Former South Africa cricketer will be the head coach of Pune Devils in the Abu Dhabi T10 league

Back home in South Africa, Rhodes says the administrative chaos is affecting the side's on-field performances

The ICC European Division One Championship gets underway on July 8 in Sussex with the prize for the finalists being a trip to the UAE for the World Twenty20 Qualifier in November

Slovenia will host the ICC European Division Three Championship from May 11 to 14

Greece had few difficulties in winning the European Division 5 Championship on home soil, beating all five opponents and emerging as odds-on favourites from the moment they squeezed past Sweden with a two-wicket victory in the opening round

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

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

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

It may not draw quite the same attraction as ice hockey, but cricket's appeal in Sweden is growin according to one website , thanks to the country's thriving immigrant population