Leicestershire are giving a trial to 26-year-old Australian pace bowler Steve Magoffin

Northamptonshire coach Kepler Wessels said he was not concerned that Usman Afzaal missed most of pre-season training and all friendlies

While on the field most county's have shown that they have an active youth policy, it seems that in Hampshire's case that doesn't extend beyond the boundary

No pitches, no cricketers, no infrastructure, but the game is still finding a way in China, as this month's article in Cricinfo magazine by Ranajit Sankar Dam and Wei Jie highlights:

Shaun Udal has revealed that he almost swapped allegiances to Ireland before he got a belated chance to resume his international career with England

In his weekly column in the Sunday Telegraph , Steve James argues that Chris Read's much-publicised spat with Mushtaq Ahmed shows he has the right attitude for Test cricket and that it won't have done his chances of an England recall any harm

As Canada prepare to face Bermuda and Zimbabwe in the ICC's tri-nation tournament in Trinidad, the president of the Canadian Cricket Association has admitted to being rather jealous of the cash-rich Bermudans

Min Patel will be out of action for two weeks after aggravating a groin injury in last week's Championship game against Lancashire.

The reappointment of Brian Lara as West Indies captain did not go down well with everyone, and it has now emerged that Ken Gordon, the West Indies cricket Board chairman, made the announcement without the approval of the board .

In the Guardian the excellent Frank Keating points out that this week sees the start of Sky Sports’ domination of English cricket coverage

MCC is recruiting two young cricketers from Afghanistan

Yorkshire have announced that they are dropping admission prices for senior citizens from £15 to £10 per day with effect from the next home game, Yorkshire v Lancashire in the County Championship.

Sam Reddish , the 18-year-old Bradford/Leeds UCCE opening batsman heads the leader board for the new Walter Lawrence Trophy award, made to the highest-scoring batsman from the six MCC Universities.

The ICC's latest initiative on the use of technology, especially the move to allow players to challenge decisions by on-field umpires, was put forward last week by its cricket committee

While Shane Warne's attention may be directed elsewhere , today he announces the launch of a new initiative to find the next generation of legspinners .

Brian Lara’s reappointment as West Indies captain has not gone down well with everyone

A different take on the World Cup

Rod Gilmour looks back at the inugural Bermuda World Classic 20-20 , which was, he says, a great success.

Sky Sports have announced that Nick Knight will join their commentary team this summer

In the Times , Ivo Tennant profiles 16-year-old Sam Northeast , one of England’s brightest young batsman who is good enough for Kent to send their coaches to him rather than asking for him to go to them.