Beyond the Test World
ICC Americas tournament in Florida
The ICC Americas Division One tournament will be staged in Florida from November 24 to December 1, with the new Broward County stadium hosting some of the matches.
Martin Williamson
25-Feb-2013
The ICC Americas Division One tournament will be staged in Florida from November 24 to December 1, with the new Broward County stadium hosting some of the matches.
Argentina, Bermuda, Canada, Cayman Islands, Suriname and USA will take part.
In the last competition in 2006 in Canada, Bermuda beat USA in the final.
Full postIreland need consistency - ICC
Ireland's impressive form as an Associate has lifted their hopes of one day qualifying as a Full Member nation
Will Luke
25-Feb-2013
Ireland's impressive form as an Associate has lifted their hopes of one day qualifying as a Full Member nation. However, the ICC's high performance manager, Richard Done, has issued a warning against complacency while calling for greater consistency if Ireland - and, indeed, other Associate nations - are to challenge the world's elite.
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Full postBotswana's ever-expanding interest
Cricket in Botswana continues to grow at an impressive rate, and the sport will be introduced to the people of Maun - the country's fifth largest town , with 30,000 people - next week.
Will Luke
25-Feb-2013
Cricket in Botswana continues to grow at an impressive rate, and the sport will be introduced to the people of Maun - the country's fifth largest town, with 30,000 people - next week.
The drastic improvement and progression of the Botswana Cricket Association (BCA)’s developmental programme has now captured the interest of important sports and societal figures, such as the vice chairperson of the Botswana National Sports Council (BNSC), Dr Nomsa Mbere, who braced the event to support the BCA’s efforts and award the winners their prizes.
“I am quite impressed by the efforts of these personnel from the BCA, for its evident that they are determined to bring Botswana together through cricket. I am sure they have even used their personal finances for the teams to have gotten this far. The teachers should also be up for mention because of their spirit of volunteerism,” said Mbere.
Girish Ramakrishna, treasure for the BCA told the Sunday Standard that they will be introducing cricket to Maun residents as of next week.
Full postNamibia crash to seven-wicket loss
Namibia lost their opening game of the South African Amateur Provincial one-day Challenge match against Western Province by seven wickets in Windhoek, a day after beating the same opposition by 301 runs in their four-day match
Tony Munro
25-Feb-2013
By Tony Munro
Western Province 146 for 3 (Ramoo 46*, Klazinga 2-28)
beat Namibia145 (S Burger 63, Schalkwyk 5-30) by seven wickets
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Scorecard
Namibia lost their opening game of the South African Amateur Provincial One-Day Challenge match against Western Province by seven wickets in Windhoek, a day after beating the same opposition by 301 runs in their four-day match.
Namibia were brought crashing down to earth as Western Province eased home to their target of 146 with 13 overs to spare. The home team's innings never really got going once Gurshwin Rabie removed the openers with only eight on the board; Jan-Berrie Burger was dismissed for a duck off the third ball and Louis van der Westhuizen was caught behind for 1.
Full postKola Burger takes ten in Namibia's win
By Tony Munro
Nishi Narayanan
25-Feb-2013
By Tony Munro
Namibia 328 for 9 (Snyman 84, LJ Burger 125) and 287 for 8 (AJ Burger 79, T.Verwey 72) beat Western Province 168 (KB Burger 5-69, SF Burger 4-22) and 146 (KB Burger 5-47) by 301 runs
Namibia, boosted by a ten-wicket haul from medium-pacer Kola Burger, have opened their 2008-09 South African Amateur three-day campaign with an emphatic 301-run win over Western Province in Windhoek.
Burger nabbed 5 for 47 in the second innings to complete a haul of 10 for116 in the match as Western Province succumbed for 146 while chasing the target of 447.
Full postAfghanistan set sights on Division 3
The victorious Afghanistan players were treated like national heroes on their return to Kabul this week fresh from their win in the World Cricket League Division 4 tournament in Tanzania
Tony Munro
25-Feb-2013
By Tony Munro
The victorious Afghanistan players were treated like national heroes on their return to Kabul this week fresh from their win in the World Cricket League Division 4 tournament in Tanzania.
"As a lot of people are following us going to the World Cup," said Basheer Stanekzai, the Afghanistan Cricket Federation's general manager marketing and the assistant manager of the national team.
"We had a large media coverage when we arrived to Kabul - three TV channels telecast live from airport, we were welcomed by cabinet ministers, members of parliament and members of the National Olympic Committee."
Full postSnyman and Burger lift Namibia
Tony Munro
Will Luke
25-Feb-2013
Tony Munro
Namibia will be looking for quick wickets to capitalise on a century from captain Louis Burger when play resumes today in their three-day South African Amateur competition match against Western Province in Windhoek.
Western Province were 82 for 2 replying to Namibia's 328 for 9 declared, at stumps of the first day. The home team recovered from an awkward 57 for 4 before Gerrie Snyman (84) and Burger (125) combined in a fifth-wicket partnership of 136.
Burger said Namibia would need to bowl well as the pitch conditions had become more favourable to the batsmen. "The new ball was doing quite a bit yesterday, but the pitch flattened out nicely."
Full postThe Barramundi gear up for Argentina
Tony Munro
Nishi Narayanan
25-Feb-2013
Tony Munro
The Papua New Guinea Barramundi, as the men's national cricket team is called, will hold two camps in Brisbane as part of their preparations for the World Cricket League Division Three tournament in Buenos Aires in January.
The first camp will be held at Cricket Australia's Centre of Excellence in Brisbane from November 9 to 15 before another camp at South Brisbane CC just prior to leaving for Argentina.
These follow a recent 10-day camp in Port Moresby which was overseen by national coach Martin Gleeson and incorporated a visit from ICC East Asia-Pacific development officer, Charlie Burke.
Full postChilean season kicks off
Michael Meade
Will Luke
25-Feb-2013
Michael Meade
What promises to be a busy 2008-09 Chilean season kicked off on October 5, with the traditional season opening friendly between the President's XI and the Grange XI.
The President XI's, mainly thanks to 69 from Dawie van der Merwe, compiled 159 from their 26.2 overs before skittling the Grange XI for 127.
While the six team Metropolitan Cup will form the basis of the Chilean domestic season Cricket Chile officials are pleased that the work of national development officer, Patricio Caamaño (in the 5th region, Valparaiso), has paid off.
Full postKenya aim for outright win
Tony Munro
Tony Munro
25-Feb-2013
Tony Munro
Kenya will be playing for a win in the Intercontinental Cup match against Ireland starting in Nairobi on Saturday despite needing just a draw to qualify for the final.
"My approach is to always play positive cricket and the Kenyan team will approach the game in this frame of mind,” Andy Kirsten, the coach, told Cricinfo. “There are a few scenarios which will see us reach the final, but the most clear one is to go and win the match, so that is what we aim to do.”
While Kirsten felt the batting, especially among the younger players, sometimes lacked in patience. However, the recent matches against the Pakistan Academy had aided their learning curve.
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