Cricket Headlines:
August 1998

Monday, 31 August 1998

• Record-breaking Muralitharan caps Sri Lankan victory.

Sunday, 30 August 1998

• West Indies "A" squad announced for their Indian tour.

Saturday, 29 August 1998

• Double century to Jayasuriya on the second day of Sri Lanka's Test against England. Aravinda de Silva is the first Sri Lankan to score 5000 Test runs.

Friday, 28 August 1998

Thursday, 27 August 1998

• Many happy returns to Sir Donald Bradman - 90 on Thursday.

Wednesday, 26 August 1998

Tuesday, 25 August 1998

• Alec Stewart is appointed as England captain for the winter tour of Australia, the Sharjah tournament next April and the 1999 World Cup.
• MCC confirm there will be another vote on admitting women members in September.

Monday, 24 August 1998

• The women's Ashes series finishes nil-all after the Third Test is drawn.
• Sri Lanka defeat Hampshire to win their final warmup before Thursday's Test.

Sunday, 23 August 1998

• Rain forces no play on the third day of the Australia v England Third Women's Test.

Saturday, 22 August 1998

• Belinda Clark scores an unbeaten century as Australia pass England's first innings total on day 2 of the Third Women's Test.
• Revised draw released for the ICC Knockout Tournament in Bangladesh.

Friday, 21 August 1998

• England open the batting on day 1 of the Third Women's Test against Australia.
• Australia A set Ireland 347 to win during day 2 of their 3 day tour match.

Thursday, 20 August 1998

• Australia A star, while Ireland stumble on day 1 of their 3 day tour match.
• Sri Lanka win the Emirates Triangular final as Atapattu hits a personal best and England have no answer to Muralitharan's spin.

Tuesday, 18 August 1998

• South Africa beat England by 14 runs in the third match of the Emirates Triangular series, but England still qualify for Thursday's final.

Monday, 17 August 1998

• Azharuddin XI lift the Coca-Cola Cup played in Dubai and Doha after losing the final match< /a> against Rashid Latif XI.
• New Zealand Cricket name their provisional World Cup training squad of thirty-one
• England defeat Pakistan in the first Under-19 Test.

Sunday, 16 August 1998

• Rain causes the abandonment of the 5th and final one day match of Australia A against Scotland. Australia A won the series 2-0.
• Comfortable win for England in ">game two of the Emirates Triangular series at Lord's, but Sri Lanka still qualify for Thursday's final.
• Pakistan Cricket Board announce Aamer Sohail as captain and Javed Miandad as national team coach.
• Darren Ganga the shock selection for the West Indies squad for their South African tour.

Saturday, 15 August 1998

• Azharuddin XI beat Rashid Latif XI in the second of the three match series played in Dubai and Qatar.
• Australia A defeat Scotland, South Africa A beat Sri Lanka A and India A draw with the Netherlands in Saturday's tour action.

Friday, 14 August 1998

• The Australia v England Second Women's Test ends in a draw.

Thursday, 13 August 1998

• The ICC sets the record straight on a story in today's media that Javed Akhtar was paid just £158 by the PCB for umpiring the 5th Test between England and South Africa, as compared with the £2755 paid by the ECB to Peter Willey.

Wednesday, 12 August 1998

• Sachin Tendulkar wins India's highest sports honour; Ganguly and Jadeja also receive sports awards for the year 1997.
• South Africa tie the scores but declared losers by Duckworth/Lewis method against First class counties XI.
• Derbyshire defeat Leicestershire in a close match and will meet Lancashire in the final of the NatWest Trophy.

Tuesday, 11 August 1998

• Jayasuriya hurt as bad pitch forces restart of Sri Lanka's game against Kent.

Monday, 10 August 1998

• England win the 5th Test against South Africa - their first 5-Test series victory for 12 years.
• The third "Test" between South Africa A and Sri Lanka A finishes in a draw.

Sunday, 9 August 1998

• Century to Jayasuriya as Sri Lanka defeat Nottinghamshire.
• Indian selectors name their 22-man squad for their World Cup probables training camp.

Saturday, 8 August 1998

• Double century to Joanne Broadbent as Australia draw the First Test against England.
• Saqlain Mushtaq takes eight as Surrey demolish Derbyshire.

Friday, 7 August 1998

• Gordon Greenidge sacked as Bangladesh coach.

Thursday, 6 August 1998

• Lara scores a double century for Warwickshire against Middlesex.
• Century to Jan Brittin as England build a big total against Australia in the First Women's Test.

Wednesday, 5 August 1998

• Allan Donald fined, given a suspended ban, for breach of ICC code of conduct.
• Sri Lanka win their one-day tour match against an ECB eleven.

Tuesday, 4 August 1998

• South Africa A win the second unofficial Test against Sri Lanka A.

Monday, 3 August 1998

• New Zealand selectors announce their Commonwealth Games squad.
• Sri Lanka draw with Middlesex
• Series shared after England defeat Pakistan after the final Under-19 one-dayer.

Sunday, 2 August 1998

• South Africa draw with Essex.
• Robert Croft discarded from England's Fifth Test squad.

Saturday, 1 August 1998

• Century for Atapattu on the second day of Sri Lanka's tour match against Middlesex.
• Pakistan go one-up in the Under-19 one-day series against England.
• Saqlain Mushtaq takes eleven wickets as Surrey defeat Sussex.
• Kevin Dean takes the hat-trick for Derbyshire against Kent.