Martin Williamson

Greg Baum in the Melbourne Age on pre-match blithering, which traditionally lacks spontaneity and grace

Cricket was the sport of refugees and survived war and the rule of the Taliban

The MCC have arrived in Bahrain for a tour to help promote the game

The ICC's Winter Training Camp has been about more than simply improving players from the six Associate countries to have qualified for the 2007 World Cup, and the rewards are there for all to see

So low is the USA Cricket Association's standing in world cricket - this was the organisation barred from the last ICC AGM in London - that you woukd think they would do all they could to show that they are now on the ball

Ireland are considering offering key players semi-professional contracts as they gear up for a key 15 months which culminates in the 2007 World Cup

You know that you've hit the big time when you start selling replica shirts , as is the case in Bermuda.

Never mind a new trophy cabinet, the winners of the Under-14 Dolphin Cup to be held at the Sharjah Cricket Stadium might need to build a new clubhouse.

The Bermuda Cricket Board have finally acted over the disgraceful scenes which marred this year’s Somerset-St George’s cup match .

Cricket in the Caribbean was given a tremendous boost in October with the announcement of the Stanford 2020 challenge

Cricket in Afghanistan is on the up

The tremendously enjoyable - and I speak from personal experience - Sarasota International Sixes took place again last week, with the usual quotas of fun, good cricket, and Budweiser

The MLC Interstate tournament is up and running in Florida and Texas's Sushil Nadkarni has been the star of the show

Great news from Africa for a change

The ICC winter training camp in South Africa is producing results ..

The entertaining Martin Johnson in the Daily Telegraph writes about the delights of Lahore:

The Zimbabwe Independent carries an interview with Themba Mliswa, the man whose threats against Tatenda Taibu's family led to his resignation as Zimbabwe captain

As England fall apart in front of our very eyes at Lahore - "It's been a tough tour mentally," Duncan Fletcher admitted last night

Former New Zealand batsman Mark Richardson has copped flack in Australia after accusing the Australians of arrogance after they decided to rest Glenn McGrath for the Chappell-Hadlee one-day series:

The unease among many surrounding the ECB's deal with BSkyB just won;t go away