Bears chasing Ramprakash; cricket.WARWICKSHIRE have made a bid to sign England batsman Mark Ramprakash Mark Ravin Ramprakash (born 5 September 1969) is an English cricketer. A right-handed batsman, he first made his name playing for Middlesex, and was selected for England aged 21. after Middlesex reluctantly agreed to release him from the last remaining year of his contract. Essex, Somerset, Kent and Lancashire have also made official approaches but county champions Surrey Surrey, county (1991 pop. 997,000), 653 sq mi (1,691 sq km), SE England. The county seat is Guildford. The North Downs cross the county from east to west. To the north the land slopes gently downward to the Thames, into which flow the Wey and the Mole, Surrey's remain favourites to obtain his signature. Surrey chief executive Paul Sheldon said: "We would not be prepared to offer more than our salary levels allow, but it is very unusual for a batsman of this calibre calibre see caliber. to become available, so of course we are very interested." TELEVISION coverage of England's Test series against Sri Lanka Sri Lanka (srē läng`kə) [Sinhalese,=resplendent land], formerly Ceylon, ancient Taprobane, officially Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, island republic (2005 est. pop. has been thrown into doubt in a dispute over payment. The problem revolves around non-payment of a bank guarantee of around pounds 1.8million and could threaten both Sky Sports' coverage and Channel 4's highlights. |
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