Israel Cricket Team

Rather than scrapping it altogether, the global qualifier field will now be split into two eight-team qualifying tournaments

The increase in fixtures for Associates approved at the ICC meeting in Singapore may help players get regular time on the field and against good-quality opponents

The ICC is considering increasing funding for Associate and Affiliate nations as part of the ongoing review into its governance and structure

The final round of league matches will be played this weekend, with the top of the table clash between Lions Lod and Sri Lanka Tel Aviv taking center billing

With a near perfect record in the first round of league action so far this season, Lions Lod would have fancied their chances of securing the title

In probably the most nail biting afternoon of cricket seen yet at the Maccabiah Games

The Australian Maccabiah team may well have thought they were playing against the Australian test team

Eshkol Solomon put in a man of the match performance

It is unclear if the Maccabiah archives include cricket statistics, but if there were it is a safe guess the records would have been broken one after the other at Lod today