The Headlines for Apr 97

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19th April

Rain washes out Day 3 of the Guyana Test

Sri Lanka recover to 254/5 after early problems, with Tillekeratne and Kaluwitharana sharing a good partnership in the 1st Test against Pakistan.

18th April

No play in Guyana, as a wet outfield, then rain, prevents play.

17th April

Tendulkar and Dravid unbeaten at stumps as India score 194/2 in the 5th Test in Guyana.

The South African squad to tour Pakistan is announced.

The Australian Ashes squad is announced.

16th April

Aamir Sohail banned from International and domestic matches for 2 years by PCB.

Wasim Akram out of 1st Sri Lanka test.

15th April

The English season gets underway, as DeFreitas takes the first wicket for Derby v Oxford, and JJB Lewis scores the first century for Durham v Cambridge.

14th April

Atherton appointed captain of England for entire Ashes series.

India record the first win of their West Indies tour, beating Guyana.

13th April

Bangladesh win the ICC Trophy. A leg bye off the final ball ends a successful chase of a rain-reduced total in the ICC Trophy Final.

South Africa win the the final ODI, but Australia take the series 4-3.

12th April

147 from Steve Tikolo, as Kenya bat first in the ICCT final. Rain delays the start, and takes play into a second day.

11th April

Scotland qualify for the World Cup after beating Ireland

Sri Lanka defeat Pakistan in the final over of the Singer-Akai final.

Jajeda's century leads the way for India on the first day of their match against Guyana.

10th April

Led by a century from Bevan, Australia win 6th oneÐday international and take an unassailable 4Ð2 lead in the series.

Rain forces the Scotland vs Ireland ICC Trophy thirdÐplace playoff into a second day.

9th April

Bangladesh are in the ICC Trophy final, and the 1999 World Cup, after defeating Scotland in the semi-final.

Zimbabwe fall to Pakistan in Game Six of the Singer-Akai Trophy.

Mumbai are the Ranji Trophy champions for the 33rd time following their first innings victory over Delhi.

8th April

Zimbabwe set up an interesting final round-robin game by beating Sri Lanka by 50 runs

Kenya set Scotland a stiff total after batting first in a rain affected ICCT semi-final.

Australia win narrowly to take a 3-2 series lead in the ODI series against South Africa.

The 4th India - West Indies test is drawn, as Jajeda makes 96 and Ambrose completes 1000 Test runs.

Delhi are 365 for 2 in reply to Mumbai's 630 all out after Day Four of the Ranji Trophy final.

7th April

Sri Lanka win their 3rd match and qualify for the Siinger-Akai final

Kenya qualify for the World Cup and the ICCT final after beating Ireland

Play finally gets under way with a Lara century in the 4th West Indies - India Test.

6th April

Kenya bat first in the rain affected ICCT semi-final - Ireland will chase 215 when the match resumes.

More rain, and no play in the West Indies

5th April

Day 2 of the 4th India-West Indies test washed out.

Despite 4 wickets and a quick 40 from man-of-the-match Pollock, Australia level the ODI series at 2-2

4th April

Day 1 of the 4th West Indies - India test washed out

It's Kenya - Ireland and Bangladesh - Scotland in the semi-finals of the Carlsberg ICC Trophy.

de Silva and Atapattu make nineties as Pakistan fail to attain a stiff target in the second Singer-Akai Cup game.

3rd April

Mark Waugh doubtful for remaining ODIs after injury.

The Singer-Akai Cup gets under way in Sharjah as Sri Lanka beat Zimbabwe by 7 wickets.

McMillan in, Allott out of New Zealand's Independence Cup squad

2nd April

South Africa win comfortably after Rhodes top scores in the 3rd oneÐday International.

Wisden's 5 cricketer's of the year are Pakistan's Saeed Anwar and Mushtaq Ahmed, India's Sachin Tendulkar, West Indian Phil Simmons and Sri Lanka's Sanath Jayasuria.

A wet day in KL causes abandonment of most Carlsberg ICC Trophy matches

1st April

Taylor to stand down for next ODI : Healy to captain.

India have no answer to the West Indies pace attack as the West Indies win the 3rd Test by 38 runs.

The 2nd round gets underway at the Carlsberg ICC Trophy with Ireland, Kenya, Scotland and Bangladesh the QuarterPFinal Round winners.