Beyond the Test World
The company behind the Bermuda Classic, the veterans Twenty20 tournament held in April, has gone broke after it appeared that government decided not to increase the funding to the Get Fit Foundation (GFF).
The Chinese Cricket Association is to take delivery of two innovative artificial wickets thanks to a donation from a UK-based supplier
Much has been written of late about the progress of China in cricket, and this week the People's Daily reports that the growth will see the game introduced into more schools in the coming year.
"On a scale of one to 100, Australia are maybe a 98, Sri Lanka a 95. Here we're talking a three or a four."
“Travis will not only be a loss to St.George’s, but also a loss to the entire cricket fraternity,” stated Bermuda Cricket Board (BCB) president Reggie Pearman.
The St Petersburg Times reports on a tournament for international students in the city at the Polytechnic Institute Stadium near Ploshchad Muzhestva.
Tanzania has been confirmed the host of this year’s World Cup qualifying series for the Africa region, which gets underway in August in Dar es Salaam.
Tanzania Cricket Association (TCA), Chairman Zully Rehemtulah said on Saturday that their confirmation follows an assessment they had carried out in relation to the standard of the pitch.
Sudesh Dhaniram, former West Indies A-team batsman, smashed an unbeaten 257 on June 24, possibly the highest individual limited-overs innings in US cricket.
St.George’s teenage opening batsman Oronde Bascome has become the fourth Bermudian cricketer in three years to benefit from a Bermuda Cricket Board (BCB) education initiative.
Bascome has been accepted at the prestigious Cardiff/Glamorgan Centre of Cricketing Excellence based at the University of Wales Institute Cardiff (UWIC).
If the Chinese Cricket Association's development plans are even half successful, it is only a matter of decades before the cricket world could be looking at the new giants of the game, The Age reports.
While 16 teams are already preparing for the World Cup in the Caribbean, Fiji, Japan and the Cook Islands are assembling in Brisbane to continue their pursuit of a place in the 2011 tournament.