Clayton Lambert, the former West Indies batsman, will lead the Atlanta Lions Cricket Club of the USA on a tour to Belize in August 2008. The visiting team will play two matches against the national champion and the national team. While in Belize, Lambert will also coach junior cricketers on behalf of the Belize National Cricket Association.

Kelvin Williams has led an "intensive training" session for a group of 12 Under-19 cricketers from various countries. The sessions got underway at the National Cricket Complex in Trinidad on August 5 and they will last 11 days.

It is being reported in the Caribbean that the KFC Cup, the region's premier limited-overs competition, will he held in Florida.

Trinidad & Tobago's Newsday claimed that a senior West Indies board official said the event would be staged in Fort Lauderdale where a new purpose-built stadium has recently opened. The seating capacity is 5000 but there is room for more on grass banks.

In a further bid to attract local interest Canada and USA will be invited to participate. Canada played without any real distinction in 1995-96 and 2002-03 while USA took part in 2000-01 and scored a surprise win over Barbados.

The event has been brought forward to October because if held at its usual time it would clash with the multi-million dollar Stanford match against England.

KFC's sponsorship ends this year and the new sponsors are thought to be based in Florida and will bankroll the entire venture.

"I believe Lauderhill is strategically well-placed," Faoud Bacchus, the former West Indies Test player and USA captain, who now lives in Florida, told dreamcricket.com. "We have all the facilities, hotels and attractions and it's only a short plane ride from West Indies.

Barbados women will take part in a boys’ Under-15 competition. While it is not a new phenomenon – the women have played male opposition in the past – it will be the first time a female team has participated in this particular tournament.

The team are not expected to ace the competition or even win a game, particularly as their four internationals are away on West Indies duties for most of the time. But the experience is considered a valuable development opportunity.

"If we are doing anything to develop women's cricket, we have to give them exposure," the chairman of the West Indies board’s women’s committee, Jeff Broomes told Nationsport. We have to take affirmative action to help women's cricket."

West Indies All-Stars defeated the Canada All-Star Team by 38 runs in the MAQ T20 International Cricket Tournament Championship Match at Central Broward Regional Park in Lauderhill, Florida. West Indies made 128 for 4 in 18 overs and Canada managed only 90 in reply.

“I'm very proud of my team. They all contributed to the victory," said West Indies captain Richie Richardson after the match. Courtney Browne was voted the Most Valuable Player of the Tournament, scoring the second most runs (67) as well as taking three catches and stumpings.

Thousands of fans who braved rain to watch former international players including Javed Miandad (Pakistan), Richardson and Browne (West Indies) and Mohammad Azharuddin (India).

John Campbell struck 112 for West Indies Under-15s in the CLICO International Under-15 Championship. Click here for the full report. Scorelines and cards for the other matches can be found below.

West Indies 237 (Campbell 112) beat Bangladesh 200 (Nelson 3-43) by 37 runs
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Ireland 111 for 3 (Getkate 31*) beat Kenya 110 (Karim 46, Getkate 4-17) by seven wickets
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Pakistan 332 for 5 (Naeem 90) beat Netherlands 102 (Worries 20, Gohar 3-32) by 230 runs
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Malaysia 157 for 8 (Goonasagaran 33, Hazim 19*) beat Americas 156 (Joshi 64, Zahid 3-36) by two wickets
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