England: Read ready to move (20 Feb 1998)

Feb 20, 1998: CHRIS READ, the England A wicketkeeper just released by Gloucestershire, could well be joining Nottinghamshire after he gets home with the rest of the party on Sunday

Sri Lanka News Round-up (19 Feb 1998)

Feb 19, 1998: Tharaka, Priyantha help Kandy CC By S.M

West Indies: T&T bid to take off (19 Feb 1998)

Feb 19, 1998: TRINIDAD and Tobago skipper Brian Lara and his men will have to shrug off both fatigue and the disappointment this morning when they square off against Jamaica in their third round President's Cup match at Chedwin Park from 11 a.m

West Indies: Battle at full strength (19 Feb 1998)

Feb 19, 1998: CRICKET: Jamaica and Trinidad and Tobago are expected to have a keenly contested match up when they face each other in the four day West Indies regional President's Cup cricket championships which begins this morning at Chedwin Park, starting at

Pakistan to host Australia, Zimbabwe; tour India (19 Feb 1998)

Feb 19, 1998: KARACHI, Feb 18: Pakistan is to host Australia and Zimbabwe in the coming season and will also tour India for a full tour for the first time in over 10 years

Sri Lanka News Round-up (18 Feb 1998)

Feb 18, 1998: By our Kandy south group correspondent S

Pakistan: Khalid for democratisation of PCB constitution (18 Feb 1998)

Feb 18, 1998: KARACHI, Feb 17: Mr Khalid Mahmood, Chairman of the Pakistan Cricket Board, said here today that the PCB's constitution should be democratised and for that necessary steps are required to achieve that objective

Kenneth Weekes: Remembering a legend (17 Feb 1998)

Feb 17, 1998: CRICKET: The recent death of Kenneth Weekes brought back memories of an age when batsmen used to hit the ball - when fast bowlers were cut, hooked, pulled or driven over head, and when, with twinkling feet batsmen used to go at spin bowlers and smash

Sri Lanka News Round-up (17 Feb 1998)

Feb 17, 1998: A cavalier knock of 94 with 4 sixes and 10 fours in only 85 balls by Omila Weerasuriya for Kingswood College was the highlight of their Coca Cola Bottlers trophy cricket tournament match against Maliyadeva College, Kurunegala which ended in a draw at

Admission of women: MCC playing a waiting game (17 Feb 1998)

Feb 17, 1998: NEXT week's historic vote on the admission of women to the MCC is being portrayed as yet another forlorn attempt by liberals to persuade the club's neanderthal old buffers to join the 20th century before it becomes the 21st

S Rodrigopolle: Sri Lanka selectors cynosure of all eyes (17 Feb 1998)

Feb 17, 1998: In the coming weeks the cynosure of all eyes will be the Sri Lankan cricket selectors headed by Duleep Mendis (who is also the manager of the national side) who are to pick the team for the tour of South Africa beginning next month

Sri Lanka News Round-up (16 Feb 1998)

Feb 16, 1998: Sanath Jayasuriya hit a sparkling century (110) in 77 deliveries with the help of six sixes and 15 boundaries as Bloomfield took first innings points from CCC in their P.Saravanamuttu trophy Division one segment 'A' cricket tournament match concluded

Sri Lanka News Round-up (15 Feb 1998)

Feb 15, 1998: OLD CAMBRIANS squeezed out a first innings lead of just one run over Kurunegala Sports Club in a division one segment 'B' match of the Sara Trophy cricket tournament at the Welegedera Stadium yesterday

Sri Lanka News Round-up (14 Feb 1998)

Feb 14, 1998: Royal, in reply to Wesley's first innings total of 249 for 8 declared, were 105 for 3 at close on day one of their inter-school cricket encounter begun at Reid Avenue yesterday

Decision day for Lord's and ladies (14 Feb 1998)

Feb 14, 1998: "Ten out of 11 women care very little for cricket, and though from the goodness of their hearts they insist on coming to the grounds ..

When Hansie stumped the umpires (14 Feb 1998)

Feb 14, 1998: Centurion - Hansie Cronje's image as a cool, calm and totally collected captain has taken a nasty knock

Cricket or football: Uniting the Caribbean (13 Feb 1998)

Feb 13, 1998: CRICKET: West Indies cricket has long been considered the binding force behind the unity of the English speaking Caribbean, and although the University of the West Indies has played its part, over the years there has been no doubt about it - not even

Sri Lanka News Round-up (12 Feb 1998)

Feb 12, 1998: Prince of Wales recorded their first win in 15 years over Trinity when they scored a handsome eight-wicket victory in the schools cricket match concluded at Moratuwa yesterday

Sri Lanka School Cricket (11 Feb 1998)

Feb 11, 1998: Prince of Wales held the whip hand after dismissing Trinity for 47 and forcing them to follow on on the first day of their schools cricket match at Moratuwa yesterday

T Chesterfield: Woolmer remains SA Coach until World Cup (10 Feb 1998)

Feb 10, 1998: Centurion (South Africa) - Months of speculation were swept aside at the Wanderers yesterday when Bob Woolmer was reappointed as South Africa's coach until the end of the World Cup in England next year