Sri Lanka's World Cup Victory Carries Lot Of Weight At ICC Meeting (23 Jul 1996)

Jul 23, 1996: Winning the World Cup created a tremendous impact for Sri Lanka at the International Cricket Council (ICC) meeting at Lord`s

India Drawn With Sri Lanka And South Africa For World Cup 1999 (23 Jul 1996)

Jul 23, 1996: As the World Cup, after two outings in the Indian subcontinent and a detour to Australia-New Zealand, returns to England in 1999, the host nation found itself drawn with India, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Zimbabwe and the team

India To Play Full Five-Test Series Against West Indies In 1997 (23 Jul 1996)

Jul 23, 1996: For once, the number of Tests India will play on a given tour is greater than the number of one-day internationals

Hooper, Benjamin In Windies Squad To Australia (22 Jul 1996)

Jul 22, 1996: The West Indies selectors included promising pace bowler Nix- on McLean and left-handed opener Adrian Griffith in the cricket team to tour Australia for a five Test series, and a triangular one- day series featuring Pakistan besides the

Umpires And Referees For The Forthcoming Singer Tourney (22 Jul 1996)

Jul 22, 1996: Former New Zealand captain John Reid will be the match referee for the four-nation Singer World Series and also for the two Tests which follows between Sri Lanka and Zimbabwe

Cold Shoulder For Saravanamuttu Stadium (Sri Lanka) (22 Jul 1996)

Jul 22, 1996: Cold shoulder for Sara Stadium

Injury Prompts Dermot Reeve's Retirement (22 Jul 1996)

Jul 22, 1996: Time was when he was being touted as the next Ian Botham

Saurav Ganguly Felicitated (22 Jul 1996)

Jul 22, 1996: For an Indian cricket establishment devoid of silver linings in a dark and dismal horizon, Saurav Ganguly has come as a godsend

Allan Donald Returns To Warwickshire (22 Jul 1996)

Jul 22, 1996: South African fast bowler Allan Donald will return to Warwickshire, on a one-year contract, next season

Sri Lanka Board's Felicitation Dinner To World Cup Champions (22 Jul 1996)

Jul 22, 1996: The absence of two distinguished Cabinet Ministers at the felicitation dinner hosted by the Board of Control for Cricket in Sri Lanka for the World Cup cricket champions at Colombo Hilton on Saturday did not in any way take the glamour away

Sri Lankan Cricket's Big Show On Saturday (20 Jul 1996)

Jul 20, 1996: The greatest gathering of past and present cricketing luminaries from Sri Lanka under one roof, will take place when the Board of Control for Cricket in Sri Lanka felicitates the World Cup winning cricketers at a gala dinner at Colombo Hilton

Testing Times Ahead For Sri Lankan Cricketers (19 Jul 1996)

Jul 19, 1996: First, they established themselves as world champions in one-day cricket, lifting the Wills World Cup in March this year

Sri Lanka Cricket Coaching Course (19 Jul 1996)

Jul 19, 1996: Five former Sri Lanka cricketers including three past and present captains are among 18 candidates currently following the Sri Lanka Cricket Board`s Level II diploma cricket coaching course at the Cricket Board headquarters

ACB Chief Will Grace Singer Tourney (19 Jul 1996)

Jul 19, 1996: The confirmation received by the Sri Lanka Cricket Board that Australian Cricket Board (ACB) chairman Denis Rogers will be coming for the Singer World Series is a clear indication the Australians are keen to come to Sri Lanka

Patil - Time To Take Bold Measures (17 Jul 1996)

Jul 17, 1996: MUMBAI, July 16

Alan McGilvray, Voice Of Australian Cricket, Dead (17 Jul 1996)

Jul 17, 1996: Radio commentator Alan McGilvray, regarded as the voice of Australian cricket for almost 50 years, died in hospital on Wednesday

Sandeep Patil - Kambli's Ouster Was Not My Doing (17 Jul 1996)

Jul 17, 1996: "Neither Azharuddin nor I had anything to do with Vinod Kambli`s omission (from the Indian cricket side that toured England)," said team manager Sandeep Patil (seen here with former manager Ajit Wadekar), on arrival in Bombay Tuesday

Imran Khan To Face Botham, Lamb In Court (17 Jul 1996)

Jul 17, 1996: It wasn`t the usual way Imran Khan faced up to fellow cricket stars Ian Botham and Allan Lamb

Dalmiya Will Not Move Courts Against ICC Poll Result (16 Jul 1996)

Jul 16, 1996: Jagmohan Dalmiya, secretary of the Board of Control for Cricket in India, has ruled out the possibility of moving the courts against the recent ruling of the International Cricket Council whereby despite securing a majority he was not

Sahara India To Sponsor India, Pakistan Matches In Canada (16 Jul 1996)

Jul 15, 1996: The five match cricket series between India and Pakistan to be held in Toronto, Canada, from September 14 to 22 will be played for the Sahara Cup