Beyond the Boundary!

World Cricket League Division Five gets under-way in Jersey in less than two weeks, and teams are warming-up with varying degrees of success.
Nepal played the Pakistan Cricket Academy, losing the first two matches but gaining an unlikely win in the last. Vanuatu lost 2-0 to Fiji in a three match series, whilst Singapore whitewashed Malaysia […]

Guernsey will be playing Nepal and the Bahamas as the two teams prepare for the World Cricket League Division Five tournament in Jersey at the end of May. More here.

Three associate bowlers have been suspended from international cricket for having suspect bowling actions during the Under-19 World Cup. Two of them are Nepal’s Sagar Khadka and Rahul Biswokarma. More on those two here.
The ICC media release indicated that five bowlers were reported during the tournament, three of them from associate countries. The bowlers aren’t […]

Only two days after WCL Division Two finished, the “wah wah expats” brigade are already coming out with their bullshit on why Uganda didn’t qualify for the 2009 World Cup Qualifier.
According to them, Uganda didn’t qualify because they weren’t good enough to finish fourth in a six team tournament, it’s because other teams picked some […]

The first ACC Twenty20 Cup is underway, and the first day’s play saw Nepal beat Malaysia, Afghanistan beat Qatar, the UAE beat Kuwait and Singapore beat Hong Kong. Read my full report on the days play at CricketEurope here.
So far on the second day, the UAE picked up their second win, beating Singapore, and Qatar […]

Fixtures for the Under-19 World Cup have been announced, and are available in the BTB calendar (link in the menu to the left).
Host’s Malaysia have a tough first round group coming up against New Zealand, Pakistan and Zimbabwe, whilst Papua New Guinea don’t have it much better, in the same group as India, South Africa […]

Nepal are often thought of as one of the big things in the world of associate cricket. Their fans are amongst the most passionate in all non-test cricket, and they’re spoken of by some as a possibility for Test status in the not too distant future. But how realistic is that possibility? And just how […]

The Asian Cricket Council website has an interesting interview with Binaya Raj Pandey, a diplomat who has now taken over as President of the Cricket Association of Nepal (CAN). Since he took over, things have been moving for Nepal, securing major sponsorships, revamping domestic cricket and the setup of a local training center. He believes […]

Ireland’s win over Canada in the Intercontinental Cup final has increased Ireland’s rating, but not enough to knock Kenya from the top of the table.
Kenya now hold on by the slimmest of margins, and they need an innings win over Canada when they next play in the tournament to hold onto that place. Ireland could […]

The draw has been made for the first Twenty20 World Cup, and Scotland and Kenya handed tough first round groups.

The tournament will feature four first round groups of three teams each. Kenya will be in Group C with New Zealand and Sri Lanka, whilst Scotland will be in Group D with India and Pakistan. The […]