Lankan umpires to Malaysia - (3 Sep 1996)

Sep 3, 1996: Four senior international cricket umpires from Sri Lanka will leave on Tuesday for Malaysia to officiate in the Pepsi Asian Cricket Council trophy tournament from September 6 -16

C Martin-Jenkins: Quality loses out to quantity (3 Sep 1996)

Sep 3, 1996: THERE was never a more prescient piece of sporting advice than Walter Hagen`s "remember to stop and smell the flowers"

V Gangadhar: Umpires in the dock (Sep 2 1996)

Sep 2, 1996: I can hear sniggers from the tabloid press of the UK and Australia

Mark Nicholas: 'Mushy' the season's top turn (Sep 2 1996)

Sep 2, 1996: ON Saturday we said goodbye, though not for long thankfully, to Mushtaq Ahmed, the wee leg spinner whose variation and enthusiasm have lit the second half of the summer

Amrit Mathur: Right arm, over the wicket (Kapil Dev Interview) (Sep 2 1996)

Sep 2, 1996: Right arm, over the wicket..

Harsha Bhogle: The smiling assassin (Sep 2 1996)

Sep 2, 1996: It is not too difficult to see why, if Sanath Jayasuriya had not been a cricketer, he would have been an accomplished fencer - sallying forth towards his opponent, like he does when he dances down the wicket, with nimbleness of foot and

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Sep 2, 1996: Indian Tobacco Company - more specifically, its premier cigarette brand Indian cricket team

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Sep 2, 1996: On Tuesday, chairman of the England selectors goes up before the appeals panel of the International Cricket Council to make one last bid to leave the game with his good name intact

Guwahati to host South Africa versus Australia one-dayer (Sep 2 1996)

Sep 2, 1996: The Board of Control for Cricket in India has decided to allot the Australia-South Africa one day match scheduled for November 3 to Guwahati, provided the Assam Cricket Association improves infrastructural facilities at the venue

Michael Parkinson: Bowlers must be bred to frustrate batsmen (Sep 2

Sep 2, 1996: MICHAEL ATHERTON says it is time we started preparing some good old-fashioned seaming wickets in order to give our bowlers a chance

The Headlines for Sep 96

Sep 1996: Lancashire`s quest for a coach ends as Dav Whatmore, the successful coach of the World Cup winning Sri Lankan team agrees to terms

Khaliq Malik: Pakistani wicketkeepers- a review (Aug 31 1996)

Sep 1996: Wicket Keepers are a rare breed

Aug 31, 1996:

Conflict arises over NZ rugby, cricket dates (Aug 29 1996)

Aug 29, 1996: A sporting conflict has arisen over the scheduling of major cricket and rugby matches within three days of each other at Lancaster Park in March

Bob Dubery: Ashley Mallet addresses the SA Cricket Society (Aug 28 1996)

Aug 28, 1996: Spin bowlers are often referred to as the "conjurors" of cricket, and so it was entirely appropriate that Australian test spinner Ashley Mallet should follow in the footsteps of countless showbiz magicians and ask for a "volunteer from the

Elmo Rodrigopulle: England Set An Example (Aug 28 1996)

Aug 28, 1996: Chris Lewis, England`s bubbly allrounder must certainly be disappointed over his being dropped from the squad to meet Pakistan in the one-day internationals beginning this weekend

Christopher Martin-Jenkins: Elite to learn appliance of science

Aug 28, 1996: THE aftermath of England`s fifth successive defeat in a Test series against Pakistan was an appropriate moment for the announcement, at Lord`s yesterday, of a scheme designed to prepare promising county cricketers for the rigours of the

Christopher Martin-Jenkins: Smith makes foolish move

Aug 27, 1996: YOU do not have to hold a brief for Chris Lewis to believe that A C Smith`s request to Surrey is peculiar, utterly superfluous and rather ridiculous

Peter Deeley:Surrey dilemma over plea to drop Lewis (27 Aug 1996)

Aug 27, 1996: AS an aside to Pakistan wrapping up the series with victory in the third and final Test at the Oval yesterday, England are pressing Surrey to exclude Chris Lewis from their team for the crucial county clashes with Warwickshire

Donald Trelford:Illingworth should be spared martyrdom (27 Aug 1996)

Aug 27, 1996: RAY Illingworth`s tragedy is that he took over the England cricket team too late