Will Luke

The semi-finals of the ICC World Cricket League Africa Division Three tournament will be played today in Benoni, South Africa, with Sierra Leone meeting Swaziland and Rwanda opposing Ghana.

Mark Burns

The Asian Cricket Council has confirmed Malaysia as the venue for the 2008 ACC Trophy Elite Division

Nigeria have won the second North West African Championships following a narrow one-wicket win over their arch-rivals, Sierra Leone, in the final match of the five-nation tournament in Lagos on Thursday.

Hot on the heels of their new Twenty20 competition , Bermuda have launched a new tournament: Five-Five.

Patrick Kidd chats with John Emburey, one of the ICL coaches, about "the ICL World Series...a triangular tournament between the pick of the players from the eight ICL franchises".

Tony Munro

An excellent piece in today's Daily Telegraph highlights the growing interest of cricket among schoolchildren in New York:

From 8th to 11th Dec 2007 Cricket Kenya hosted the U15 boys and women’s open tournament in Nairobi, under the umbrella of Africa Cricket Association (ACA)

DOMESTIC LEAGUE

The Uganda Cricket Association hosted a touring side from The Marylebone Cricket Club form 13th February through to 1st March 2008

Uganda Cricket Association hosted the AfriPals Cricket team from Kenya over the Easter Weekend, 21st – 25th March 2008

The British Pakistani cricket fraternity are to voice their anger at the banning of Shoaib Akhtar in a Southall curry house this evening

The suspension of Adeel Raja, the Netherlands offspinner, has been reduced to eight months following an appeal from his board.

The cricket development programme in Botswana continues to grow in leaps and bounds

The Cricket Tour of Nigeria by London Nigerians Cricket Club (LNCC) tagged "Beyond the Boundary" ended on Sunday, March 30 at the Tafawa Balewa Cricket Oval with thrills

The United States of America Cricket Association (USACA) has been re-recognised as an Associate member of the ICC following their suspension in March 2007.

Matt Pryor meets Mike Gatting who's undertaking his first desk job within the bowels of the ECB: managing director of cricket partnerships.

The ICC has suspended Sagar Khadka and Rahul Biswokarm, two Nepal spin bowlers, for possessing illegal actions.

Tony Munro