The Headlines (for Mar 95)

The Headlines for Mar 95

FEB95 news items moved to ARCHIVE/CRICKET_NEWS/FEB95

01 Mar Shane Thompson injured, Dipak Patel recalled (Thanks: GeoffB)

02 Mar Vasbert Drakes named in WI one-day squad v Aus.

06 Mar For those who missed the news, channel ten has come to terms with galaxy, and will show the tour. (Thanks : Josh)

07 Mar Salim Malik *sacked* and suspended from FC cricket. Intikhab Alam has been sacked. (Thanks : Rohan)

08 Mar Keith Fletcher sacked as Eng manager. Ray Illingworth takes over as selector cum manager till WC 96. David Graveney replaces Brian Bolus as Eng selector.

Salim Malik is planning to sue the Australian Paper and the players who accused him of bribery. He says that he is innocent.

Majid Khan is likely to take over as the administrative manager of Pakistan team.

09 Mar A new player, K.Walmsley has been selected in the NZ squad to play SL.

Salim Malik considers retiring from cricket rather than awaiting punishment.

10 Mar Imran Khan says that cheats should be permanently banned from the game of cricket. He denied that he never said they sjould be hanged but only that they should be banned.

12 Mar Damien Fleming is out of the WI tour with a shoulder injury. Brendan Julian to replace him.

13 Mar West Indies Captain Richie Richardson will not play in the remaining 4 ODIs against Australia because of injury. Walsh will captain West Indies.

14 Mar Heath Streak has been signed as Hants' overseas player for 1995. He replaces Winston Benjamin who is expected to tour with the WI side.

15 Mar New Zealand fast bowler Danny Morrison is out of the 2nd test against Sri Lanka. He was injured during the first test.

17 Mar The injuries to West Indian players Ambrose, W.Benjamin, Lara and Adams are not serious, according to the team manager Andy Roberts.

Craig White of Yorkshire has not yet fully recovered from the injury he suffered during the Australia tour. He hopes to be fully fit soon.

Salim Malik won a stay of execution as Pakistan ad-hoc committee reopened investigations into allegations of bribery made against him.

20 Mar The ban on Salim Malik has been lifted.

Arthurton has been dropped from the West Indies squad of 13 for the first test against Australia.

21 Mar McDermott has twisted his ankle while jogging and will miss the first 2 tests against West Indies. He may not be fit for the rest of the tour too.

TCCB has agreed to the demand of the players to increase minimum salary of the capped county players from next year.

Pakistan has requested the ICC to make the Australian cricketers (who accused Malik) available for crossexamination.

PCB (previously known as BCCP) has said that though the ban on Slaim Malik has been lifted, he will not be considered for the team.

22 Mar Waqar Younis will miss the Asia Cup. His back problem is diagnosed as fracture and he will not play for the next 6 months.

Indian team for the Asia Cup has been announced. Utpal Chatterjee replaces Raju in the squad.

28 Mar Carl Rackemann (member of the shield winning Queensland team) flies to West Indies to join the Aus team to replace the injured McDermott.

29 Mar Wicket Keeper Moin Khan of Pakistan is the new captain to lead the team in the Asia Cup in Sharjah. Saeed Anwar is his deputy.

Salim Malik, his brother-in-law Ijaz Ahmed, Akram Raza and Kabir Khan have been dropped from the team.

All rounders Zafar Iqbal and Naeem Ashraf and middle order bat Ijaz Ahmed jr (no relation to Ijaz Ahmed) are the newcomers to the team.

Off spinner Arshad Khan, left-arm spinner Nadeem Khan (brother of Moin Khan) and opening batsman Ghulam Ali have been recalled.

Basit Ali and Rashid Latif were not considered.

Surrey still hopeful of Waqar playing for them. Waqar will undergo check up in London to diagnose the problem.

30 Mar Tony Lock, the Surrey and England spinner passed away in Perth at the age of 65. He was ailing from lung cancer. He was a member of the Surrey team that won the County Championship seven times in the 1950s. (Tests: 174 wkts @ 25.58, BB 7-35)

Roshan Mahanama and Champaka Ramanayake have been recalled to the Sri Lankan team for the Asia Cup.

Australian D.Whatmore has been appointed as the national coach of Sri Lanka.