Cameroon cricket on the up

Jersey became the 33rd country to be granted Associate membership at the ICC Annual Conference held last week at Lord's .

The number of people actively participating in cricket outside the Test-playing countries increased 17% in 2007, according to the ICC.

Next week's ICC annual get-together promises to have more than its fair share of politicking, posturing and controversy

Africa needs to look hard at itself and ask this question: why are there only two teams from the continent going to New Zealand for the Under-19s World Cup in January

While Associate nations ponder a future that may not include being part of the World Cup some of the game's least well-known nations take their first steps towards the World Twenty20

As the ICC family expands to 101 countries, Cricinfo looks at the four newest Affiliate members - Cameroon, The Falkland Islands, Peru and Swaziland

Jersey became the 33rd country to be granted Associate membership, while Cameroon, The Falkland Islands, Peru and Swaziland were awarded Affiliate membership