As expected, Ra'anana and Lions Lod both advanced to the ICA Cup final which will be played in Ashdod on Friday

The traditional playing area of Israeli youth cricket is being steadily expanded, with Zichron Yaakov in the North and Eilat in the South the latest cities to boast cricket chugim (after school activities)

The finals of the inaugural U13 Inter School League were played out in the perfect, pastoral setting of the Neot Lon Sports Complex in Beer Sheva earlier this month

ICA CEO Naor Gudker will chair the selection committee to select the national team for the European play off game against Croatia which will be played in Israel on November 18

Ra'anana 1 became the first team to qualify for the Cup semi-finals, defeating Tel Aviv by 86 runs to complete the group stages undefeated

Israel will host Croatia in a European Division Two play-off game in November

Israel will host Croatia in a European Division 2 play-off game in November

Ra'anana B youngsters received a rude awakening after their superb performance in nearly beating Ra'anana 1 last week, losing by 191 runs to Tel Aviv

Neve Yonatan completed their league season in style, defeating Lod by 97 runs at Hadar Yosef. Batting first, Neve Yonatan scored 183, with captain Aby Daniels top scoring with 39

Tel Aviv waited three months to record their second victory of the season, which was enough to avoid relegation and send Be'er Sheva down to Division 2

Another busy summer of youth development is drawing to a close, with the new school year fast approaching

Two of the three teams at the bottom of the table were in action at Hadar Yosef last weekend, with Be'er Sheva losing by 10 wickets to champions Lions Lod, and Tel Aviv losing narrowly by five runs to league runners up Young Ashdod

Lions Be'er Sheva completed their league season with a four wicket win over Ra'anana 2 at Hadar Yosef on Friday to move top of Division 2, although they are unlikely to remain there as their rivals have games in hand

The Israel U19 cricket team returned home earlier this week from the European 2nd Division Championships played in Jersey following a mixed campaign

For the third straight match the Israel bowlers were left an almost impossible task of defending a low total following yet another batting failure

The Israel bowlers once again almost managed to save their batsmen's blushes, but Gibraltar held on for a nailbiting two wicket win in a dramatic game

Despite a massive effort in the field, Israel paid the price for a poor batting display and lost by 3 wickets to the Isle of Man at the European U19 Championships in Jersey yesterday

Israel spinners Solomon Varsulkar and Raz Ben Zaken shared four wickets a piece as Israel defeated Germany by 136 runs today in their opening match at the European 2nd Division U19 Championships being played in Jersey

Lions Lod took a giant leap towards defending their league title, defeating Ramle by 7 wickets in Divison 1

The Israel U19 team jets off to the UK later this week where they will compete in the 2nd Division European Championships to be held in Jersey. The team is captained by Oren Chincholkar and has been grouped with Germany and Isle of Man in Group B of the n