Beyond the Test World
Anyone who has followed US cricket in the last 18 months will be familiar with the shambles among those running the game there, with the USA Cricket Association slammed – and shunned – by the ICC and attempts to remove the executive quashed in court
"I remember the Gladstone Dainty [the USACA chairman] debacle, involving education, strategic development and promotion of cricket throughout the United States ten years ago. It certainly was a painful and bitter memory written in the annals of US cricket. Notwithstanding, that evil seems to befall us again and again."
We're a year away from the 2007 World Cup, and yet thoughts are already turning to the 2011 event, as Tony Munro finds out in this week's Beyond the Test World column .
Ireland have secured the services of Saqlain Mushtaq , the former Pakistan offspinner, for their C&G Trophy campaign this season.
In April, Jamie Nussbaumer, James Mullen and Johnny Clark are off to Spain and the La Manga sport resort to undergo intensive week-long training programmes
In April, Jamie Nussbaumer, James Mullen and Johnny Clark are off to Spain and the La Manga sport resort to undergo intensive week-long training programmes. Nussbaumer has been selected for the European Cricket Council’s cricket academy, a fact which will also see him play for the under-21 European side against England under-17s during the summer, while Mullen and Clark have made it into the ECC’s Centre of Excellence.
As reported by the BBC :
Ireland have agreed to take part in the five-team EurAsia Cricket Series in the United Arab Emirates next month.
We have full coverage of the Under-19 World Cup from Sri Lanka, including scorecards and reports from countries we feature in Beyond the Test World.