The Headlines (for Sep 94)

The Headlines for Sep 94

AUG94 news items move to ARCHIVE/CRICKET_NEWS/AUG94

01 Sep Taylor on Aus prospects in SL/Pak.

02 Sep Lara passes 2000 runs for 1994 season; Eng Squads named for forthcoming tours.

05 Sep South Africa beaten by Holland in a one-dayer! Craig Matthews turns down a 1-yr contract offer from Durham.

08 Sep Ravi Shastri announces retirement from 1st class cricket; Panel umpires and referees named for upcoming season.

16 Sep Ambrose injured; Prabhakar to play for Durham next year.

19 Sep Northants seek Kumble for next season; Mike Proctor no longer SAf coach, hospitalized with suspected heartattack.

20 Sep Neil Fairbrother will be the overseas player for Transvaal.

21 Sep Ambrose will miss India tour. His replacement will be the 27 year old Barrington Browne from Guyana.

22 Sep David Lloyd to manage England u-19 tour to WI in 94-95. Yorkshire signs Michael Bevan as their overseas player for 1995.

25 Sep Bob Woolmer of Warwickshire is the new South African Coach. Mohsin Kamal replaces Ashfaq Ahmed in the Pak Squad that toured Sri Lanka for the first test at Karachi against Australia.

26 Sep David Boon to play for Gloucestershire in 1995. Northants are close to signing Anil Kumble. India U-19 will tour Australia in Feb-Mar 1995 pending BCCI's approval.

28 Sep WI Board is carefully monitoring the plague situation in India. First ODI between India and WI may be shifted to Chandigar from Baroda. (Baroda is about 100 km from the plague epicenter Surat)

29 Sep Lara, who is currently partipating in a sixes tournament in Hong Kong, expressed concerns over the upcoming tour to India. However, he said, he will abide by the Board's decision. The series may be postponed by a week. No clear details yet. There will be investigations on the allegations that Pakistan players indulged in betting on games during the SL tour.