Development - Beyond the Test World

January, the month of budgets and plans applies to cricket in Colombia as well., especially, after 2001 proved to be a year of renewed hope with plenty of new faces and lots of enthusiasm

It is yet another competitive season for the Uganda Cricket Association (UCA) with the season opener Luswata Cup already underway

The 2002 Philippines cricket year kicked off with a double-header between Nomads and The Indians across the weekends of 13 and 20 January

Ever since Kenya's rise as a force in non-Test cricket after its separation from the East and Central African Cricket Conference there have been those who have salivated at the prospect of Nigeria achieving stand alone Associate membership status of

The best six months in the history of cricket in Namibia has been capped by confirmation the Namibian national team will play in South Africa's main domestic one day competition, the Standard Bank League, next season

On a football pitch in San Jose in late November a team including an English-American attempting to eject squatters from his land, a sailor, an agricultural economist, a tennis coach and a paper importer blended together to continue the long

The Bahrain Cricket Association organised the Four Nations Cricket Tournament recently in lieu of the local Eid and National Day holidays from Dec 16 till 23

The Fijian cricket season starts in October and finishes in April with the Crompton Cup Tournament

Last August Malaysian cricket officials couldn't wait to see the back of Kenneth Kamyucha and his Ugandan team-mates as they made their spectacular ICC Trophy debut - the loss to the East Africans a serious dent in their chances of World Cup

As Argentine recovers from the traditional Christmas and New Year break in the domestic programme, excitement continúes to mount for the Americas Cricket Championship, to be played in Buenos Aires in March 2002

The cricket oval

Mexico's representatiive season kicked off mid-November with two matches against old friends, the British & Dominion Club, Los Angeles

Details of the national Jai Trophy hasn't been announced yet but there is a greater possibility of change in its structure

Nigeria last week submitted its application for Associate Membership of the ICC

Defending champion Canada is likely to use the Americas Cup in Buenos Aires, Argentina in March as an opportunity to blood several fringe players

Cricket in Chile is on the move - evidence of this is the willingness of no less than eight schools in three different cities to date to participate in cricket development

What a great event it turned out to be

The Lagos League kicked off with a sole match between last season's runners-up GCI Old Boys (GCIOBA) and Federal Government College Warri Old Boys(FGCW)

The disparate strengths of the various Pacific countries has been acknowledged in the devising of the format for next year's Pacifica Cup tournament in Apia, Samoa

Cricket has long been played here on this small island in the Persian Gulf which comprises about six Arab countries