A century from a Scottish batsman normally gives rise to celebration among cricketing enthusiasts north of the border.

Coetzer condemns Scotland to yet another defeat

Durham skipper Gareth Breese on his side’s comfortable win against Scotland.

Breese delight at win over Scotland

A hundred from Kyle Coetzer and contributions from Gordon Muchall and Gareth Breese saw the visitors claim an 80 run victory over Scotland.

Durham Dynamos too strong for Scotland.

ACC lost their unbeaten record to Hermes-DVS on Sunday, with Excelsior ’20 beating Quick Haag in the final over of the most absorbing game of the day.

Excelsior and VRA return to winning ways, but Hermes go top

Pakistan’s one-day cricket captain Shahid Afridi has said he is available for the two ODIs against Ireland at the end of May.

Afridi declares availability for Ireland clashes

All the latest from a busy day in the SNCL Championship.

Van Wyk stars in comprehensive win

Round up of all the action in the SNCL, including brilliant century by Jeeva Kulatunga.

Burnett brothers star in Arbroath win

The Surrey Lions defeat the Scottish Saltires by 48 runs to make it four out of four in this year’s CB40.

Surrey too strong for Scotland

Waringstown pro Obus Pienaar took his run tally for the season to 533 in just four innings as he smashed another century in Saturday’s Bob Kerr Irish Cup win over Dublin YMCA.

Pienaar helps Waringstown knock out YMCA

Fox Lodge bowed out of the Bob Kerr Irish Cup in near darkness and pelting rain, but cricket was the real loser.

Cricket the loser as Instonians knock out Fox Lodge

SCOTLAND squandered the chance to notch a first CB40 win of the season when they allowed Surrey off the hook at a chilly Citylets Grange.

Scotland squander chance against Surrey

ARBROATH will be forced to go into their SNCL top flight battle against Aberdeenshire without Sri Lankan pro Harsha Vithana – after his journey to the UK was delayed yet again.

Aberdeenshire take on Arbroath in game of the day

The visits of the Queen of England and the US president have driven the Leinster Cricket union batty

Queen and Obama stop play in Ireland

Hamish Marshall, the New Zealander who has now qualified to play for Ireland, will not be making his debut against Pakistan at the end of May.

Marshall ruled out of Pakistan games

THE ICC Cricket Committee are the latest body to pile the pressure on their Executive Board by calling for a qualifying tournament ahead of the 2015 World Cup finals.

ICC Cricket Committee in favour of qualification tournament

The ICC Cricket Committee has unanimously agreed that there should be qualifying for the 2015 World Cup. Cricket Ireland chief executive Warren Deutrom gives his reaction.

Warren Deutrom pleased but cautious following ICC Cricket Committee meeting

The squad shows three changes from Scotland’s previous fixture against Warwickshire.

Saltires face Surrey and Durham

The squad shows three changes from Scotland’s previous fixture against Warwickshire.

Saltires face Surrey and Warwickshire

Afghanistan will play three matches against Pakistan A as they become the first national side to tour Pakistan in two years.

Dates confirmed for Afghanistan tour to Pakistan

Ireland all-rounder Kevin O’Brien today confirmed that he has signed a deal for the remainder of the season with Gloucestershire, and also for the Sri Lankan T20 tournament later this summer.

Double delight for O’Brien

ACC were the only side to emerge from the double weekend with two wins, beating VRA Amsterdam on Sunday as Excelsior ’20 fell to HCC in Schiedam.

ACC go top as HCC shock Excelsior

An unbeaten century by Excelsior’s Mark Cleary and a fine double by VRA’s Brad Moses were among the highlights of Saturday’s opening round in the Dutch Topklasse.

Coaches in command as Topklasse gets under way

Andrew White skippers the North while Trent Johnston will lead the Southern team.

Squads named for Irish Inter-Regional Challenge

A look ahead to a busy weekend of cricket in Scotland.

Grange face Watsonians in game of the day

With full rounds of matches on both Saturday and Sunday, the 2011 Topklasse season kicks off this weekend with some intriguing encounters.

Double weekend gets Topklasse season off to a rousing start

Botswana chased 278 to beat Norway by 8 wickets in the fourth round of matches, while table leaders Kuwait fell to a surprise defeat against Germany.

Botswana records stunning victory in WCL Division 7

The first of two games between North and South will take place at Bready on Sunday 15 May.

Cricket Ireland launches its Inter Regional tournament

Andrew Nixon reviews Tim Albone’s story of how a rag-tag team of refugees from the war-torn nation of Afghanistan came close to reaching the 2011 World Cup.

Book Review: Out of the Ashes

First game will take place at Bready on Sunday May 15th.

Cricket Ireland announces the launch of the Inter Regional Challenge Series

Scotland were denied their first CB40 win of the season despite a vastly improved performance against Warwickshire Bears at Edgbaston.

Battling Scotland fall just short against Warwickshire

Another gutsy performance from the Orange Lions saw them lose to Middlesex by just one run despite an unbeaten 126 from Tom Cooper.

Magnificent Cooper hundred as Dutch come ever so close

The opening day of World Cricket League Division 7 in Botswana saw Germany defeat Japan but Norway went down to Nigeria and Kuwait rallied to beat the hosts.

Mixed day for Europeans as WCL Division 7 begins

Pete Steindl, the Saltires coach, last night backed a youthful home-grown side to kick-start their CB40 campaign against Surrey tomorrow.

Steindl backs youth to succeed

Calum MacLeod and Calvin Burnett called up – Luke Butterworth misses out through injury.

Scots opt for youth again

Scotland suffered Easter Monday misery as their hopes of a third consecutive victory over Leicestershire were snuffed out at Grace Road.

Scotland defeated by Leicestershire

The Scottish Saltires were defeated but not disgraced by Durham in their CB40 opener at Chester-le-Street yesterday.

Mommsen heroics in vain for Saltires

Taoiseach Enda Kenny was guest of honour at the 10th annual Sunday Independent Cricket Society awards, where John Mooney picked up the top accolade.

Mooney named Irish cricketer of the year

Fast bowler John Blain last night admitted he is ready to play for Scotland again after two years of self-imposed exile.

Blain breaks silence over Scotland bust-up

A half-century from Shane Mott and a fighting display in the field, led by Mudassar Bukhari, saw the Orange Lions to a fine win at Headingley on Sunday.

Dutch open CB40 campaign with a famous victory

A fine allround effort ensured that Quick Haag were too strong for challengers HBS in the opening match of the neighbouring clubs’ best-of-three series at Craeyenhout on Saturday.

Quick Haag go one-up in play-off series

The Dutch side returns to Headingley and Derby this weekend with several new faces as they take on the first of their county opponents in an attractive double-header.

Orange Lions embark on another great adventure

Ewan Chalmers The young Watsonians batsman, stroked a memorable maiden international century as Scotland produced a brilliant run-chase to beat MCC in the Lord’s sunshine yesterday.

Classy Chalmers leads Scotland to victory over MCC

“This is wonderful news for Afghanistan and for other Associate and Affiliate members of the ICC”

Afghanistan Cricket Board welcomes reconsideration of World Cup "Closed Shop"

Fresh from their win at Lord’s against the MCC, the Scottish selectors again include Gregor Maiden as wicketkeeper.

Scotland announce Pro40 squad

NI Sports Minister Nelson McCausland gives full backing to Cricket Ireland as the Associates attempt to force ICC reversal.

Stormont backing for Cricket Ireland

Cricket Ireland welcomes ICC president Sharad Pawar’s decision to reopen the debate about the structure of the 2015 World Cup but remains aware that the argument is a long way from won.

Deutrom welcomes Pawar intervention

Ireland could be back in the 2015 Cricket World Cup if the ICC completes the u-turn it started yesterday.

Ireland hoping for ICC u-turn

The Executive Board will be requested to reconsider the composition of the 2015 World Cup 2015 during the ICC Annual Conference in Hong Kong at the end of June.

ICC President requests review of composition of 2015 World Cup

With overseas player Shane Mott and Dutch passport holder Michael Swart in the side, the Orange Lions embark on their second season in the ECB 40-over competition.

Mott and Swart in Dutch 40 League squad

The Executive Board will be requested to reconsider the composition of the 2015 World Cup 2015 during the ICC Annual Conference in Hong Kong at the end of June.

BREAKING NEWS: ICC President requests review of composition of 2015 World Cup