NEWS ARCHIVE: DEC 1998

 Lancashire League: Lowerhouse lease of life (31 December 1998)
 Giles selected for final Ashes Test (31 December 1998)
 Fraser honoured with MBE for his bowling efforts (31 December 1998)
 Warne is back for final Test (31 December 1998)
 Woolmer keeps his options open (31 December 1998)
 Taylor and Stewart agree end to overtime Tests (30 December 1998)
 Sydney terror owns up to 1971 incident (30 December 1998)
 Warne relishes return against England for Test finale (30 December 1998)
 Australian View: Wilting in heat of the cauldron (30 December 1998)
 Irresistible Gough is catalyst for success (30 December 1998)
 Quotes after Test 4: Stewart praises 'awesome' Headley (30 December 1998)
 Headley inspires remarkable England victory (29 December 1998)
 That's the way to do it England, says Yorkshire chief (29 December 1998)
 McGrath given suspended fine for sledging in Test (29 December 1998)
 Gough the lonely Braveheart (29 December 1998)
 Ian Chappell on the 4th Ashes Test, 3rd Day (29 December 1998)
 Waugh, MacGill pull rug from underneath England (28 December 1998)
 Woolmer not interested in Lloyd's job (28 December 1998)
 Channel 4's Test surprise (28 December 1998)
 Chappell on the 4th Ashes Test: Taylor's gamble with toss needs good luck (28 December 1998)
 4th Ashes Test: Fun ruined by ghastly return of reality (28 December 1998)
 Defining moments of 98: Mike Atherton V Allan Donald (27 December 1998)
 Lloyd to step down from England post (27 December 1998)
 Test of young lion as Tudor squares up to his rival (26 December 1998)
 McGrath passed fit to play as England ponder team selection (25 December 1998)
 Tudor must be given his head as England go for win or bust (24 December 1998)
 Christmas festivities put on hold for huffing Englishmen (24 December 1998)
 Australian pace attack in sick bay (24 December 1998)
 England to learn just how quick paceman Nicholson is (24 December 1998)
 Fatigue victim Nicholson gets perfect pick me up (23 December 1998)
 England: ECB implement clubs shake-up (23 December 1998)
 Time for reflection over Christmas for hapless England team (23 December 1998)
 New Zealand Team relives terrific, taxing tour of '49 (23 December 1998)
 Barmy Army robbed of irreplaceable documentary footage (December 22 1998)
 England still expecting Hollioake to do his duty (22 December 1998)
 Dilemma over imports grows as Kallis signs (22 December 1998)
 Ponting expected Test axe to fall (21 Dec 1998)
 Colquhoun quits over 'elitist' grant to Scots cricket school (21 December 1998)
 No quick fix for English cricket (21 December 1998)
 David Lloyd: 'Kookaburra' gives Australia the last laugh (21 December 1998)
 The world at our feet (20 December 1998)
 Scarred England running scared - an Ashes forum (20 December 1998)
 Atherton back in charge (19 December 1998)
 Hayden takes helm for Northants (19 December 1998)
 Crafty Cottam helps bring ray of light to the England attack (19 December 1998)
 David Lloyd: We must 'get back on our bike' after Adelaide crash (19 December 1998)
 AFP (Stewart's gloves come off as England get ready to fight)
 Walsh leaves under a cloud (18 December 1998)
 Walsh anger over English county snub (November 17 1998)
 Hussain given limited role in Australia (17 December 1998)
 England must unearth players of character (17 December 1998)
 Sri Lanka: ECB pitch consultant to conduct course (17 December 1998)
 Cricket's top 100 in profile (16 December 1998)
 Chance to savour the Don (16 December 1998)
 Tudor offers to shine light on the road ahead (16 December 1998)
 Illingworth - 'Bloody awful' England (16 December 1998)
 Illingworth - 'Bloody awful' England (16 December 1998)
 Fleming a force in his own right (16 December 1998)
 Stewart must throw down gauntlet (15 December 1998)
 Waugh lets his bat do the talking (15 December 1998)
 England on the ropes after Miller's triple strike (14 December 1998)
 Ian Chappell on the 3rd Test (14 December 1998)
 Odds shorten on exposure of match-fixing scandal (14 December 1998)
 Top order let off the hook by pinning 'donkey' on the tail (14 December 1998)
 Long-buried secrets stink - Parkinson on Warne and Waugh (14 December 1998)
 Atherton: cut powers of third umpire (13 December 1998)
 Benaud ready to write a new chapter in his illustrious story (13 December 1998)
 High time tourists learned the lessons of leg-spin (13 December 1998)
 Now for a change of coffin and perhaps a change of fortune (13 December 1998)
 Langer utilises his martial grit (12 December 1998)
 Deflated Waugh has time for regret (12 December 1998)
 Controversy erupts in third Ashes Test (12 December 1998)
 Controversy erupts in third Ashes Test (12 December 1998)
 Lancashire League: Lowerhouse on brink of disaster (11 December 1998)
 England spring Such surprise (11 December 1998)
 Taylor stands by his 'great players' (11 December 1998)
 Hick has the weaponry to wring runs from suspect England tail (11 December 1998)
 Australian View - Test 3 and scandals: Ian Chappell (11 December 1998)
 England hope to exploit Waugh's embarrassment (10 December 1998)
 Kent Young Cricketers provide foreign flavour (10 December 1998)
 South Africa to ring the changes (9 December 1998)
 Thorpe on way back to England (8 December 1998)
 MacGill back in Australian team (7 December 1998)
 Tony Lewis on the County Championship: Less is not more in our game (6 December 1998)
 Chin up, chaps: it's what gets results (6 December 1998)
 Ponting in need of inspiration (6 December 1998)
 England back on the right track (6 December 1998)
 Atherton: Why I am backing Hick to fulfil his great expectations (6 December 1998)
 EW Swanton : Counties fracture century-oldframework (5 December 1998)
 Engalnd: New league will raise competition not standards (5 December 1998)
 England seek balancing act in Victoria match (4 December 1998)
 Graveney leads welcome party (4 December 1998)
 County Championship: Long way from whims and Wisden's wisdom (4 December 1998)
 England: Two divisions will result in 'harder edge' (4 December 1998)
 Counties Vote For Two Division Championship (3 December 1998)
 Compton's Triple Century remembered (3 December 1998)
 England: Counties consider idea of free hits (3 December 1998)
 David Lloyd: Perth defeat leaves us playing catch-up for the Ashes (3 December 1998)
 England: Counties ready for two-division championship (2 December 1998 )
 Hick holds place as Thorpe holds back (2 December 1998)
 Lancashire League: Aussie Lee set for Enfield return (1 December 1998)
 England: Ribblesdale and Northern Leagues in merger talks (1 December 1998)
 England spirit is willing but technique is weak (1 December 1998)
 Ashes Test 2: Chappell on Gillespie (1 December 1998)