Beyond the Test World

Brazil warmed up for the World Cricket League Americas Division Three tournament starting in Santiago on Friday with a 3-0 one-day series win over Mexico in São Paulo last weekend.

Malawi remained unbeaten to ensure their promotion to Africa Division Two following their four wicket win against Sierra Leone in Blantyre, Malawi on Tuesday

Tony Munro

An unbeaten 153 off just 116 balls from Malawian batsman Sheilendra Jeena was the highlight on day three of the World Cricket League Division 3 tournament

Uganda will travel to Dubai in February to play the United Arab Emirates and later host Namibia in August in their ICC Intercontinental Shield campaign

Sierra Leone sent a warning to the other teams with an impressive first-up performance, while hosts, Malawi, scored their second successive win on day two of the World Cricket League Africa Division 3 tournament in Blantyre.

The ICC has been coming in for a fair amount of sniping of late as a result of teams being unable to take part in its events because of issues with visas

The World Cricket League (WCL) Africa Division Three tournament in Malawi has been reduced to five teams following the late withdrawal of Morocco.

Tony Munro

Rwanda captain Denis Mukama reckons a second-placed finish in the World Cricket League Division 3 tournament, starting tomorrow in Malawi, just won't do if the team is to realise its potential

The ongoing failure of the Netherlands board (KNBC) to appoint a chief executive rumbles on, with the issue spilling over into the public domain following the decision not to offer the post to Jan Zwart who has been fulfilling the post on an interim

The ladies' two wins and third place were impressive enough for the women's team to score an invite to next year's edition

Zimbabwe's Southern Rocks received a major boost on Tuesday with the arrival of former Kenya captain Steve Tikolo.

Uganda’s coach at the recent ICC Under-19 World Cup Qualifiers has said the ICC needs to look at where events are staged if players are to be discouraged from jumping ship and seeking political asylum.

Allrounder Thomas Odoyo h as been confirmed as the second Kenyan joining new Zimbabwean franchise Southern Rocks

The Netherlands board (KNCB) has confirmed that it will be entering the ECB’s new 40-over competition, sparing the England board more embarrassment after Ireland yesterday turned down the invitation.

Cricket Ireland has declined the ECB's invitation to join the new English domestic 40-over one-day competition in 2010

The Scotsman has reported that Scotland’s ICC Intercontinental Cup match against Zimbabwe A is likely to be played in Dubai

There remains uncertainty about which three sides will make up the numbers in the ECB’s new-old40-over tournament in 2010

An ICC spokesman has criticised players from Afghanistan and Uganda who absconded at the end of the recent ICC Under-19 World Cup Qualifiers in Toronto, and who are believed to be looking to claim asylum in Canada.