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Itinerary
S.African Squad
England Squad
India - Kenya - Bangladesh Triangular A Preview
South Africa in England May-Aug 1998
May 14-16 v Worcestershire Worcester
May 17 v Duke of Norfolk's XI Arundel
May 19 v Canterbury Kent
May 21 v Eng First Texaco Trophy The Foster's Oval
May 23 v Eng Second Texaco Trophy Old Trafford
May 24 v Eng Third Texaco Trohy Headingley
May 27 v Minor Counties XI Stone
May 29-June 1 v Gloucestershire Bristol
Jun 4-8 v Eng First Cornhill Test Edgbaston
June 10 v Leics or Notts Leicester/Trent Bridge *
June 12-14 v Sussex Arundel
June 18-22 v Eng Second Cornhill Test Lord's
June 24-26 v British Universities Fenner's
June 28 v Northamptonshire Northampton
July 2-6 v Eng Third Cornhill Test Old Trafford
July 8 v Holland Amsterdam
July 10 v Ireland Dublin (Castle Avenue)
July 12 v Ireland Downpatrick
July 14-16 v Durham Chester-le-Street
July 18-20 v Derbyshire Derby
July 23-27 v Eng Fourth Cornhill Test Trent Bridge
July 29 v Essex or Worcs Chelmsford/Worcester **
July 31-Aug 2 v Essex Chelmsford
August 6-10 v Eng Fifth Cornhill Test Headingly l
August 12 v First Class Counties XI ld Trafford /Headingly
* Warwicks v South Africans if bouth counties in
Benson and Hedges semi-finals
** Derbyshire if both counties in NatWest quarter-finals
Triangular Tournament (with Eng and SL)
August 14 South Africa v Sri Lanka Trent Bridge
August 16 England v Sri Lanka Lord's
August 18 England v South Africa Edgbaston
August 20 Final Lord's
South African Team to tour the United Kingdom
H Cronje (Capt)
G Kirsten (V-Capt)
G Liebenberg
A Bacher
D Cullinan
J Kallis
J Rhodes
B McMillan
S Pollock
L Klusener
M Boucher
P Adams
P Symcox
A Donald
M Hayward
M Ntini
R Telemachus
Manager: S K Reddy
Assist Manager: G Rajah
Coach: B Woolmer
Assist Coach: C van Zyl
Physiotherapist: C Smith
Adam Hollioake - Surrey (C)
Alec Stewart - Surrey
Ally Brown - Surrey
Angus Fraser - Middlesex
Ashley Giles - Warwickshire
Chris Adams - Sussex
Chris Lewis - Leicestershire
Darren Gough - Yorkshire
Darren Maddy - Leicestershire
Graham Thorpe - Surrey
Mark Ealham - Kent
Matthew Flemming - Kent
Nick Knight - Warwickshire
Robert Croft - Glamorgan
Itinerary
Indian Squad
Bangladeshi Squad
Kenyan Squad
Tri Nations Tournament : India, Bangladesh, Kenya May 1998
Date Teams Venue
14 May India v Bangladesh Mohali
17 May Bangladesh v Kenya Hyderabad
20 May India v Kenya Bangalore
23 May Bangladesh v Kenya Chennai
25 May India v Bangladesh Mumbai
28 May India v Kenya Gwalior
31 May Final Calcutta
1 June Reserve day
All matches are (day/night)
Mohammad Azharuddin (captain)
Saurav Ganguly
Gagan Khoda
Ajay Jadeja
Rahul Dravid
Hrishikesh Kanitkar
MSK Prasad (wicketkeeper)
Robin Singh
Sairaj Bahutule
Ajit Agarkar
Debashish Mohanty
Rahul Sanghvi
Nikhil Haldipur
Harvinder Singh
Akram Khan (Captain)
Aminul Islam,
Athar Ali Khan
Sanwar Hossain,
Minhazul Abedin,
Khaled Mahmud,
Khaled Masud,
Hasibul Hossain,
Mohammad Rafique,
Morshed Ali Khan,
Anisur Rahman,
Mehrab Hossain,
Enamul Haq
Naimur Rahman.
Officials: Selim Abedin Chowdhury (tour-manager)
Gazi Ashraf Hossain (team-manager)
Gordon Greenidge (coach).
Asif Karim (captain)
Maurice Odumbe
Steve Tikolo
Lameck Onyango
Joseph Angara
Thomas Odoyo
Martin Suji
Otieno Suji
Kennedy Otieno
Ravindu Shah
Alpesh Vadhera
Mohammed Sheikh
Dipak Chudasama
A Naghoge
Manager: Mahmud Quraishy
Physio: Zulfiqar Devji
Tour manager: Robert Armstrong
Itinerary
Newzealand Squad
Srilankan Squad
May 15: Arrival
May 18-20: 3-day match at Sara Stadium
May 22-24: 3-day game at Asgriya Stadium, Kandy
May 27-31: 1st Test at R.Premadasa Stadium
June 3-7: 2nd Test at Galle International Stadium
(subject to approval by ICC)
June 10-14: 3rd Test at SSC
June 16: One-day game at Welagedera Stadium, Kurunegala
June 19: one-day game at CCC.
INDEPENDENCE CUP DRAW
June 19: Sri Lanka v India at R. Premadasa Stadium (d/n)
June 21: Sri Lanka v New Zealand at R. Premadasa Stadium (d/n)
June 23: India v New Zealand at R. Premadasa Stadium (d/n)
June 25: Sri Lanka v India at Galle Stadium
June 27: Sri Lanka v New Zealand at Galle Stadium
June 29: India v New Zealad at Galle Stadium
July 1: Sri Lanka v India at SSC
July 3: India v New Zealand at SSC
July 5: Sri Lanka v New Zealand at SSC
July 7: Final at R. Premadasa Stadium (d/n).
There is an alternate day for all the matches if affected by bad
weather.
Stephen Fleming (captain),
Bryan Young,
Matthew Horne,
Craig Spearman,
Nathan Astle,
Craig McMillan,
Chris Cairns,
Chris Harris,
Adam Parore,
Dion Nash,
Daniel Vettori,
Mark Priest,
Paul Wiseman,
Simon Doull,
Shayne O'Connor
Bob Woolmer has recently compared Shaun Pollock with the great Garry Sobers. Shaun is definitely a good all-rounder and has potential to become all rounders as Kapil Dev, Ian Botham, Imran Khan and Sir Richard Hadlee.
Here is the comparison of figures
Batting
Name Tests Runs 100 50 A ve
Garry Sobers 93 8032 26 30 57.78
Richard Hadlee 86 3124 21 5 27.16
Kapil Dev 131 5248 8 27 31.05
Imran Khan 88 3807 6 18 37.69
Ian Botham 102 5200 14 22 33.54
Shaun Pollock 21 849 0 4 32.65
Bowling
Name Balls Runs Wickets 5’I 10’M Ave
Garry Sobers 21995 7999 235 6 0 34.03
Richard Hadlee 21918 9612 431 36 9 22.30
Kapil Dev 27740 12867 434 23 2 29.64
Imran Khan 19458 8258 362 23 6 22.81
Ian Botham 21815 10878 383 27 4 28.40
Shaun Pollock 2850 1860 75 0 0 24.8
From this figure it very clear that Shaun is yet to mature into an all-rounder
status though he definitely has potential to become all time great
all-rounders. South African coach is making remarks and his comparison with
Sobers it to early for such comparision. He is yet to score a century in test
matches, he is yet to take 5 wickets in an Innings and 10 wickets in a match
which is true reflection of a batsman or bowler. He has not won any test
match on his own single handedly for South Africa. Mr Woolmer. Please note,
do not overrate your player. He is yet to prove as great.
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