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Scotland announce record turnover
Cricket Scotland have announced a record turnover of £1,778,891, yielding a surplus of £40,121 for the 2007 calendar year.
Will Luke
25-Feb-2013
Cricket Scotland have announced a record turnover of £1,778,891, yielding a surplus of £40,121 for the 2007 calendar year.
The annual report and accounts will be tabled at the annual general meeting (AGM) of the governing body at Stirling Cricket Club on March 30. Much of the increase in turnover is the result of the staging of the inaugural offshore international in Scotland, the ODI between India and Pakistan last summer, even though not a ball was bowled because of the sodden conditions after two weeks of rain.
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Full postPNG national championships revamped
Tony Munro
Will Luke
25-Feb-2013
Tony Munro
The Papua New Guinea national championships have been revamped to a four-team elite “Super Series” involving the country's best players. The Super Series will bring together the top players in the nation who will compete for four teams in a series of Twenty20 and One Day fixtures.
For the first time, players will be paid and the Papua New Guinea Cricket Board hopes cricket will take on a semi-professional attitude. To be played under two formats, the Twenty20 competition starts on April 6, followed by the 50-over tournament on April 27.
Each team will contain no more than four national players per side.
Full postScotland receive financial boost
Scottish cricket received a significant boost this week with the confirmation that a sponsor has been found to back a new national Twenty20 competition across Scotland this summer.
Will Luke
25-Feb-2013
Scottish cricket received a significant boost this week with the confirmation that a sponsor has been found to back a new national Twenty20 competition across Scotland this summer.
The format has proved one of the most popular innovations in the sport during the past three years and Scotland will now have its own tournament, with Glasgow-based sponsors, Murgitroyd and Company, agreeing on a two-year deal. It is believed to be worth five figures.
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Full postUSACA elections: This time it's for real
This weekend’s USACA elections represent the last chance for stakeholders inside the country to end several years of massively self-destructive bickering and start rebuilding
Martin Williamson
25-Feb-2013
This weekend’s USACA elections represent the last chance for stakeholders inside the country to end several years of massively self-destructive bickering and start rebuilding. The “last-chance saloon” tag has been used a number of times in connection with US cricket recently. This time it’s for real.
The main media attention, rightly, has been on the three-way race for the key role, that of USACA president. Over the last fortnight I have interviewed the gentlemen concerned and each of them has had an opportunity to put forward their vision for the future.
Outside the USA there is quiet but sincere interest in the outcome. The ICC, who in exasperation has suspended the US from the international community, is keen to see what the elections bring. There are those inside the US who see the ICC as either irrelevant to them or as being more in need of the USA than they are of it. Such views are utterly misguided. Without the ICC’s funding and, more importantly, recognition, the USA will become more of a cricketing backwater than Gibraltar or Thailand.
There are also commercial organisations waiting on the sidelines, as they have been for a year or more, with marketing and promotional deals that could bring millions of dollars into the US game for grassroots and national development.
Full postHong Kong women beaten again
Bangladesh’s women romped to another thumping win over Hong Kong in the third match of four in Chittagong
Will Luke
25-Feb-2013
Bangladesh’s women romped to another thumping win over Hong Kong in the third match of four in Chittagong. Betty Chan took 5 for 28 to restrict Bangladesh to a relatively modest 158, but it proved to be well out of reach of Hong Kong who were bowled out for just 87. Connie Wong (36) and Neisha Pratt (24) continued their good form, contributing 69 percent of the team’s total. Bangladesh won by 71 runs and lead the series 3-0.
Full postAaron denies split rumours
On the eve of the USACA elections, the dirty-tricks brigade are at it
Martin Williamson
25-Feb-2013
On the eve of the USACA elections, the dirty-tricks brigade are at it. On the USACA’s new bulletin board, claims are being made that John Aaron, a candidate for the role of secretary, has deserted the Ram Varadarajan team and linked up with Kamran Khan.
Aaron himself was quick to scotch the suggestions. "I am sorry to disappoint those who would like to think that there is a split in the New Inning team, and at the same time I appreciate the flattering rumors allegedly made by at least two other independent candidates, that I have now hitched my wagon to their cause and candidacies,” he said. “For the record, my candidacy for Secretary of USACA and my decision to be associated with the New Inning team remains intact. I am not now, nor have I ever been a part of any other presumed slate, nor have I teamed up with any other candidate, as a means of being elected.”
Full postCricket Kenya postpones three-day competition
To widespread frustration, Cricket Kenya has postponed the three-day part of its Elite League on the eve of the first round of matches.
Martin Williamson
25-Feb-2013
To widespread frustration, Cricket Kenya has postponed the three-day part of its Elite League on the eve of the first round of matches.
Originally, the three rounds of three-day matches were to have started earlier, but the whole event had to be delayed because of the domestic upheaval which followed December's presidential elections. The one-dayers, which should have been played over two weekends, then had to be extended to a third because of a conflict with Nairobi's 45-over competition.
In a media release, CK said that onset of the Long Rains had led to the tournament being postponed until June. The first round will now take place between June 6 and 9 with the second and third rounds starting on the following Fridays.
"The rains which have pounded the city heavily over the last one week have left most of the grounds waterlogged and the groundsmen have found it difficult to prepare for these matches," Tom Tikolo, the board's CEO explained,
Full postDainty confident in his achievements
With the much-anticipated elections to the USA Cricket Association's board of directors this weekend, in the last of three interviews with the candidates for the presidency, we talk to Gladstone Dainty, the incumbent.
Martin Williamson
25-Feb-2013
With the much-anticipated elections to the USA Cricket Association's board of directors this weekend, in the last of three interviews with the candidates for the presidency, we talk to Gladstone Dainty, the incumbent.
Full postCanada National Championship in Toronto
The Canadian Cricket Association will hold the 2008 National Championship from May 17 to 19 at the Maple Leaf Cricket Club near Toronto
Martin Williamson
25-Feb-2013
The Canadian Cricket Association will hold the 2008 National Championship from May 17 to 19 at the Maple Leaf Cricket Club near Toronto. Held on a rotational basis, this year the Ontario Cricket Association will host teams from Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, Ontario, Quebec, Saskatchewan and the National Cricket Academy.
Full postTanzania to tour UK
Tanzania is considering sending a squad to the UK, under the watchful eye of the MCC in London.
Will Luke
25-Feb-2013
Tanzania is considering sending a squad to the UK, under the watchful eye of the MCC in London.
The objective of the UK tour is to gauge the team and prepare for the International Cricket Council's World cricket league for division four to be held between August and September in a country to be named later. MCC last year paid a visit to some African countries that included Mainland Tanzania and Zanzibar where they played a couple of matches against local sides.
Other planned trials tour include playing against Kenya at a date and venue to be named later after communicating with the Cricket Kenya officials. The trials and UK tour is aimed at giving the team exposure and look forward to staging a qualifier campaign to feature in the 2011 World Cup to be jointly staged by India, Pakistant and Sri Lanka.
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