcase' (5 May 1998)

May 5, 1998: 1998 marks the last season of the Benson & Hedges Cup; the domestic limited-overs competition that has been contested annually since 1972

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Qamar Ahmed: Time for changes in one-day cricket recipe (4 May 1998)

May 4, 1998: London: Limited over one-day matches which started as a fun game to entertain the crowd is now the biggest money spinner