NORWAY:
Norway's Oslo League began earlier this month with four matches played in the first round (matches are 30 overs per side):
Nord 223 all out (Shahid 43, Ada, 44; Amjad 4-51) defeated Drammen 181-6 (Ali 56 not out; Shahid 4-12) Nord won by 42 runs
Sentrum 174 all out (Shaid 61, Zahid 42; Isoz 5-20) defeated Sinsen 149 all out (Shahzad 34, Sajjad 44; Riffad 4-34) by 25 runs
City 200-9 (Usman Akram 32; Jhangil 3-30) lost to Star 203-3 (Shani 32, Sajjad 73; Usman Akram 1-26) by seven wickets
Tamil 154-8 (Shandhan 43, Mahandhi 38; Saqib 2-30) lost to Oslo 155-7 (Zulfiqar 56, Majid Budd 46; Sadhes 2-22) by three wickets
Bye: Jinnah
The League will continue until July 15.
SLOVENIA: (Brad Eve reports):
Ljubljana CC made it's debut in the Austrian Open League recently against Five Continents Cricket Club which was won very convincingly by 9 wickets after bowling them out for 53 runs in 18 overs. We have our next match against the Vienna Cricket Club in Velden in Southern Austria.
Llubjana CC also has its own web site will will feature results: www.geocities.com/ljubljanacc
ESTONIA:
Estonian Cricket Club, now in its second season, has a busy programme:
June 17-18: International - Estonia vs. Finland in Tallinn
July 15-16: Deloitte & Touche Tallinn Cup in Tallinn
July 29: Helsinki Sixes tournament in Helsinki
August 5-6: International - Estonia vs. Finland in Helsinki
August 19-20: Half Moon CC tour to Estonia in Tallinn
Potentially, there is also matches with Tampere Cricket Club in Tallinn, Stockholm University in Tallinn or in Stockholm, Commonwealth Cricket Club in Tallinn, also possibly Latvian Cricket Club in Riga and Turku Cricket Club in Helsinki.
There is also a tournament in Warsaw (Poland) in August which Tallinn Cricket club has tentatively been invited to.
The Estonian Cricket Club is also seeking to establish a 'team' to attempt to introduce Kwik Cricket into schools. The ICC's European Development Officer, Nigel Laughton, has provided the club with great assistance.
The club also now has four certified umpires, following a seminar arranged in Helsinki by the ICC: Kristian Garancis, Risto Koovit, Phillipp John Kershaw Marsdale and Anil Puri.
The visit to Helsinki by the Estonian Cricket Club officials served to further cement cooperation between the ECC and Finnish Cricket Association officials.