It's not all cricket on the beach in Sri Lanka

These guys look like they are preparing hard for an East Indies tour!

See the full story here and here.

Global interest grows as East Indies New Zealand fixture is confirmed

Could the East Indies be playing Test Cricket next year - well yes if the results of a recent survey are to believed. Naturally interest in the forthcoming fixture against the New Zealand Embassy on Sunday December 13th has been heightened with the news of growing support for the East Indies achieving Test status.

Would all available players please contact Will.... so far the EICB selectors have confirmations from

Riki Teteina
Scott Masson
Stephen Hipkin
William Symonds
Dick Slaney
Anthony Cottan
Malcolm Collis
Robert Baldwin
Rajeev Kapoor
Mark Jones
Marten Eddy
Mike Chick

The team will be sporting the new 2010 kit..... watch this space

East Indies complete rousing win

ROBERT BALDWIN FRUSTRATED BY A HOT CHICK

In a rousing performance East Indies dug deep to overcome the Java Jazz Hats by 27 runs after earlier slumping to 22-4. Full story will appear here....

and photos are on-line here

East Indies selectors unveil exciting new-look sqaud

At a packed press conference in Jalan Cikuray Bogor the EICB selection panel unveiled an exciting looking team for the 10 October match against the Java Jazz Hats

Anthony Cottan
Mike Chick
Taco Bottema
Scott Masson
James Collis
Stephen Hipkin
Phil Leifermann (wicket-keeper)
Mike Plimbley
Malcolm Collis
Will Symonds
Vinay Puri
Albert Nicholas Other

Possibly the proudest day of my Career

Chris Cairns is awarded his East Indies cap, marking the culmination of years as a heroic figure in the game. Chris was one of the greatest all rounders playing the game for many years and we were proud to see him visit Bogor and meet many figures in the local game.