Beyond the Test World
Gatting's MCC beat Cyprus...just
An MCC team, led by Mike Gatting, narrowly beat Cyprus by four runs last week
Will Luke
25-Feb-2013
An MCC team, led by Mike Gatting, narrowly beat Cyprus by four runs last week. Gatting's presence drew a healthy crowd and he clobbered 44 before his opposite number, Mike Kyriacou, pulled off a fine catch.
CyprusCricket.com has the full story and a feast of photos.
Full postHungary toast remarkable first season
Will Luke
25-Feb-2013
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Caboodle, a "Hungarian portal," has a fascinating article on the rise of the great game in Hungary.
Before the season started this summer, many of the Hungarians had only seen cricket on TV and the majority of foreign residents involved hadn't played for years. Throughout the spring and summer, Grieve and Brown worked hard to bring their idea to life. Brown set up a team in his native village of Dunabogdány, Grieve continued training the students at the school he teaches at in Székesfehérvár. They were joined by four other XIs, two works teams and two outfits founded at open training days in the Városliget park.
All of the HCA participants from around the country were at the Taj Mahal to celebrate the season and dish out awards. Grieve brought a group of girls and boys from his school in Székesfehérvár to the event and awarded a prize to Fanni Cziráky, the best, and only, female player to compete in the league. "If cricket is to have a future in Hungary, we must involve the Hungarians and reach out to them," he said in his closing speech. He praised the school he teaches at, Comenius in Székesfehérvár, who have supported cricket at the school financially.
Full postCanada to take inspiration from ice hockey
Canada's recently appointed chief executive, Atul Ahuja, will be taking inspiration from his country's high profile sports such as ice hockey in a bid to increase the level of professionalism of cricket
Will Luke
25-Feb-2013
Canada's recently appointed chief executive, Atul Ahuja, will be taking inspiration from his country's high profile sports such as ice hockey in a bid to increase the level of professionalism of cricket.
Ahuja, an Indian-born Canadian citizen with extensive business experience, takes up the role on November 1 and is confident that the shorter format of the game, in particular Twenty20, will prove popular in Canada.
"Cricket holds a huge potential in Canada that needs to be tapped," he told The Economic Times in India. "Typically, for the North American demographics the five-day test match version of the game is somewhat boring. Canada and the US are largely non-cricket playing nations and the psyche of sports lovers is not attuned to a game that goes on for five days."
Read the full story at Cricinfo.
Full postA draft of light for USA cricket
After months of rumour and little information, signs of progress in the review of the USA Cricket Association's constitution have finally emerged.
Martin Williamson
25-Feb-2013
After months of rumour and little information, signs of progress in the review of the USA Cricket Association's constitution have finally emerged.
In a letter to regional league presidents, John Aaron, the chairman of the USACA League Presidents Reconciliation Commission, has announced that a document will be sent out this week.
Full postDomestic Twenty20 in Nepal
The NepalCricket.com blog has a brief report on the country's domestic Twenty20 competition which began this season.
Will Luke
25-Feb-2013
The NepalCricket.com blog has a brief report on the country's domestic Twenty20 competition which began this season.
Domestic Twenty20 just started with 4 diffrent teams competing. Almost all national and domestic stars are involved. the match seems to have got good sponsors and a bit carbon print from the ICC WorldCup just finished at South Africa. The organisers must be aiming to cash on the World Cup fever. Whatever, the organisers may have thought, it will definately gonna have positive impact on our players for the ASIAN Twenty20 begining later this month.
NEPAL LIONS, KATHMANDU TIGERS, SHANGRILA SHARKS and CORPORATE GAINTS….. all seems promising. NEPAL LION and KATHMANDU TIGERS will definately be on the finals, it should be a take away for them. I predict the established stars will shine and rise again on this series, with few upcoming stars.
Full postACC Twenty20 Cup 2007
The 2007 ACC Twenty20 Cup gets underway on October 27, a ten-team tournament held in Kuwait
Will Luke
25-Feb-2013
The 2007 ACC Twenty20 Cup gets underway on October 27, a ten-team tournament held in Kuwait.
Hong Kong Cricket's website, which Cricinfo hosts, will have more once the tournament gets underway.
Full postNew artificial wicket in Croatia
Some two and a half years after a group of Air Traffic Controllers working in Split, Croatia, founded the Sir Oliver Cricket Club, its members have installed an artificial grass wicket on its match and practice facility
Martin Williamson
25-Feb-2013
Some two and a half years after a group of Air Traffic Controllers working in Split, Croatia, founded the Sir Oliver Cricket Club, its members have installed an artificial grass wicket on its match and practice facility. ICC Europe provided 75% of the costs and club members funded the remainder.
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The first match on the new surface was held on a typical warm and sunny Croatian day on September 16, 2007. Fittingly this was the first game in Croatia since the triumphant national side became European 3rd Division Champions by beating Spain in the final in Belgium on August 25. The contesting teams were Sir Oliver Cricket Club from Split and a Croatian Cricket Board Presidents XI comprised mainly of players from the Zagreb and the Sir William Hoste from Vis Cricket Club.
The President’s XI won the toss and elected to bat. The president, Jasen Butkoviæ, and the national side manager Zdenko Leko, made a brilliant and chanceless opening partnership of 96. Once the pair had departed the Sir Oliver bowlers came into their own and wickets fell rapidly. The rot was stopped by a last wicket partnership of 54 between, ironically, the Secretary and a founding member of the Sir Oliver Club, Željko Lipanoviæ, and Siniša Vodopija a mainstay of the Sir William Hoste Club from the island of Vis. The President’s XI finished on 179 for 9 in their allotted 30 overs. Pick of the Sir Oliver bowlers
was Marko Ivkovic who bowled a good length at or just outside the stumps and was rewarded with 4 for 36.
The Sir Oliver innings began well with Ivan Biliæ dominating the bowling, unfortunately for Sir Oliver he was well caught when he had reached 20 and beginning to look dangerous. Mate Maroviæ and Mate Jukiæ both members of the all conquering national side came together and scored 28 and 39 respectively, but once they had departed the Sir Oliver team capitulated and were all out for 144, 35 runs short of their target.
Full postBoosting Nigerian cricket
Although sport in Nigeria is dominated by football, cricket is growing in popularity which will please everyone who is trying to spread the game through Africa
Andrew McGlashan
25-Feb-2013
Although sport in Nigeria is dominated by football, cricket is growing in popularity which will please everyone who is trying to spread the game through Africa. In an interview with Punch, a major Nigerian newspaper, Kwesi Sagoe, the president of the Nigeria Cricket Federation, talks about his hopes of taking the game further.
I do not agree that cricket is elitist; not in the light that you have portrayed it. Cricket as a sport has been played in Nigerian schools for many years. You could say that the media attention has not been favourable to the sport and that probably would have accounted for the notion that it‘s elitist. Also, the fact that the sport has not commanded a nation-wide participation, as football does, has made it a rather southern affair. But if you observe objectively, you will discover that it is very popular in the southern part of the country. The popularity is growing as I speak and I believe that with time, it will spread across the country.
Bangladesh host Ireland for one-day series
Ireland are to tour Bangladesh for three one-dayers next March and April.
Will Luke
25-Feb-2013
Ireland are to tour Bangladesh for three one-dayers next March and April.
Ireland, who in addition to beating Pakistan in that memorable World Cup match earlier in the year also defeated Bangladesh, will also play two four-day warm-ups against local teams.
"As we are not yet in the ICC's Future Tours Programme, we have to look for matches against the teams close to us in the ODI rankings, such as Zimbabwe, Kenya, West Indies and Bangladesh," Warren Deutrom, the Ireland Cricket Union's chief executive told Cricket Europe.
The tour gets underway from March 16.
Full postGayner winning in the Wild
Team Gayner from England are the new Cricket in the Wild champions after beating defending champions Team Outram from Kenya, by 4 wickets in a last ball thriller two weeks ago.
Will Luke
25-Feb-2013
Team Gayner from England are the new Cricket in the Wild champions after beating defending champions Team Outram from Kenya, by 4 wickets in a last ball thriller two weeks ago.
The three-day event is designed to raise funds to support the Ol Pejeta Conservancy - a 90,000 acre wildlife park - which, it is hoped, will aid the development of schools and other local facilities.
CapitalFM has a brief report of this year's tournament:
Team Outram scored 119 for 2 wickets in 10 overs with Rob Harte and Luke Nightingale both scoring 21 (both rtd). But in reply, Team Gayner rattled in 120 for 6 wickets in 10 overs with Colm Singleton scoring 22 and Luke Nightingale taking 2/9 to take victory.