Will Luke

It may be three long years years away, but the road to the 2011 World Cup begins this week in the unlikely setting of Jersey

Scotland's leading batsmen haven't exactly covered themselves in glory this season, but at least Navdeep Poonia - who lines up against Yorkshire at Edinburgh on Sunday - can consider himself in prime nick

Mark Ramprakash is on the verge of reaching 100 first-class hundreds - a remarkable feat, joining a select club of rare, brilliant batsmen

Christopher Martin-Jenkins, the former chief cricket correspondent of The Times , and BBC's Test Match Special commentator "corpsed" live on air yesterday when he referred to a batsman's "rod" in an elaborate fishing analogy while Daniel Vettori

Damien Martyn and Stephen Fleming will both play in November's annual Hong Kong Sixes.

Rodney Trott and Tamauri Tucker are the first two players to be selected for Bermuda's new high performance development programme, primarily aimed at some of the younger players in the national squad.

Eleven women players from Argentina, Bermuda and Canada will depart for Trinidad this month as part of an ICC Americas development programme

Shane Warne and Anil Kumble will take part in a lucrative new six-a-side tournament, the iSixes World Series, which will take place in Singapore, Shanghai and Dubai

The Hurlingham Hawks created history in the final weekend of the 2007-08 season as they claimed the Triple Crown (First Division Championship/Robin Stuart Shield/NEC Cup)

Some of Jersey’s top players over the last decade have a chance to demonstrate their skills and ability at a completely new level, on the world stage, when they host Division Five of the World Cricket League later this month.

It's too early to say for certain, but Simon Jones has shown encouraging early season form (in spite of his stiff neck), writes Steve James in today's Daily Telegraph :

Christopher Martin-Jenkins is leaving The Times and, as a parting gift to his many fans, he lists 25 of his favourite moments covering the sport.

England might have a new Troy Cooley on their hands, reckons Steve James in today's Sunday Telegraph , with the appointment of the relatively unknown Richard Halsall as their national fielding coach

John Campbell struck 112 for West Indies Under-15s in the CLICO International Under-15 Championship

Amar Shah is doing his best to keep abreast of all things IPL...from Los Angeles at 4am:

Gus Logie, the Bermuda coach, says he knows "what the problems are, now we are interested in finding solutions" to his side's constant bickering and sniping, and their consistently poor form on the field.

Colin Siller, a former Scotland league cricketer, has been named as Fiji's new coach.

The plot for finals day became much clearer on day three of the Phuket International Cricket Sixes, as Leeming Spartans, Etihad Airways and Bahrain Camels eased through to the Cup semi-finals.

Another glorious day of sunshine at Karon Beach in Phuket on day two of the Phuket International Sixes, as Lamma CC of Hong Kong went to the top of the table.