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
Denmark have won the 2008 European Indoor Championship in Finland, beating old foes Portugal in a thrilling encounter. Denmark scrambled a two-wicket win off the penultimate delivery, overhauling Portugal's total of 132
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 ICC has slapped Greece with a hefty punishment following breaches of rules and improper conduct during the ICC Europe World Cricket League (WCL) Division 2 Championships in Scotland in August 2006
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.
Cricket's expansion across Europe will be further emphasised when the biggest ever ECC Trophy field (10 countries) (or its predecessor - the European Nations Cup), gets underway on Saturday week
With some countries already in full whites, 'Beyond The Test World' thought it was appropriate to brief you on when the various European competitions get underway
Netherlands national team coach, Emmerson Trotman, believes there is little separating the Netherlands, Scotland and Ireland, despite his team's win in the European Championships last month
Prestwick: Gibraltar 224 (47.4 overs) R Buzaglo, 82 R Parnell 47, G Brumant 3-22, Alexander 3-59; France 179 (47.5 overs) P Wakefield 35*; Gibraltar won by 45 runs Ayr: Germany 151 (37 overs) M Brodersen 60, I Mehdi 4-20; Portugal 111 (40.2
England and the Netherlands have both maintained their undefeated status atthe top of the European Championship Division One ladder with wins overScotland and Italy respectively yesterday
Linlithgow: Germany 226-9 (50 overs) R Buss 41* G Mueller 35 Intesab Mehdi 3-45; Israel 204 (49 overs); Germany won by 22 runs Paisley: France 200-9 (50 overs) G Brumant 43*; Portugal 182 (49.3 overs); France won by 18 runs Ayr: Gibraltar