S Hughes: Hope springs eternal for the seasoned sufferers (20 April 1998)

Apr 20, 1998: AH, the sights and sounds and smells of spring, the beginning of the cricket season

Lateef Jafri: Metamorphosis in cricket: bribery and match-fixing (20 Apr 1998)

Apr 20, 1998: Fazal Mahmood, one of the giants of Pakistan cricket whose rhythmic bowling action and leg-cutters could shake and whisk away rival batting lines in his playing days, is usually reticent

C Martin Jenkins: Bread and butter is the game's lifeblood (20 April 1998)

Apr 20, 1998: THE season has duly begun with a return to winter

Trinidad clubs: Queen's Park forge ahead (19 April 1998)

Apr 19, 1998: QUEEN'S Park Cricket Club's climb to the top of the Carib National League has been forged by their youth brigade

Sri Lanka News Round-up (19 April 1998)

Apr 19, 1998: Two fine bowling efforts by pacewomen Chamani Seneviratne (5 for 31) and Rasanjalee Silva (4 for 29) put the Sri Lanka Women's cricket in a strong position against the Pakistan women's team on the second day of the first Test played at the Colts

Bangladesh News (19 April 1998)

Apr 19, 1998: An unbeaten 97-run third wicket partnership between skipper Minhazul Abedin and wicketkeeper Khaled Masood enabled co-holders Acme Laboratories to retain the fourth Office cricket league title with an easy eight-wicket victory over Partex Group at

Bangladesh: Acme close in on title (18 April 1998)

Apr 19, 1998: Favourites Acme Laboratories are closing in on the fourth Office cricket league title at the close of first day's play against Partex Group at the Dhaka Stadium yesterday

England: Tardy batsmen to be timed out (18 April 1998)

Apr 18, 1998: THE THREAT of "timing out" batsmen has been issued to all counties by the England Cricket Board to reduce time-wasting in one-day cricket this summer, and umpires have been armed with stop-watches to enforce a new regulation

Sri Lanka News Round-up (18 April 1998)

Apr 18, 1998: A National Development Committee (NDC) with Sri Lanka Cricket Board president Thilanga Sumathipala as chairman has been formed to improve the standard of the game around the country

Trinidad: Preysal vs Clarke Road in Mt D'or final (17 Apr 1998)

Apr 17, 1998: A new champion will be crowned at the end of this year's Mt Do'r Limited overs competition

Sri Lanka: Bloomfield go out favourites today (17 April 1998)

Apr 17, 1998: Defending Sara Trophy champions Bloomfield go out strong favourites to qualify for the final next weekend, when they confront Moors SC in the division one (Segment 'A') second semi-final at the SSC grounds beginning today

English League Cricket Preview: Wallace fills Lambert gap in North-East (17 April 1998)

Apr 17, 1998: THE opening of the new season will be very much a "good news-bad news" scenario for bowlers in the North-East

Lara the record holder returns to haunt Durham (17 April 1998)

Apr 17, 1998: THE Brian Lara show moved back into town yesterday, and the West Indian's return was all the more poignant in that Warwickshire's first championship opponents today are Durham at Edgbaston

English media mob Lara - leads Warwicks in opener today (17 Apr 1998)

Apr 17, 1998: WEST Indies and Trinidad and Tobago and skipper Brian Lara was once again the darling of the English media yesterday

Jamaica: Runs galore in Sunlight (17 Apr 1998)

Apr 17, 1998: CRICKET: Three centuries and a six-wicket haul highlighted yesterday's opening day of the two-day Sunlight Cup semi-finals at St

Glamorgan: Maynard hoping for same again despite losing Morris (17 April 1998)

Apr 17, 1998: DURING the past 10 years three teams have won the County Championship in successive seasons, and Matthew Maynard believes his squad - despite Hugh Morris' retirement and coach Duncan Fletcher's decision to take a year's rest from cricket - is good

County Championship: Warwickshire and Kent can lead summer voyage (17 April 1998)

Apr 17, 1998: WARWICKSHIRE and Kent look the two teams with most reason for confidence as the 1998 Britannic Assurance County Championship begins this morning in weather of classic and appropriate uncertainty

WI U-15: Youngsters promise bright future (17 Apr 1998)

Apr 17, 1998: CRICKET: The regional Under 15 cricket tournament sponsored by Caribbean Cement Company enters its final round tomorrow and those fans who have not yet seen the young players in action should take the opportunity to do so

WI U15: Frew spins Jamaica back into the race (16 Apr 1998)

Apr 16, 1998: CRICKET: Mandeville: Leg Spinner Arden Frew yesterday spun Jamaica back into contention for at least the runners-up spot in the Carib Cement Under-15 cricket tournament as the host defeated Leeward Island by 89 runs at Alpart in St

Trinidad: Preysal take out insurance (16 Apr 1998)

Apr 16, 1998: IT is still about a week away