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* Scotland overwhelmed by Lancs in Friends Provident opener Scorecard Kevin O'Brien takes 4 wkts as Ireland contain Notts but batting fails the challenge so Ireland lose by 56 runs Scorecard * Pink ball makes debut at Lord's More MCC beat Scotland as Darren Bicknell hits unbeaten century Scorecard * Israel announces visit of India 'A' to mark 60th anniversary in July 2008. An Israel Invitation XI will play.So who's a Jewish or Jewish origin first Class or international cricketer? click here for answers and full story * Dutch Cricket faces serious financial and hence development problems reports Rod Lyall CricketEurope * Dutch beat Norfolk comfortably thanks to Zuiderant ton at Amstelveen Rod Lyall ReportsNorfolk beat Dutch 'A'Match Report * ECC 10th Annual Centre of Excellance underway with 27 of Europe’s most promising young cricketers will participate in the tenth annual ICC European Centre of Excellence at the La Manga Club, Spain from the 7th – 12th April. More * ICC Intercontinental Cup Namibia's last pair add 47 runs to snatch victory by 1 wicket. Twenty wickets fall on first day as Scotland takes 1st innings lead:At Windhoek Scotland 140,54.1 overs(Blain 34,Hamilton 32,Snyman 4-40) & 211,76.2 overs(Watts 54,Sheikh 63,KB Burger 6-62) v Namibia 115,32.5 overs(Blain 5-45,Wright 4-38) & 237-9,92.3overs(S Burger 79,Kotze 38*Blain 4-61) Scorecard Report Points Table Namibia go top while Scots face herculean task to reach final. A cruel result for Scotland who flew from the frozen north plus a few days local practise * ICC Intercontinental Cup Dutch bowl themselves to victory depite lower order UAE heroics.ten Doeschate passes 1000 Intercontinental Cup runs as he and Zuidrerent score 232 for 2nd wkt then wickets tumble:At Dubai Netherlands 287,91 overs & 343,96.2 over(Zuiderent 149*,ten Doeschate 146.Arshad Ali 4-99) v UAE 289,96 overs & 277,85 overs(M Tauqir 64,Fernandes 54,S Sarwar 54,Schiferi 3-47) Scorecard Points Table * Birmingham University CC visit La Manga early April and beat a Spanish XI twice,first by 8 wickets and then much closer by 2 runs. In an unscheduled contest the students lost a 20/20 to Spain by 7 wickets ...in another age this would have been described as the 'beer match' and the result an irrelevancy! * Mike Gatting launched a new ICC Europe coaching initiative, the European Coaches Association (ECA), at Lord’s Cricket Ground March 28th. More * Diary from European Academy February stay in Mumbai written by Kieron Ferrary More * Spanish Development XI defeat Irish Under 15 side at La Manga More * Stockport CC & Brooklands CC from Cheshire visited Malta in late March More * Cryptics who have been touring overseas for some 80 years visited Alfas del Pi ,Spain, won two and lost one but for extras it may have been a clean sweep More * ICC Intercontinental Cup Namibia wrap up overwhelming win despite ten Doeschate century.Eighteen wickets fall on day two as Dutch forced to follow on.Namibia make Dutch bowlers suffer on day 1:At Windhoek Namibia 337,96 overs(Williams 73,L Burger 57,Snyman 54,A Burger 81) & 94-3,19.3 overs beat Netherlands 107,36 overs & 323,91 overs(Zuiderent 52, ten Doeschate 116,K Burger 5-27) by 7 wickets Scorecard Namibai go top of table Points Table Competition Report * Tamin Iqbal century sets up big Bangladesh total.Run out mayhem destroys Irish chase:At Dhaka 3rd LOI Bangladesh 293-7,50 overs(T Iqbal 129,S Nafees 59,Langford-Smith 3-53) v Ireland 214,45.3 overs(N O'Brien 70) Scorecard BBC Report Oz/Irish skipper Trent Johnston announces break from international cricket. * Contrasting results for Nomads CC on annual March visit to Costa Blanca Spain More * Ireland's run of victories(over Essex and Abu Dhabi XI) comes to an end in Dhaka:1st LOI Ireland 185-7,50 v Bangladesh 186-2,39.5 overs(S Nafees 90*,M Ashraful 64*) Scorecard Eoin Morgan hits 196* off 171 balls v Abu Dhabi Bangladesh bowl themselves to series victory as Irish batting fails the test again:At Dhaka Bangladesh 246-8,50 overs(S Nafees 60,A Ahmed 61,Langford-Smith 3-43) v Ireland 162,38.3 overs(F Reza 5-42,A Razzak 3-27) Scorecard Bangladesh lead 3 match series 2-0 Tour * Barclays Capital beat Polygons to take the first ever Brno Winter Trophy,6-a-side indoors.Slovakia defeated Czech Republic in televised match at same venue.Twelve clubs competed. More to come * Vienna won the Winter Cup Indoor 6-a-side on February 24th More * Ireland Under-19s beat Zimbabwe in World Cup Play-offs More England thrashed by India in quarter-finals More * Denmark win ECC Indoor 6-a-side competition in Finland,4th success in 5 years More * Europe does well in ICC's Global Development awards More * A poor week for Irish cricket girls and boys wries Pete Johnson More * Israelis host their first ever international cricket match but lose close contest by 5 runs to Croatia who are promoted to Europe Division 2 Report * HAC cricket club visited Austria in late September beating Vienna CC twice at their ground at Seebahn More * Triple Triumph in Paris so Jeremy pays the price,Nomads beat Chantilly,Thoiry & SAC More * Dutch bat first but de Grooth misses ton and set target way beyond Bermudans:At Rotterdam Netherlands 315-8,50 overs(de Grooth 97,Kervezee 62,Bukhari 60) v Bermuda 143.38 overs Scorecard * Indians easily defeat Scots:Only LOI at Glasgow Scotland 203-9,46 overs v India 212-3,39.5 Scorecard * Intercontinental Cup Dutch slaughter Bermudans but de Grooth falls short of double century:At Amstelveen Bermuda 183,59 overs(Romaine 103*,Panchal 5-34) & 183,58.3 overs(Leverock 52,Panchal 3-44,Schifeili 3-49) v Netherlands 410,114 overs(Kervezee 69,de Grooth 196,G O'Brien 5-108) Scorecard * Match drawn with Irish in lead after play washed out for day 3.Ireland's mid order restore momentum after Scots make inroads into Irish reply and take first innings into substantial lead.Tons for Botha & Cusack,Scots tail wags furiously to double score.Blain misses out on ton.Intercontinental Cup at Stormont Scotland 314,148.4overs(Blain 93,K Obrien 4-38) v Ireland 473-7,110 overs(NJ O'Brien 84,Botha 186,Cusack 130) Scorecard So Ireland 9 pts Scotland 3. Match Report Pics from Cricketeurope * I * Carmel & district Cc from Flintshire tour Baltic States and russia visiting Tallin, Helsinki, St Petersburg, Moscow and Riga Full Tour Report * Jersey took the crown beating both Guernsey and Isle of Man in top play-offs, Jersey were unbeatTallin, Helsinki, St Petersburg, Moscow and Rigaen throughout winning their both their Group a matches as well.Of the non 'British/Commonealth/Empire competitors Belgium came highest. The progress of France and Italy remains disappointing.Player of the Tournament was awarded to D Kniveton (Isle of Man). More * First Test Match Ever in Netherlands;At RotterdamSouth Africa Women 159-5,58.3 overs(Terblanche 60*) v Netherlands Women Scorecard * Inaugural Europe U19 Division 2 breaks new ground More * Scots Women have County success More * Quadrangular in Dublin Match 6 Scots fall behind run rate and then collapse:Ireland 221-7,50 overs v Scotland 199,49.1 overs(Watson 83) Scorecard * Scotland banking on youth to reverse their fortunes in ICC Intercontinental Cup writes Lewis Stuart Timesonline but weather washes out match Scotland draw with UAE 174-4 June 27-30 Ayr Scorecard. Dutch desperately fighting to save match with day to go then turn match round with 10th wicket stand of 99 then Canada have mid order collapse in 2nd innings Netherlands 297(Kervezee 98,M Bukhari 66*,Osinde 4-47) & 310(Borren 105,Osinde 3-68,Sandher 3-78)10th wicket 99 runs beat Canada 337-9dec(Dhaniram 73,Osinde 60*, Sandher 57,S Khan 55)9th wicket stand of 89 & 225,70 overs by 45 runs Scorecard Scorecard * MCC tour Belgium More MCC win two ,lose two Report * MCC batsmen struggle against Europe in Challenge Match but then Europe collapse only to recover to win match:At Lord's MCC 183-7,50 overs(Stephenson 51,Blain 3-38) v Europe XI 196-7,46.4 overs from 33-5. Scorecard Match Photos> * Italy blow chances after encouraging start and end up in 7th placeMore * Australia Crusaders visit France, Italy and Switzerland as well as UK MoreIn France they play at Meudon,Saumur and Les Ormes. * Italy beat Argentina by 1 run in Divsion 3 More Scorecard Then beat Fiji by 37 runs Scorecard * Scots beat Lancashire in Friends Provident rain reduced match Scorecard * Italy compete in ICC world cricket league division 3 in Darwin Australia More * ECBtv provides live action across Europe Full Details * A professional solution to an amateur game.The next step for Irish cricket Andrew McGlashan writes Cricinfo * Ireland thrash Canada to take ICC Intercontinental Cup at Grace Road Leicester Full Report * Cricket becomes political football in Mallorca writes Hugh Ash in Sunday Telegraph * Ireland's outgoing coach Adrian Birrell, who enjoyed so much success at the recent ICC Cricket World Cup in the West Indies, has been selected to coach an all-star European line-up in a fixture against Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) at Lord's Cricket Ground on 7 June. More * Jersey will host the ICC World Cricket League Division 5 (WCL Div. 5) tournament in 2008, the International Cricket Council has confirmed. More * Arran Brindle, of the Bears Cricket Club, became the first woman to captain a senior Men’s cricket team in Spain and possibly Europe. More * Cricket returns to Toulouse after an absence of 26 years More * Danes elect new chairman who takes over a crisis ridden sport with the coffers bare More * Scots batting repeats World cup woes in Friends Provident Trophy opener against Yorkshire Report * Ireland lose Friends Provident Trophy opener to Kent by 58 runs yet they had their chances Report * Final of ICC Intercontinental Cup Canada v Ireland set for Grace Road 22-25 May More * Ireland crash to Australia in World Cup Scorecard and also to Sri Lanka Scorecard but beat Test playing Bangladesh Scorecard * Jersey beat Italy in one day series 2-0,the 3rd was rained off Nickki Holmes reports Match 1 Match 2 ** ECC Newsletter April 2008 All the latest news featurs from ECC ** ECC Annual Support Programme - Valuable funding for governing cricket bodies in Europe ** ECC News Archive - Several years of news stories ** ECC News Letter Archive - Download past ECC Newsletters ** ECC 2006 Brochure - Download the 2006 Brochure ** The ECC Young Cricketer - The ECC has a special section just for young European cricketers See also our list of specialist agents
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