Sachin for KL?
The Indian Olympic Association and the Union Sports Ministry's pressure tactics seem to have worked as the cricket Board is veering around to the fact that the "best team" should be sent to Commonwealth Games. The turnaround came after the BCCI president Raj Singh Dungarpur met Union Sports Minister Uma Bharati who is said to have expressed concern that India could lose face if it sent a weak team to Kuala Lumpur.

Approval for BCCI
The domestic cricket beginning 1998-99, would include three major changes including one on the wide ball, approved today by the technical committee of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) on recommendation of the International Cricket Council (ICC). Sources said that the committee agreed to amend the rule number 25 on wide ball. Now an additional run would be awarded even if runs were allowed off any wide ball besides an additional ball.

Bishop skipper
Trinidadian fast bowler Ian Bishop, a stalwart of 43 Tests and 161 wickets, was named captain of a 15-member West Indies A team to tour India in November and December, the West Indies Cricket Board has announced.

Murali's feat
The `Silent Assasin' is at it, once again. Enjoying an amazing season with his off-spinners, Muthiah Muralitharan added another feather to his cap by snaring 16 English batsmen in the Oval Test to script Sri Lanka's historic maiden Test win in the land of the Old Blighty. Not only were his figures the fifth best ever in Test cricket, he also became the second off spinner, after the legendary West Indian Lance Gibbs, to reach the coveted figure of 200 Test wickets.

Kapil's visit
The Indian cricket probables had a surprise caller on Tuesday in Kapil Dev, whose timing of the visit was not even known to the BCCI president Raj Singh Dungarpur, cricket manager Anshuman Gaekwad and consultant Bobby Simpson. Kapil Dev said there was no truth in the reports that he was expected on Aug 30. `` I was supposed to be here for a day talk to the boys, `' he said.