After a whirlwind three years Afghanistan will see this tournament as a chance to show that they are the team to beat in the non-test world. Their passion... [More]

The World Cricket League (WCL) has ushered in a quiet cricketing revolution. And apart from Afghanistan's heroics no-one seems to have noticed... [More]

With spring in the air the European associates prepare for a congested and competitive cricket season that will feature the World Cricket League Division 1 in the Netherlands in July... [More]

This week I ask the question, is there a commentators conspiracy against associates? The historic win for the Dutch against England followed by... [More]

The creation of the World Cricket League (WCL) by the ICC was a huge step forward... [More]

The recently concluded World Cup Qualifying Series was a wonderful advert for the associates game. It’s nail-biting tension, fever pitch excitement and clash and contrasts of style made compelling and breathless viewing... [More]

The World Cup Qualifying Series (WCQS) is a new competition that will see 12 of the leading non-test countries claim one of four places at the next world cup, to be held on the subcontinent in 2011. With ODI status for 5th and 6th, and Intercontinental Cup berths for 7th and 8th, there is everything to play for. Indeed.. [More]

There is no finer sight in cricket than the contest between a top class batsman and an exponent of that most revered and mystical of bowling arts, leg-spin. In cricket’s Victorian age being able to spin the ball was well down the list of pre-requisites for success, behind a gentlemanly demeanour, an Oxbridge degree and a kempt moustache... [More]

It begins with a riddle. In the 2003 World Cup a bowler ran in and delivered a ball outside off-stump. No wicket was taken and no run was scored yet the crowd erupted in applause. Why?... [More]

Ahead of their vital Intercontinental Cup clash with Ireland, Cover Point profiles one of Kenya's rising stars, Hiren Varaiya... [More]