*Official* Emerging Nations Cricket Thread

[WalkingWicket]

Rankin poised for Ireland return | Cricket | ESPN Cricinfo - good news this, Ireland are a bit short on good pace bowlers.

 

[Prince EWS]

Yeah Rankin-Murtagh is the sort of of opening combination that Ireland had become accustomed to. It's a short-term fix though.

 

[Slippaah]

Associates at play in November in UAE

ICC looks forward to exciting month of cricket in UAE - ICC Cricket

Associates mixing it with the big boys this month - England and Pakistan.

Also supposedly serving as a T20 Qualifier for the one Associate invited to join the High Table in the 2016 Asia Cup in February.

Bangladesh to host third straight Asia Cup | Cricket | ESPN Cricinfo

Favourites - the Afghans. Asia Cup to be played in Bangladesh !

 

[Prince EWS]

50 Over: England XI v Hong Kong (Abu Dhabi Oval 1), Pakistanis v Nepal (Abu Dhabi Oval 2)


That's so gun; really wish the England/HK game was an ODI though. HK have ODI status so there's really no good reason for it to not have ODI status.

 

[AndyZaltzHair]

50 Over: England XI v Hong Kong (Abu Dhabi Oval 1), Pakistanis v Nepal (Abu Dhabi Oval 2)


That's so gun; really wish the England/HK game was an ODI though. HK have ODI status so there's really no good reason for it to not have ODI status.

Yeah would have been a booster

 

[Marius]

Ireland are going to play two ODIs against Australia and South Africa in Benoni next year.

South Africa to tour Australia, New Zealand next season | Cricket | ESPN Cricinfo

 

[Slippaah]

According to HKCA - 7 HK matches in UAE have been downgraded to "friendlies" including the former T20I's scheduled v Oman and Afghanistan ?

Hong Kong Cricket Association

Irfan Ahmed replaced - 50% of the HK Squad are now 21 or younger.

2016 Asia Cup T20 Qualifier to be held in Bangladesh in February :

Asia Cup T20 Qualifier scheduled for February | Cricket | ESPN Cricinfo

ICC team in Bangladesh to assess security for U-19 World Cup | Cricket | ESPN Cricinfo

 

[andruid]

Anyone read the gem of an article on Asif Karim on The Cricket Monthly?

Karim Sr is always good for insightful interviews. Check out this audio interview https://mobile.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=940417602694786&id=174556549280899

 

[AndyZaltzHair]

Good exposure for Nepal and HK playing against Pakistan and England. Is this Nepal's first match against one of the top teams?

Nepal vs Pak live

Hong Kong vs Eng live

 

[cnerd123]

Anywhere to stream those games?

 

[Slippaah]

England V HK in UAE

This "friendly " 50 Over fixture has ruffled some feathers;

Hong Kong warm up for Intercontinental Cup with defeat to England

England's hollow gesture duly brings a hollow win | Cricket | ESPN Cricinfo

See comments

Tour Match: England XI v Hong Kong at Abu Dhabi, Nov 8, 2015 | Cricket Scorecard | ESPN Cricinfo

HK were understrength with 3 top players from the ICC T20 Qualifier in Ireland in July not in evidence.

 

[Magrat Garlick]

tbf if they'd played 11-on-11 and won by 220 runs instead of 170 the same site would print someone claiming this makes a 'mockery of ODI status'

You really can't win.

 

[Slippaah]

Associate player enters ODI history books;


Records | One-Day Internationals | Batting records | Hundred on debut | ESPN Cricinfo

http://hkcricket.org/en/news/Mark-Chapman-smashes-second-highest-ODI-century-on-debut/409/

 

[Daemon]

I missed out on making the squad but still got to tour when we played HK U15s and beat them in Malaysia, can't recall anything about him but his name is on the scorecard. It's always nice to see someone you played against (well I didn't really but f u it's my claim to fame) go on to do so well.

 

[Daemon]

Extra fun fact, we won the next U-15 trophy because all the other teams besides Singapore and Kuwait were disqualified for fielding overage players. mfw.

That includes HK ftr, suck it *****.

 

[Slippaah]

HKCA protests to ACC about Under-15 disqualification | Cricket | ESPN Cricinfo

In *****'s defence the bone testing issue was controversially executed at that tournament and HK was a victim. There was wide publicity ! There may have been overage players in certain teams but not HK it appears .

 

[Slippaah]

Here is that 2007 HK u 15 team four of whom played in the ODI v UAE in Dubai yesterday. Chapman would have been 10 years old !

Hong Kong team announced for ACC Under-15 Elite Cup | Cricket | ESPN Cricinfo

 

[Slippaah]

Oops . Poor Maths. Chapman aged 13 in 2007 !

 

[Daemon]

HKCA protests to ACC about Under-15 disqualification | Cricket | ESPN Cricinfo

In *****'s defence the bone testing issue was controversially executed at that tournament and HK was a victim. There was wide publicity ! There may have been overage players in certain teams but not HK it appears .

Dunno, everyone in our squad passed except for a guy born in Pakistan..

 

[cnerd123]

HK

Kicked UAE's ass. Kinda bittersweet performance that, considering I support both sides lol.

But yea, I play with guys who have played with the guys who have just smashed UAE, so w00t go HK