Big prize on offer for European sides

The European Cricket Council's European Cricket Championships, which are being held in Scotland, are the first to be organised under the auspices of the International Cricket Council’s World Cricket League.

It won't get many column inches in the mainstream cricket press, but the World Cricket League, which started in Nairobi yesterday and continues into next week, features the best of the rest, the six sides just under the ten Test-playing countries

The European Cricket Council has announced a deal with ICC Europe, ECB and Premium TV to make ECBtv available on subscription throughout Europe .

The ICC Europe Cricket Committee (ECC) have confirmed Ireland as the host for next year's European Division One Championship

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

The ICC European Division 2 Championship gets underway on Monday in Guernsey

The opening day of the ICC World Cricket League Division 7 tournament in Guernsey was almost entirely washed out by persistent rain.

ICC Europe has announced the tournament fixture schedule for the upcoming ICC European Under-19 Division 2 Championship to be held in Antwerp and Brussels, Belgium.