Beyond the Boundary!

The MCC are currently touring Cyprus, and they attracted a sizeable crowd, perhaps to see the sizeable Mike Gatting playing for the MCC, to their one match against the Cypriot national team.
The MCC won the close 40 over match by four runs. A full report can be found here.

Part Nine of our year in review sees us cover Croatia to Gambia.
Croatia
No cricket for Croatia in 2006. 2007 will see them play in Division Three of the European Championship.
Cuba
Cuba are still waiting for their entry into international cricket, with their next opportunity coming in 2008. There was some cricketing activity though, and London […]

Today’s final day of play saw Cyprus beat Luxembourg in a replay of yesterday’s rained off game. Batting first, Luxembourg scored 194, with Ramachandran top scoring with 60. Cyprus reached the target with five balls to spare, primarily thanks to an unbeaten 72 from Pelawattna.
In the Twenty20 challenge match between Finland and Slovenia, Finland won […]

Today’s game between Cyprus and Luxembourg was abandoned after 29 overs after the ground became waterlogged after two hours of steady rain. The game between Finland and Slovenia did not suffer from the weather though, and the Finnish ran out winners by 122 runs.
The abandonment of today’s game between Cyprus and Luxembourg has meant that […]

The second day of play at the European Championship Division Four has seen all teams end up level on one win each going into the final round of group games on Tuesday.
In a low scoring game at Brussels, Cyprus were dismissed for just 60, with the Finnish bowler Stephen Viola in perfect pitch with 5/10. […]

In the European Championship Division Four tournament, Cyprus made a winning start to their international career with a 2 wicket win over Slovenia in a low scoring game. In today’s other match, 4/19 from Finnish bowler Bhatia wasn’t enough to stop Luxembourg scoring 167/8 from their 40 overs, and Finland were dismissed for 145 to […]

The first Division Four tournament of the European Championship gets underway in Belgium tomorrow. Cyprus make their international debut, and will take on Finland, Luxembourg and Slovenia for a spot in next years Division Three tournament. I’m a little unfamiliar with the teams involved, but there’s a good article over at the ECCs website written […]