While Associate nations ponder a future that may not include being part of the World Cup some of the game's least well-known nations take their first steps towards the World Twenty20
An unbeaten 153 off just 116 balls from Malawian batsman Sheilendra Jeena was the highlight on day three of the World Cricket League Division 3 tournament
Sierra Leone sent a warning to the other teams with an impressive first-up performance, while hosts, Malawi, scored their second successive win on day two of the World Cricket League Africa Division 3 tournament in Blantyre.
The Gambia Cricket Association (GCA) plans to open a National Cricket Academy at the newly-renovated July 22 Square Grounds in Banjul, the capital city
The 13th West African Championships will go ahead later this month despiteconcerns held by visiting countries, Gambia, Ghana and Nigeria over securityin the host nation, Sierra Leone
Teams competing in the Second Division of this year's ICC Trophy in Canada in June/July will need good luck and good weather if they are to qualify for the 2003 World Cup
Whether Sierra Leone can compete in next month's West African Quadrangular tournament in Banjul, Gambia will determine the immediate fate of the event itself, according to chief organiser, Sonny Manly-Rollings
This year's West Africa Cricket Conference Quadrangular tournament may be transformed into a triangular tournament through the possible withdrawal of defending champion Sierra Leone
Botswana, Gambia, Kenya, Nigeria, Tanzania and Uganda are among the 14 countries which have been earmarked as beneficaries of the Africa Cricket Association's 1999 development programme