TCCB Bow Out With Wide-ball Rethink (11 Dec 1996)

Dec 11, 1996: A PROPOSAL that wides in first-class cricket should count as two runs rather than one is amongthe items on the last agenda to be discussed over the next two days at Lord`s by the Test and County Cricket Board

English Clubs Back New League Structure (11 Dec 1996)

Dec 11, 1996: GRADE cricket, Australian-style, is coming to England in the biggest shake-up at club level since premier leagues became established in the home counties during the early Seventies

Walsh Out To Woo Symonds (10 Dec 1996)

Dec 10, 1996: GLOUCESTERSHIRE are hoping Courtney Walsh, their captain, can persuade Andrew Symonds this week that his future lies in England and not Australia

ICC Debate Plans For Biennial World Cup (10 Dec 1996)

Dec 10, 1996: PRESSURE from the West Indies could mean cricket`s hierarchy agreeing to a World Cup every two years

E Rodrigopulle: Sri Lanka Cricket Board On A Sticky Wicket (10 Dec 1996)

Dec 10, 1996: THE Board of Control for Cricket in Sri Lanka is apparently on a sticky wicket, unable to decide who they should get as coach for the national team

Sri Lankan Cricket Strikes Discordant Note (9 Dec 1996)

Dec 9, 1996: Sri Lankan cricket strikes discordant note: Who`s fooling whom

Gurusinha - We Would Not Have The World Cup Without Whatmore (9 Dec 1996)

Dec 9, 1996: One of Sri Lanka`s foremost batsmen, Asanka Gurusinha, currently in Australia representing North Melbourne club, has told an Australian newspaper that Sri Lanka would not have won the World Cup without coach Davenall Whatmore

Power Battle Haunts World Cricket (7 Dec 1996)

Dec 7, 1996: THE eyes of the cricket world may be on the southern hemisphere, but this weekend the crucial decisions on the future of the game are due to be taken by an ICC rules committee at Lord`s, writes Mihir Bose

BCCSL - No Decision On National Cricket Coach As Yet (7 Dec 1996)

Dec 7, 1996: Sri Lanka Cricket Board said on Friday that they have not yet finalised the successor for Australian Dave Whatmore as the new national cricket coach

Miscellaneous News (6 Dec 1996)

Dec 6, 1996: ALLAN LAMB, the former England batsman, is being targeted by Sri Lanka to coach their sides

Allan Lamb Poised For Sri Lankan Job (6 Dec 1996)

Dec 6, 1996: LONDON, Dec 5 - Former England star Allan Lamb revealed on Thursday he has been approached by Sri Lanka to run their rapidlyimproving international side

Cricket Binds Them All (6 Dec 1996)

Dec 6, 1996: CRICKET has become a passion and national obsession in Sri Lanka

Lankan Cricketers To Domestic Scene (5 Dec 1996)

Dec 5, 1996: The 1996-97 division I Sara Trophy - the premier domestic cricket competition of the country will have special significance this season because of the availability of the national cricketers to represent their respective clubs

New Zealand Team No Issue For Wilson (5 Dec 1996)

Dec 5, 1996: DUNEDIN -- Otago cricketer Jeff Wilson is not even thinking about the prospects of an international recall

Gavaskar Bat Goes On Sale For Big Money (5 Dec 1996)

Dec 5, 1996: An Australian sports and promotional products firm has launched a Sunil Gavaskar memorabilia bat, featuring two hand painted oil portraits of the master batsman and highlighting his career statistics

Selectors Have Eye On Wilson (4 Dec 1996)

Dec 4, 1996: DUNEDIN -- New Zealand cricket selectors are to inquire about the availability of All Black rugby wing Jeff Wilson

David 'Syd' Lawrence Plans Return (4 Dec 1996)

Dec 4, 1996: DAVID `Syd` Lawrence, the former England fast bowler, is attempting a return to first-class cricket two years after he was forced to quit with a serious knee injury suffered in a Test against New Zealand in 1992

Allan Border To Coach Australian A Team (4 Dec 1996)

Dec 4, 1996: BRISBANE, Australia, Tuesday - Former Australian cricket captain Allan Border will make his coaching debut for Australia this month

P Epasinghe: Fast Bowling - Big Appeal In Cricket (4 Dec 1996)

Dec 4, 1996: Bowlers win matches

South Africa & West Indies To Visit Pakistan Next Season (3 Dec 1996)

Dec 3, 1996: LAHORE, Dec