Bangladesh News (4 April 1998)

Apr 4, 1998: Thirty-nine cricketers including nine from the under-19 side were called yesterday to join a preparatory camp for upcoming tours in India, England and Malaysia

Christopher Martin-Jenkins on today's launch of Wisden (3 April 1998)

Apr 3, 1998: ACCORDING to the sports writer of the year, cricket is "dying on its backside." Such uncharacteristic balderdash will be contested when the season in England starts in its usual pleasantly low-key manner and I have been able to debate the matter with

Sri Lanka News Round-up (2 April 1998)

Apr 2, 1998: In-form batsman Upeka Fernando struck a superb 117 and shared a fourth wicket partnership of 102 with Nilanka Peiris (41) to steer S

Viv Richards: A night of tribute (2 April 1998)

Apr 2, 1998: IT was already dark in St John's when the van swept into Viv Richards Street

T Becca: The life of a WI selector (2 Apr 1998)

Apr 2, 1998: CRICKET: Wesley Hall's decision not to make himself available for another term as a West Indies selector has been well received by cricket fans around Jamaica

Brits May Rearrange WI Test Tour Schedule (1 Apr 1998)

Apr 1, 1998: THE present four-year cycle of England cricket tours to the Caribbean is in jeopardy because of the recent increase in the number of teams with Test status, West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) chief executive officer Stephen Camacho said, yesterday

Warne's Secrets Revealed (1 Apr 1998)

Apr 1, 1998: Prof

Somerset: Bowler and Harden likely to hold key (1 Apr 1998)

Apr 1, 1998: SOMERSET, one of the more fancied sides before last year's campaign, disappointed themselves and their supporters, failing to take winning opportunities in key matches both in championship and one-day competitions

Sri Lanka News Round-up (1 Apr 1998)

Apr 1, 1998: Sri Lanka's number three batsman Roshan Mahanama has been honoured by 'Indian Cricket 1997' which has chosen him as one of its 'Five Cricketers of the Year'

Lancashire: Wasim needs to be back to best (1 Apr 1998)

Apr 1, 1998: LANCASHIRE started preparing for the summer as the Christmas decorations were coming down, and such early momentum must make this season unprecedented

Jamaican schools: Powell takes a ton off Titchfield (1 Apr 1998)

Apr 1, 1998: CRICKET: Ricardo Powell slammed a century as Holmwood Technical ended yesterday's first day of their Headley Cup semi-final against Titchfield High on a commanding 323 for seven, after bad light ended play in their three day game at Alpart Sports

Electronic Telegraph news round up - Azharuddin the top cap (1 Apr 1998)

Apr 1, 1998: MOHAMMAD Azharuddin, at the age of 35, will become the most capped player in one-day cricket when he leads India against Australia in the opening match of a tri-nation series in Cochin today, overtaking Allan Border's record of 273 matches for

West Indies Players Association Get A Home (31 Mar 1998)

Mar 31, 1998: THE West Indies Players' Association (WIPA) now has a fixed place to call home

Trevor Chesterfield reviews South Africa's test season (31 Mar 1998)

Mar 31, 1998: Centurion (South Africa) - For Hansie Cronje the spoils of victory counted more this past test season than his failure to score a century

Nottinghamshire: Johnson equipped for art of the possible (31 Mar 1998)

Mar 31, 1998: SINCE Paul Johnson became captain of Nottinghamshire in 1996, the impression has been that each new season has found him pugnaciously braced for adversity and guarded in his predictions rather than brimming with high expectation

Hampshire: Kasprowicz can provide cutting edge (31 Mar 1998)

Mar 31, 1998: HAMPSHIRE'S championship record over the past five years could hardly have been more consistently mediocre - twice 14th and three times 13th

West Indies: Wes Hall to step down (31 Mar 1998)

Mar 31, 1998: CRICKET: When the new panel of West Indies selectors is announced in May there will be at least one new member and a new chairman

England aim to lessen the burden (31 Mar 1998)

Mar 31, 1998: THE growing differences between England's Test and one-day sides may be defined even further in Australia next winter when the two teams are likely to be managed by different people

Sherwin Campbell Looking On Bright Side (31 Mar 1998)

Mar 31, 1998: SHERWIN CAMPBELL is out, but certainly not down

Thilanga wants to resolve World Tel dispute as soon as possible (31 Mar 1998)

Mar 31, 1998: Newly elected Sri Lanka Cricket Board President Thilanga Sumathipala said that he wanted to resolve the dispute regarding the World Tel deal as soon as possible in order to ensure the Cricket Board did not lose good money