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     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.

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