Cricket Headlines:
March 1998

Tuesday, 31 March 1998

Monday, 30 March 1998

• South Africa defeat Sri Lanka by six wickets in the Second Test. Cronje's 31-ball fifty is the second-fastest recorded in Test history.
• Wes Hall to quit as West Indian chairman of selectors.
• The Board of Control for Cricket in Sri Lanka elects a new president.

Sunday, 29 March 1998

Saturday, 28 March 1998

• Australia wins the Third Test but India take the series.
• Pakistan win the first of the weekend's one-dayers against Zimbabwe.
• Ajit Agarkar the new name in India's one-day squad. Ganguly suspended and will miss Wednesday's game against Australia.

Friday, 27 March 1998

• England beat the University of West Indies Vice Chancellor's XI in a friendly at Bridgetown.

Thursday, 26 March 1998

• Daniel Vettori rested from the New Zealand squad named for Sharjah.

Wednesday, 25 March 1998

• Tendulkar leads another Indian run-feast in the Third Test against Australia at Bangalore. Shane Warne becomes the most successful spin bowler in Test history.
• Pakistan defeat Zimbabwe in the Second Test to take the series.

Tuesday, 24 March 1998

• Mike Atherton quits as England captain following their Sixth Test loss at Antigua, which gives the series to the West Indies 3-1.
• Canterbury score an innings and 56 run victory over Northern Districts to win the Shell Trophy for the fifth time.
• Mumbai win the Wills Trophy with a seven wicket win over the Board Presidents XI.

Monday, 23 March 1998

• South Africa go one-up with a seventy-run victory over Sri Lanka. Nuwan Zoysa replaces the injured Chaminda Vaas in the Sri Lankan squad.
• Western Australia defeat Tasmania to win their fourteenth Sheffield Shield title.
• Ricky Ponting fined by Australian tour management following an incident at a Calcutta nightclub after the Second Test loss.

Sunday, 22 March 1998

• Antigua Day Three: West Indies batsmen combine to take a 324 lead over England.
• Cape Town Day Four: Sri Lanka are three wickets down chasing 377 for victory.
• Harare Day Two: ZImbabwe heading for a first innings lead over Pakistan.
• Brendon Julian blasts Western Australia into a commanding position on the third day of the Sheffield Shield Final against Tasmania.

Saturday, 21 March 1998

• India inflict a crushing defeat in the Second Test and bring Australia's nine series winning streak to an end.
• Michael Bevan and Damien Fleming on their way to India to join the injury-hit Australian squad before Wednesday's Third Test. Rajesh Chauhan is dropped from India's squad in favour of 17 year-old Harbhajan Singh.

Friday, 20 March 1998

Thursday, 19 March 1998

• India's top order batsmen put their team in command after the second day of the second Test at Calcutta.
• Century to Daryl Cullinan on the opening day of the First Test between South Africa and Sri Lanka.

Wednesday, 18 March 1998

• Pakistan bat through the final day to draw the First Test against Zimbabwe.
• Canterbury and Northern Districts qualify for the Shell Trophy final after each recorded nine-wicket victories in the final round.
• Australia name their one-day squad for next month's series in India and Sharjah.

Tuesday, 17 March 1998

• Centuries to Murray Goodwin and Andy Flower as Zimbabwe set Pakistan 368 for victory on the fourth day of the First Test at Bulawayo.
• Pakistan A conclude their one-day series clean-sweep of India A with a crushing victory at Karachi.
• Junior Murray and Franklyn Rose replace David Williams and Ian Bishop in the West Indies squad for the Sixth Test. England name their squad for the following one-day series.

Monday, 16 March 1998

• Rain ruins final day of the Fifth Test at Bridgetown which is abandoned as a draw.
• Sri Lanka draw their tour match against Boland after a disastrous start to their run-chase.
• The Supersport Series concludes in South Africa with Free State 1997-98 champions.
• Draw announced for the Commonwealth Games cricket tournament in Kuala Lumpur.

Sunday, 15 March 1998

• Grant Flower carries his bat for Zimbabwe on the second day of the First Test against Pakistan.
• Two India 'A' teams in action Sunday: one going down by six wickets to Pakistan A, and the other drawing their three-day game against Australia.
• Western Australia to host next week's Sheffield Shield final against Tasmania.
• Makhaya Ntini included in South Africa's First Test squad to play Sri Lanka.

Saturday, 14 March 1998

Friday, 13 March 1998

• Mark Ramprakash scores his maiden Test hundred on the second day of the Fifth Test at Bridgetown.
• Two India 'A' teams in action: one losing their one-day match against Pakistan 'A' at Sheikhupura, the other playing Australia at Jamshedpur.

Thursday, 12 March 1998

• Ramprakash and Thorpe take England out of danger on the first day of the Fifth Test at Bridgetown.
• Pakistan's opening tour match in Zimbabwe against the Matabeleland Select XI is abandoned due to rain.

Wednesday, 11 March 1998

• Sachin Tendulkar goes to number one in the Coopers & Lybrand Test batting rankings after India's win in the First Test against Australia.
• Sri Lanka win their day-night tour match against North West.

Tuesday, 10 March 1998

• Victory to India as they defeat Australia in the First Test at Chennai.
• A big win to South Africa in the final Test against Pakistan to square the series.
• India A win the final unofficial test against Pakistan A to win the series 1-0.

Monday, 9 March 1998

• Australia in deep trouble after day four of the First Test between India and Australia at Chennai.
• Clayton Lambert and Philo Wallace replace Williams and Campbell as West Indies' openers for Thursday's Fifth Test.
• England draw their tour match with Barbados.
• Sri Lanka lose their opening tour match against Gauteng.

Sunday, 8 March 1998

• Pakistan bats collapse on the third day of the Third Test at Port Elizabeth.
• New Zealand pull off a thrilling 2 run victory in the fifth and final One-Day International against Zimbabwe at Auckland.
• England chasing a huge Barbados total after day two of their tour match at Bridgetown.
• Sri Lanka declare in arrears on day two of their tour match against Gauteng.
• Indian chairman of selectors Ramakant Desai resigns for health reasons.

Saturday, 7 March 1998

• Spinners dominate for both sides on the second day of the First Test between India and Australia at Chennai.
• Rain washes out the second day of the Third Test between South Africa and Pakistan.
• Fanie de Villiers announces his retirement from international cricket.
• A field day for Barbados's batsmen on the opening day of England's tour match at Bridgetown.

Friday, 6 March 1998

• Astle century as New Zealand crush Zimbabwe in the fourth one-day international.

Thursday, 5 March 1998

• Karachi Blues defeat Peshawar on first innings lead to win the 1997-98 Quaid-e-Azam Trophy final.

Wednesday, 4 March 1998

• A thriller at Christchurch: Zimbabwe defeat New Zealand by one run.
• Victory to Gauteng over Northerns in the final of the Standard Bank Cup.
• Rain reduces the third "Test" between India 'A' and Pakistan 'A' to a draw.

Tuesday, 3 March 1998

• Double century to Michael Slater as Australia's tour match against the Board President's XI finishes in a draw.
• Pakistan chairman of selectors Salim Altaf quits as Wasim Akram heads for South Africa.

Monday, 2 March 1998

• A big win for the West Indies with a day to spare in the Fourth Test against England to take a 2-1 series lead.
• Pakistan defeat South Africa in the Second Test by just 29 runs.

Sunday, 1 March 1998

• Queensland defeat New South Wales to win the 1997-98 Mercantile Mutual Cup.