Beyond the Test World

Guernsey secured their first ever title when they beat Jersey in the final of the European Under-15 Division 2 Championship in La Manga, Spain on Saturday

The Nepal Under-19s have returned home to a heroes welcome after winning the Asian Cricket Council U-19 tournament and earning their place in the U-19 World Cup next February.

Papua New Guinea beat Fiji by 30 runs in the final of the South Pacific Games tournament.

Tariq Butt is almost single handedly keeping cricket in Dubai alive, according to an interesting report in Gulfnews .

The Chinese People’s Daily - admittedly an unlikely source of cricket news – reports that Papua New Guinea scored 572 for 6 in a South Pacific Games match against New Caledonia.

A Bulgarian travel blog has an interesting (albeit rather confusing) report on the poor state of the country's pitches which it blames on the insect of the same name

Fiji's good form in the Pacific Games continued today when the humbled, or embarrassed, New Caledonia by a whopping 383 runs

At long last, Netherlands have advertised for a new coach

SportingPulse has an enjoyable round-up of the ongoing Pacific Games in Fiji, and of cricket in the region - specifically Samoa .

Botswana produced the shock of the Africa Under-19 World Cup Qualifiers when they Uganda by 27 runs to reach the semi-finals in Benoni on Monday.

Nepal have qualified for next year's Under-19 World Cup in Malaysia after defeating a spirited Afghanistan side by 48 runs in the final of the Asian Cricket Council Under-19 Elite Cup at the Kinrara Oval

Syed Ashraful Huq, the chief executive of the Asian Cricket Council (ACC) believes that China's foray into the game will boost the chances of cricket making it as an Olympic sport.

A mouth-watering tussle between last year’s grand finalists Tafea and Mele is by far the pick of this weekend’s match-ups in Vanuatu’s club championship

Despite the inclement weather in Port Vila, the National Bank of Vanuatu Beach Cricket Tournament is still set to go ahead as planned Tuesday from 8am.

Bermuda Under-19s recorded a narrow 13-run win over Canada and, in doing so, have qualified for next year's U-19 World Cup

Jersey followed up their victory at the European Under-19 Division 2 Championship, with a win over France in the final of the Under-23 tournament in Guernsey on Thursday

Openers Ruvindu Gunasekera and Terryn Fray stroked centuries of contrasting styles and offspinner Pratik Patel captured a remarkable 7 for 3 as Canada and Bermuda maintained their winning streak in the five-team round-robin Americas Under-19 World

If the French had any remaining doubts that Rwanda, the tiny country in the heart of Central Africa, was a lost colonial cause they must have been banished by the sight of the heavy home-made rollers - oil barrels filled with concrete - smoothing the