Why Ireland should be a Test nation

Nov 5, 2009: Cricket needs to move beyond its cosy cartel of countries, bring in more teams, and have two or more divisions

The short format's big role

Jun 17, 2009: The purists may sneer at it, but Twenty20's most vital role will be in making cricket popular in places where it isn't

ICC World Twenty20 2009

The race for the semi-finals

Jun 14, 2009: The results on Sunday mean five teams are in contention for three semi-final spots in the ICC World Twenty20, with South Africa already qualified. Cricinfo looks at what each team needs to do to make the cut

Eoin Morgan

Switching colours, switching hits

May 21, 2009: He's got all the shots and then some, and now he's got a bigger, better platform to showcase them on

ICC World Cup Qualifiers 2009

Ireland take trophy, Afghans the headlines

Apr 20, 2009: It took 12 teams 54 matches spread over 19 days to determine the best of the rest, the countries next in the queue for an ICC handout and those fortunate four who will play in the 2011 World Cup

ICC World Cup Qualifiers 2009

Done on the development trail

Apr 2, 2009: Cricket has had a long and loyal following, born not only out of the village greens of England or the dusty Indian maidans, but the war-torn wastelands of Afghanistan and a spare scrap of land in Canada

Beyond the Test World in 2008

Mixed bag

Jan 4, 2009: Funding has never been better, but ironically, it is now harder for the Associates and Affiliates to join cricket's elite than before

The Associates

Two up, four down

Jan 4, 2009: Ireland and Scotland fared well, while Bermuda, Kenya, Canada and Netherlands plumbed the depths

Picking up the pieces

Oct 2, 2008: Cricinfo looks at 11 teams that have been torn apart by politics, arguments and fallings out

Associates lose out

Only one winner in county v country debate

Jul 16, 2008: Martin Williamson looks at how the Associate countries will always lose out in the tug-of-war with counties

The future's bright

Jun 27, 2008: The new ICC funding regulations should have a positive impact on the game's Associates and Affiliates

Warren Deutrom

'World Cup reduction sends all the wrong signals'

Mar 1, 2008: The chief executive of the Irish Cricket Union warns that a failure to qualify for the next World Cup will have a seriously detrimental affect on leading Associates

Review: ICC Women's World Cup Qualifiers 2007-08

Play more to win more

Feb 26, 2008: If there has been one lesson from the women's World Cup Qualifiers, it is that the teams needs more cricket - and more competitive games

2007 in review: The Associates

Cash and commitment cause for concern

Jan 3, 2008: Life beyond the Test world: our review of the Associate nations in 2007

2007 Review - Ireland

Early promise gives way to uncertainty

Dec 23, 2007: Andrew McGlashan looks at how Ireland fared in 2007

ICC must go on funding cricket's expansion

Nov 14, 2007: The budget allocated by the ICC to Associates must not be cut to give more to the big boys

Ireland season review

Tough at the top

Sep 1, 2007: Ireland's crushing innings-and-146-run victory in the Intercontinental Cup against Bermuda brought the curtain on an eventful season for Irish cricket

Encyclopaedia of World Cricket

Life beyond the Test world

Jul 20, 2007: A worthy, reasonably priced reference on world cricket

Irish cricket

An impossible balancing act

Jun 25, 2007: Andrew White, the Ireland allrounder, speaks to Cricinfo about trying to be a professional in an amateur game

Ireland v India, One-off ODI, Belfast

Where are the spectators?

Jun 23, 2007: There were pre-match sales of 3000 for Ireland-India game, but by the start of play numbers were in the hundreds, not thousands