There will be two tournaments taking place simultaneously in Deventer this week, as Europe’s leading women’s sides contest the European championship.

History was made on Saturday 5th May when Arran Brindle, of the Bears Cricket Club, became the first woman to captain a senior Men’s cricket team in Spain and possibly Europe.

On 22th April, under cloudless blue skies and blazing sunshine, the German cricket season once again was underway

Following the great success of the Oldenburg tournament last February, planning for the second Girls U17 Indoor tournament is already underway with the friendly support of the North-East Cricket Association.

The German Cricket Federation hosted their inaugural Girls U17 tournament in Oldenburg on the 17th to 18th February 2007

Event to be played in Lahore between 18 and 24 November

The German Cricket Federation are looking forward to hosting their first Girls' Tournament

This week will see Spanish women take part in their first game of cricket.

Women’s cricket in Finland is going through a period of regeneration thanks to a much needed injection of ICC cash this summer

England were untroubled in winning the Women’s Under 21 championship in Rotterdam, beating Ireland by eight wickets in the decisive match that finished on the stroke of lunchtime.

The tower of Fettes College, half mock-Scottish Baronial, half Victorian railway station, provided a picturesque background last week for an enthusiastic group of young cricketers, participants in the first European Women’s Academy.

With the qualifying tournament for the 2009 World Cup little more than a year away, the European Women’s Under 21 Championship tournament assumes long-term importance for players and managements alike.

23 young women cricketers from Scotland, Ireland and The Netherlands are getting a great opportunity to hone their skills this week as they take part in the first-ever ECC European Women’s Academy at Fettes College, Edinburgh.

Teams from Zurich, Geneva, Basle and Munich in the first Under 11 Zuoz Tournament included a number of girls.

A dream came true for five German girls, when they travelled to Gloucestershire for a three day training camp held at Clifton College.

Neil Brook has been coaching the girls of El Limonar School, Villamartin, Alicante.

The inaugural ECC Women's Cricket Academy in association with Lloyds TSB Scotland will see 23 girls from the top three Associate Countries (Scotland, Ireland and the Netherlands) put through their paces by coaches and specialists in August.

ICC President Ehsan Mani believes the next two Women's World Cups, in Australia in 2009 and India four years later, will take the sport to a new level.

Despite the disappointing cancellation of the tournament for which they were preparing, the Dutch national women’s squad is hard at work.

News of recent developments in women's cricket on the island.

The newly formed Zurich women's club enjoyed their first session in the indoor facilities of Hottingen school.

Wraye Wenigmann reports on activities in Germany during the first quarter of 2006.

Women’s cricket set to blaze a trail with ECC European Women’s Cricket Academy in association with Lloyds TSB Scotland.

Eight new women’s cricket initiatives across Europe, including projects in Finland, Switzerland, Germany and Spain, are set to benefit from a total of US$15,000 in funding.