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S.African tour of England '98 A Preview
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Last updated :10th July '98.
Srilankan tour of England '98 : a Preview Itinerary
Jul 8 Arrival in London
Jul 12 v Hampshire at Southampton (1 day)
Jul 14-16 v Somerset at Taunton (3 days)
Jul 18-20 v Glamorgan at Cardiff (3 days to be confirmed)
Jul 22 v Worcestershire at Worcester (1 day, to be confirmed)
Jul 24-27 v Leicestershire at Leicester (4 days)
Jul 31-Aug 3 v Middlesex at Lord's (4 days)
Aug 5 v ECB XI at Lakenham (1 day)
Aug 7 v Northamptonshire at Northampton (1 day)
Aug 9 v Northamptonshire at Milton Keynes (1 day)
Aug 11 v Kent at Canterbury or Lancashire at Old Trafford
or Warwickshire at Edgbaston (1 day)
Triangular Tournament
Aug 14 v South Africa at Trent Bridge (Aug 15 reserve day)
Aug 16 v England at Lord's (Aug 17 reserve day)
Aug 18 England v South Africa at Edgbaston (Aug 19 reserve day)
Aug 20 Final at Lord's (Aug 21 reserve day).
Aug 22-24 v Hampshire at Southampton (3 days)
Aug 27-31 Cornhill Test against England at the Oval
Sep 1 Departure
Srilankan Squad
The Sri Lankan squad to tour England in July and August 1998 is as
follows:
A Ranatunga (Captain)
PA de Silva (Vc)
ST Jayasuriya
MS Atapattu
RP Arnold
DPM Jayawardene
HP Tillekeratne
UC Hathurirsingha
HDPK Dharmasena
UU Chandana
GP Wickremasinghe
KR Pushpakumara
SA Perera
M Villavarayan
M Muralitharan
MRCN Bandaratilake
RS Kaluwitharana (WK)
PW Jayawardene
Diana Princess of Wales Memorial
MCC v Rest of the World
On the 18th of July,
22 of the best players in the world will play in a benefit match for the
'Diana Princess of Wales Memorial '. The venue for this match between MCC XI
and World XI is the LORDS cricket ground in London.
Indian viewers can see the telecast live on Sony Television Channel .
Two former captains have been asked to lead the two sides.
Former England Captain Micheal Atherton will lead the MCC XI ,while Indian
"whiz kid" Sachin Tendulkar captains the World XI.
The exciting part is that there are totally 5 Indians selected on the two
teams. But , Azhar , Saurav , Srinath and Anil are on the MCC side while
Sachin will be the lone Indian on the World XI side.
It will be a treat to watch Donald and Mcgrath bowling in tandem and with
Srinath (who has recovered)to follow the World XI batsmen will fine the going
tough. To make it really exciting , the World XI has a dream opening pair
of Jayasuriya and Anwar. Sachin and Aravinda together at the wicket will
give nightmares to any bowler in the World.
The only players missed will be Brian Lara , playing County championship
in England and Shane Warne who pulled out of the MCC XI cos of injury.
His place has been taken by our Anil Kumble.
MCC
M A Atherton (England) (C)
Aamir Sohail (Pakistan)
S Chanderpaul (West Indies)
M Azharuddin (India)
S C Ganguly (India)
B M McMillan (S Africa)
I A Healy(Australia)
A Kumble (India)
J Srinath (India)
A A Donald (S Africa)
G D McGrath (Australia)
REST OF THE WORLD
Saeed Anwar (Pakistan)
S T Jayasuriya (Sri Lanka)
S R Tendulkar (India)(C)
P A de Silva (Sri Lanka)
G A Hick (England)
T M Moody (Australia)
A Flower (Zimbabwe)
C L Cairns (New Zealand)
Wasim Akram (Pakistan)
Mushtaq Ahmed (Pakistan)
I R Bishop (West Indies).
India A tour of Netherlands
India "A" Squad
Vikram Rathore (captain)
Sairaj Bahutule (vice-captain)
Jyoti Yadav
Nikhil Haldipur
Rajeev Kumar
Rohan Gavaskar
Vanka Pratap
Sanjay Raul
Gyanendra Pandey
MSK Prasad (wicket keeper)
Rajesh Pawar
Kanwaljit Singh
Robin Singh Jr.
Reetinder Singh Sodhi
Coach: Krishnamachari Srikkanth
Manager: Mr. Kirti Azad
Schedule
28-30 Jul v Denmark Amstelveen
1 Aug v Denmark Deventer
2 Aug v Denmark Deventer
4- 6 Aug v Netherlands Deventer
8 Aug v Netherlands Deventer
10 Aug v Netherlands Amstelveen
11 Aug v Netherlands Amstelveen
13-15 Aug v Netherlands Amstelveen
