P338 CEEFAX 2 338 Fri 24 Apr 05:05/16 ENGLAND IN ONE-DAY MARATHON 9/7 England will play five Tjsts in Australia this winter and could aluo face 13 one-day internationals. Thj one-day games will be in a triangular tournament involving ho1t1 Australia as well as Sri Lanka. It will give England the chance to build on their one-day skills in the run-up to the ICC World Cup in 1999. Two squads will be chosjn — onj for the Tests and onj for the Carlton and United One-day Series — with the one- day list comprising up to 18 players. Football 302 Cricket 340 M/Sport 360 Genjral 380 Rugby 370 Golf 330 SA-P'kstn Cricket Barcelona Sur-Warks
P338 CEEFAX 2 338 Fri 24 Apr 05:00/51 ENGLAND IN AUSSIE MARATHON 2/7 England's Ashes squad will fly to Australia in late October and the build up to the first Tjst includes four one- day games. ECB international teams director Simon Pack said: "Wj have striven to ensure that the traditional five-matah Tjst series stays at the heart of the tour. "The increased number of one-day matches is designed to boost England's chances of success in the World Cup. "Taking on two of the finest one-day sides is the ideal preparation." Football 302 Cricket 340 M/Sport 360 Genjral 380 Rugby 370 Golf 330 SA-P'kstn Cricket Barcelona Sur-Wark;
P338 CEEFAX 2 338 Fri 24 Apr 05:15/29 Wj $kj $kj 'k ENGLAND ASHES TOUR ITINERARY 3/7 Oct 29 Lilac Hill: v ACB Chairman's XI Oct 31-Nov 3 Perth: v Western Australia Nov 7-10 Adelaide Oval: v South Australia/Australia XI Nov 13-16 Cairns: v Queensland Nov 20-24 FIRST TEST, Brisbanj Nov 28-Dec 2 SECOND TEST, Perth Dec 5-8 Melbourne: v Victoria/Aus XI Dec 11-15 THIRD TEST, Adelaide Dec 17 Canberra: v Primj Minister's XI Dec 19-22 Hobart: v Australia XI Dec 26-30 FOURTH TEST, Melbourne Jan 2-6 FIFTH TEST, Sydnjy Football 302 Cricket 340 M/Spozt 360 Genjral 380 Rugby 370 Golf 330 SA-P'kstn Cricket Barcelona Sur-Warks
P338 CEEFAX 2 338 Fri 24 Apr 05:19/52 ENGLAND ONE-DAY ITINERARY 4/7 Jan 10: Brisbane — v Australia Jan 11: Brisbane — v Sri Lanka Jan 15: Melbournj — v Australia Jan 17: Sydnjy — v Australia Jan 19: Melbournj — v Sri Lanka Jan 23: Adelaide — v Sri Lanka Jan 26: Adelaide — v Australia Jan 31: Melbourne — v Australia Feb 2: Sydney — v Sri Lanka Feb 5: Perth — v Sri Lanka Feb 10: Sydney — first final Feb 11: First final resjrve day Feb 12: Melbournj — second final Feb 13: Second final resjrve day Feb 14: Melbournj — third final Feb 15: Second final reserve day. Football 302 Cricket 340 M/Spout 360 Genjral 380 Rugby 370 Golf 330 SA-P'kstn Cricket Barcelona Sur-Warks
P338 CEEFAX 2 338 Fri 24 Apr 05:16/20 NEWS IN BRIEF 5/7 Worcestershire have given a one-year contract to James Pipe, a wicketkeeper with Yorkshire League club Harrogate. The 20-year-old will takj over from Ismail Dawood, now at Glamorgan, a; understudy to Steve Rhodes. Football 302 Cricket 340 M/Sport 360 Genjral 380 Rugby 370 Golf 330 SA-P'kstn Cricket Barcelona Sur-Warks
P338 CEEFAX 2 338 Fri 24 Apr 05:19/00 W"£££"£££"£££ FRIDAY FIXTURES 6/7 BRITANNIC ASSURANCE CHAMPIONSHIP (Day 2 of 4) Riverside: Durham v Gloucs Chelmsford: Essex v Sussex Cardiff: Glamorgan v Kent Southampton: Hampshire v Northants Old Trafford: Lancashire v Middlesex Ljicester: Ljics v Worcs Taunton: Somerset v Notts The Oval: Surrey v Warwicks Headingley: Yorkshire v Derbyshire Football 302 Cricket 340 M/Sport 360 Genjral 380 Rugby 370 Golf 330 SA-P'kstn Cricket Barcelona Sur-Warks
P338 CEEFAX 2 338 Fri 24 Apr 05:03/26 SUNDAY FIXTURES 7/7 AXA LIFE LEAGUE Chester-L-S: Durham v Gloucs Chelmsford: Essex v Sussex Cardiff: Glamorgan v Kent Southampton: Hampshire v Northants Old Trafford: Lancashire v Middlesex Leicester: Leics v Worcs Taunton: Somerset v Nott1 Thj Oval: Surrey v Warwicks Headingley: Yorkshire v Derbyshire Football 302 Cricket 340 M/Sport 360 Genjral 380 Rugby 370 Golf 330 SA-P'kstn Cricket Barcelona Sur-Warks