Class of '96 have made Birkenshaw so proud (18 Sep 1996)

Sep 18, 1996: JACK BIRKENSHAW insists he would get more satisfaction from a Leicestershire championship title this weekend, as coach, than he did as a player in 1975, the last time the county became champions

Lancashire out of luck in effort to sign Lillee (18 Sep 1996)

Sep 18, 1996: LANCASHIRE will have to look in another direction before obtaining the disciplined aggression they are seeking after Dennis Lillee yesterday said he was unable to take up an offer to become the club`s head coach

Police foils Kapil Dev kidnap plot (18 Sep 1996)

Sep 18, 1996: A plot to kidnap Indian cricketing legend Kapil Dev has been foiled by police, newspapers reported Tuesday

ML Jaisimha: Indian think tank doesn't think (18 Sep 1996)

Sep 18, 1996: Sachin Tendulkar`s baptism as captain was a stern test indeed

Sri Lankan news (17 Sep 1996)

Sep 17, 1996: * Sri Lanka is likely to make one change, from the side which won the first Test by innings, for the second Test against Zimbabwe which starts at the SSC grounds, Maitland Place on Wednesday

Sa'adi Thawfeeq : Rupavahini will help cricket (17 Sep 1996)

Sep 17, 1996: Sri Lanka`s national television station Rupavahini Corporation has made a firm commitment to help serve the cause of cricket in Sri Lanka

Sunday League Roundup (16 Sep 1996)

Sep 16, 1996: LEICESTERSHIRE made the second-highest score in 27 years of 40-over cricket when they amassed 344 for four in the 130-run win against Durham at Chester-le-Street, despite hitting only one six

Lord's 'vision' a surprise package (16 Sep 1996)

Sep 16, 1996: A STARTLING futuristic vision of Lord`s leaped out of the papers recently, showing what looked like a sausage-shaped submarine floating over the Nursery end, rather like a cut-out of a Zeppelin warship redesigned by Steven

Games Heartbeat Healthy Enough to Make Jones Proud (16 Sep 1996)

Sep 16, 1996: AFTER the gloss of international cricket, and of cup finals, it has been a week to listen to the heartbeat of the domestic game

Blueprint for a Brighter County Future (16 Sep 1996)

Sep 16, 1996: THE game`s broader future has at last been tackled, at least to the satisfaction of those who control the strings of the public purse

"SB" urges Upali to continue (14 Sep 1996)

Sep 14, 1996: S

Lancashire League pro hunt gets tough (14 Sep 1996)

Sep 14, 1996: LANCASHIRE League clubs could find it tougher than ever to sign top-line professionals next season, with the possibility of more cricket in Australia and the West Indies clashing with our season

ICC to Embrace American Revolution (14 Sep 1996)

Sep 14, 1996: THE Hilton Hotel at New York`s Kennedy Airport is an unlikely place for a cricket revolution

Board to Bring in Modern Approach (14 Sep 1996)

Sep 14, 1996: THE last and most important of the summer`s working parties published its report yesterday, preparing the way for the England and Wales Cricket Board to provide a modernised government of cricket from Jan 1

BCA will suffer huge loss, admits Ajit Wadekar (14 Sep 1996)

Sep 14, 1996: Former Indian cricket manager and vice president of the Bombay Cricket Association Ajit Wadekar admitted on Thursday that the association would be in the red to the tune of billions thanks to a bad deal on the Mega Videomatrix scoreboard

Vishwanath "shocked" by Kumble's Singer Cup blunder (13 Sep 1996)

Sep 13, 1996: Chairman of the Indian selection committee G R Vishwanath said he was shocked to see Indian vice captain Anil Kumble getting out through a reckless shot on the last ball of the Indian innings in the crucial league game against Australia during the

Tendulkar in the dock for delayed payments (13 Sep 1996)

Sep 13, 1996: India`s captain Sachin Tendulkar was on Thursday held responsible for a delay in payments from Reebok International to Bombay-based cricketers owing to not having signed the team contracts on time

Unlikely lad Harris fits the bill perfectly for selectors (13 Sep 1996)

Sep 13, 1996: WHILE Derbyshire recoil at the omission of Chris Adams from the England A tour party to Australia, they rejoice at the selection of Andrew Harris, the fresh-fased 23-year-old from Tintwistle in the north-west of the county whose

Changes to club cricket draw (Canterbury, NZ) (13 Sep 1996)

Sep 13, 1996: While the Christchurch senior club cricket titles stay the same this season, the draw is different

Caddick Ponders Future (13 Sep 1996)

Sep 13, 1996: ANDY CADDICK is considering his future at Somerset with Hampshire likely to be among those interested in the England fast bowler