Two former Sri Lankan Test cricketers, Ruwan Kalpage and Champaka Ramanayake, are turning out at the Awali Oval on November 24 in Bahrain

Matthew Hoggard is doing a video tour diary from Australia for The Times

A tournament organised by the Cricket Association of Thailand (CAT) for Under-16s begins today at Chiang Mai

So Australia’s throng of fans, cheerily known as the Fanatics, have a songbook for the Ashes to combat England’s notoriously boisterous and equally cheery Barmy Army

Over at The Corridor there's a sneak preview of a collection of cartoon-postcards called Postcards from the Sledge , based on famous sledges in cricket.

Courtney Walsh, the former West Indies fast bowler, is in Ireland on October 31 to urge fans to support their country in next year’s World Cup in the Caribbean

Carl Hopkinson and Chris Nash have both extended their contracts with Sussex until 2008.

Alex Tudor, the former England fast bowler, has extended his contract with Essex for two years to keep him at the club until the end of the 2008 season.

Worcestershire achieved their pre-season goals of winning double promotion and creating a happy dressing room

David Byas is not seen as a gambler

Kepler Wessels' autocratic style of management finally put paid to him, with the players calling in their union, the Professional Cricketers

Nottinghamshire emulated Yorkshire

Our transatlantic cousins would call them the losingest side in town

On the last day of the one-day league even a par display against Somerset would have ensured double-promotion for Butcher and Son

Wait 164 years for a Championship, then two pop along at once

If Mark Greatbatch was not aware of the high expectations that come with being Warwickshire

There were two distinct Hampshires in 2006: one with Shane Warne leading with verve, imagination and aggression, another more timid variety, left to their own devices during his trips home

For Rob Key it was a vexing first campaign in charge

When the sinking sun stopped play on the penultimate day of Lancashire

Tim Boon made a smooth transition from international to county coaching and his side responded