THE official song for the ICC World Twenty20 in the West Indies, Bring It by a duet of Mr Vegas and Fay Ann Lyons, has been released and has already been given air time on Caribbean radio stations and dance halls. To many pop music lovers the sound might be disappointingly hip-hop until the song warms up about halfway through.

KENT have disclosed that they lost £190,000 in staging two pop concerts at their St Lawrence Ground in Canterbury during the 2009 summer, shocking news for a county already under financial stress.

A CANTERBURY batsman who gave the touring England Lions a miserable time in North Island has been drafted into New Zealand's provisional squad for the ICC World Twenty20, but the mystery of Graham Napier, well respected on North Island, continues.

THE content of the 147th Wisden Cricketers' Almanack will be exceptionally interesting this spring because 2009 was an eventful year. The third edition to be edited by Sunday Telegraph cricket correspondent Scyld Berry is due to be published on April 15.

THE West Indies have shown off their Twenty20 skills by losing to Zimbabwe, but they expect success as hosts of the ICC World Twenty20 in May -- at the discipline of partying.

AN investigation is to be held by the ICC into the events surrounding the Pepsi ICC World League Division Five match between Nepal and United States, which was interrupted by an unruly crowd at the Tribhuvan University ground in Kathmandu last week.

CRICKET won this time. The final of the Pepsi ICC World Cricket League Division Five tournament in Kathmandu lodged in the memory for seven wickets by a 17 year-old left-arm spinner as Nepal defeated United States by five wickets. The ugly crowd scenes from the previous day were not repeated.

RIOT police moved in to subdue an angry 12,000 crowd as a sensational match between Nepal and the United States was interrupted by rock-throwing in Kathmandu today.

THE 'crown jewels' debate seemed to head against the terrestrial lobby in February, and pressure has grown to keep Test cricket off the A list of events reserved for terrestrial television in the public interest. But the pro-listing MCC have already questioned the ECB's gung-ho attitude to this issue, an insight into their strained relationship.

A LETTER warning of dire consequences of ending the Sky monpoly of cricket has been circulated to Essex members as part of the general drive by the ECB to stop Test matches being added to the list of broadcasting 'crown jewels'.

THE trip to Nepal has proved to be a thoroughly unrewarding exercise for Jersey from a cricket point of view. The scenery might be fine, but their performances in the Pepsi ICC World Cricket League Division Five declined with each day, and this time they were overwhelmed by Arabian chinamen in the Himalayas.

JERSEY seemed to have the United States in their grip, but a stunning turn-around ended in a 66-run defeat for the Channel Islanders at the Pepsi ICC World Cricket League Division Five tournament in Nepal.

NEPALESE television broadcast live Jersey's nine-wicket win over Fiji in the Pepsi ICC World Cricket League Division Five tournament in Kathmandu.

JERSEY, captained by the former Worcestershire all-rounder Ryan Driver, lost their opening match in the Pepsi ICC World Cricket League Division Five tournament when host nation Nepal beat them by six wickets in the Kathmandu valley.

IRELAND'S prospects of joining the circle of Test countries look even better with their qualification alongside Afghanistan for the World Twenty20 tournament in the West Indies this summer

PROBABLY Michael Vaughan was right to point out that a batsman will never 'walk' again with the ICC's introduction of the Decision Review System. So diminished sportsmanship is part of the price for more accurate decisions, but the England management's snick fury at The Wanderers was misguided.

IT IS just as well England's attempt to lose the third Test in Cape Town was foiled by the obdurate batting of Ian Bell and Paul Collingwood. They go into the fourth and final match in Johannesburg on Jan 14 one up in the series after putting South Africa in to bat in two matches and nearly paying the full consequence.

THE Bexley all-rounder Adam Ball, 16, has been called up by England for next month's Under-19 World Cup in New Zealand to replace Calum Haggett, of Somerset, who withdrew on medical advice.

THE points system in the LV County Championship has been revised for 2010 and the use of the heavy roller after the start of a game has been banned. Increasing the value of a win is a welcome step not just because brighter play will be encouraged. More robust pitches should help the England selectors identify the best batsmen with greater certainty.