Plenty of cricket for Namibia and UAE

The ICC has announced the itineraries for the four countries involved in the Intercontinental Shield, its second-tier four-day competition.

Namibia are the busiest, mainly because of their involvement in South Africa's three-day and one-day competitions. They also have a Shield game at home to Bermuda starting on Aril 2 followed by two ODIs and a Twenty20.

Bermuda, who lost their one-day status last year, have nothing else other than the Americas Division One which they host at the end of May.

UAE are also busy, starting with a Shield match against Uganda later this month and then an ODI and two Twenty20s. They then take part and host the ICC Twenty20 World Cup Qualifiers. If they make it through to the main event then they will travel to USA and then the Caribbean in April.

After the matches in the UAE, Uganda head to Kenya where they take part in a Twenty20 tri-series involving the hosts and Scotland. Uganda beat the Kenyans in both T20 matches they played in Nairobi in December.