Cricket News

A career-best unbeaten 81 by rookie allrounder Alex Blake helped Kent secure their first home win of the season with a comfortable 58-run Clydesdale Bank 40 success over Scotland at Canterbury

Scotland batsman George Bailey gave Hampshire a scare with an aggressive 90 before his team subsided to a 31-run defeat at the Rose Bowl in Clydesdale Bank 40 group C

Graeme White's first five-wicket haul took Nottinghamshire up to second place in the Clydesdale Bank 40 Group C as Scotland suffered a second defeat in as many days in Edinburgh

Kent cruised to their first win of the season by claiming a nine-wicket win over Scotland in their Clydesdale Bank 40 Group C clash at the Grange in Edinburgh

Scotland produced a stunning performance to send Leicestershire Foxes crashing to a four-wicket defeat in a nail-biting finish to their Clydesdale Bank 40 clash at Grace Road

Richie Berrington, one of Scotland's most promising young players, has been awarded a full-time contract by Cricket Scotland

Dewald Nel, Scotland's fast-medium opening bowler, has joined Kent on a two-year contract

Ireland will begin the defence of their World Cricket League Division 1 title against Kenya when the 10-day tournament begins in Netherlands on July 1

Cricket Scotland enjoyed its best-ever financial year in 2009, making a pre-tax surplus of £135,000

Cricket Scotland boss Roddy Smith has demanded the ICC makes changes to its eligibility rules after losing Craig Kieswetter to England

Netherlands and Scotland will be playing a one-dayer against Bangladesh in June

Ireland completed a 37-run win to ensure their progress to the Super Fours stage after Scotland collapsed on either side of a threatening partnership between Kyle Coetzer and Gordon Drummond.

Afghanistan continued their seemingly inexorable march to the World Twenty20 with a 14-run win over Scotland at Sheikh Zayed Stadium in Abu Dhabi.

A 97-run partnership between Carl Wright and Lennox Cush helped the USA to an unexpected six-wicket victory over Scotland in the opening game of the World Twenty20 Qualifiers.

Two places are up for grabs the ICC World Twenty20 in West Indies when the qualifying tournaments gets underway in UAE on Tuesday.

Ireland, Scotland, USA and Afghanistan all warmed up for the ICC World Twenty20 Qualifiers with victories

Michael Powell, the former Warwickshire captain and England A batsman, has joined Cricket Scotland as a High Performance batting coach.

Nehemiah Odhiambo grabbed five wickets to trounce Scotland's top order and set up a reinvigorated Kenya's second 10-wicket victory of the Twenty20 tri-series in Nairobi.

Collins Obuya's blistering 79 not out helped Kenya to victory over a spirited Uganda side in the fourth match of the Keyna Tri-series in Nairobi

After their strong performance in the first game of the Twenty20 Tri-Series against Uganda, the Kenyan spinners once again set up an easy victory over Scotland, running through the middle order to take a combined 6 for 72 in 16 overs, as Scotland crawled