The Headlines (for Oct 94)

The Headlines for Oct 94

SEP94 news items moved to ARCHIVE/CRICKET_NEWS/SEP94

01 Oct West Indies tour to India postponed by a week due to the plague situation in India.

02 Oct Pakistan won the first test in a nail-biting finish by 1 wkt. Basit Ali to miss the rest of the season due to groin injury. Aamir Malik has been recalled in his place. McGrath to miss the second test due to thigh injury. McDermott is fit to play.

04 Oct New Zealand team to India and South Africa announced. No decision yet on whether NZ will tour India or not. India has to come up with a new revised schedule.

05 Oct NZ will participate in the 3-Nation ODI tournament in India. The schedule remains the same. Ajit Wadekar has been asked to continue as the cricket manager for the Indian team for the rest of the cricket season. G.R.Viswanath continues as the chairman of selectors for another year.

06 Oct Mohammed Azharuddin has been retained as the captain of the Indian team for the forthcoming series with West Indies and the triangular one-day tournament involving NZ and WI.

07 Oct WI tour to India will take place. WI will arrive a week later than initially scheduled. The 1st ODI in Baroda is cancelled. The 2nd ODI in Jaipur will be rescheduled and played at a later time. The triangular ODI tournament will take place as scheduled.

09 Oct Umpires for the forthcoming West Indies tour to India have been announced. Indian team for the first two ODIs against the WI has been announced. India retains the same team that went to Sri Lanka after dropping P.Vaidya.

11 Oct Pak batsman Zahid Fazal has been dropped and replaced by Atif Rauf for the 3 Nation ODI tournament starting 12 Oct.

12 Oct WI team reaches India. Lara and Hooper were fined for not attending the team meeting held in London.

14 Oct Plans announced for U15 World Cup to be held in England in 1996. Eight countries are expected to participate.

18 Oct Due to heavy weekend rain, the start of the second test between Sri Lanka and Zimbabwe has been delayed by 2 days. The match will now start on 20th Oct 94.

19 Oct England touring party has arrived in Australia. Kapil Dev has a hamstring injury and will be missing the second one-dayer in Bombay on 20th against WI. No replacement has been announced.

20 Oct Kapil Dev will be replaced by Chetan Sharma for the 3 Nation ODI tournament in India involving NZ and WI. Tendulkar to come in at No. 5 in subsequent ODIs.

23 Oct Ian Healy broke a thumb in the 3-Nation match v Pakistan. He is returning home. Emery (NSW) is flying out as a replacement.

24 Oct Alec Stewart will miss the opening matches of the tour after breaking his right index finger in practice. Stewart's finger was broken whilst facing Craig White in the nets. He hopes he will not be out of action for more than about 10 days, in time for the four-day game against South Australia (starts Nov 4).

25 Oct Shaun Udal is unlikely to play for 3 to 4 weeks after breaking his left thumb in dropping a caught and bowled chance in today's match against the ACB XI.

26 Oct The 16 member WI cricket team had a narrow escape from disaster when the aircraft carrying them from Bangalore to Goa went out of control. Match referee Raman Subba Row and sports journalists were among the 240 passengers on board.

27 Oct Brian Lara has been suspended for a match by ICC for his act of dissension on the field when he was given out stumped in the one dayer against NZ on 26 Oct 94.

30 Oct PM XI to play England on 9 Nov announced.