The Israel Cricket Association congratulates its Chairman, Stanley Perlman, who was reelected almost unanimously, at the ICC Associate Members meeting held at Lords last Tuesday, to serve on the ICC Cricket Management Committee

Israel allrounder Jacky Divekar scored 102 for Dimona 'C', who completely outplayed Lions Be'er Sheva in their Division 1 match played in Be'er Sheva

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Tel Aviv's Stanley Perlman batted like a man with a plane to catch, blasting 64 against Lions Lod before having to retire to race to the airport in order to catch a plane

Young Ashdod scored their fourth win in as many games, defeating Lions Be'er Sheva by 116 runs, to move to the top of the Division 1 table

It has been a long time since one man has so dominated a game of cricket in Israel as Stanley Perlman did when Tel aviv defeated Beer Sheva 'A' by 8 wickets in their Premier League game played in Be'er Sheva on Saturday

With no matches taking place in the Premier League this weekend, the attention was focused on the lower divisions

Israel was fortnuate to once again host Roland Lefebvre for a 3-day coaching visit

David Silver hits out during his innings of 51 Photo © Israel Cricket Ra'anana bounced back from their heavy defeat to Lions Lod last week, to inflict Tel Aviv with their second straight loss of the season

Isaac Massil scored 107 and his brother David then took 6 for 21, as Lions Lod stormed to another huge win, defeating Ra'anana by 125 runs

Ra'anana captain Dani Hotz almost single handedly defeated Ashdod, returning bowling figures of 5 for 21 in 5 overs, and then scoring an undefeated 70 to steer Ra'anana to an easy 8-wicket victory in their U16 league match played at Hadar Yosef on

2002 League Champions, Lions Lod, kicked off their 2003 campaign with a comprehensive win over Be'er Sheva 'A' in their Premier League fixture played at Hadar Yosef on Saturday

"Sand stops play" is not the kind of phrase you would find attached to the scorecard of a match played at Lords or the MCG, but that was indeed the case in the Premier League game between Be'er Sheva and Ra'anana in Be'er Sheva on Friday

An exciting new inititiative is the hosting of the first ever 2-day match in Israel

Idan Peretz, a 9 year old from kibbutz Be'erot Yitzchak, is the winner in the ICA World Cup Dream Team competition

The development of cricket in Israel has been a remarkable success story

Five local coaches who recently completed the ECC Level 1 coaching course with Roland Lefebvre will be on hand to conduct a coaching clinic for local juniors

The ICA was honoured to host Dutch World Cup captain and experienced ECC Coach Roland Lefebvre in Israel over the weekend, where he conducted a Level 1 coaching course for 13 participants

Two mini - cricket tournaments were held in the Chanuka holidays

It is unlikely that the ICC is about to add the "Kibbutz World Cup" to their list of tournaments, but if they should the winners, (and lone participants), would be the young cricketers from Kibbutz Be'erot Yitzchak