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*Official* Emerging Nations Cricket Thread

jimmy101

jimmy101

Cricketer Of The Year
In other news Hami looks to have assumed to ODI captaincy for Zim. Best of luck to him, his seniority in this squad will be invaluable.

Glad to see Taylor & Williams back in Zim colours too. Let's hope things can start clicking again for the boys in red.
 
cnerd123

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Japan has serious potential as a cricketing country. They apparently have 6 grounds now, fully dedicated to cricket, and around 30 teams in their T20 League and 20-odd in their 40 overs league. They've got some proper cricketers in the team they've sent out here, and it's not just expats either. Plus TV Tokyo have come out to cover their team's performance here (mainly because of Shogo Kimura, who wasn't even in the XI today, lol). A lot of their players have softball/baseball in their background as kids, so they're a proper good fielding unit.

A team to watch over the next few years IMO.
 
cnerd123

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Final day of the East Asia cup - Japan on the verge of victory over China here, while the Dragons need a big win over Korea to qualify for the finals. Exciting stuff
 
turnstyle

turnstyle

First Class Debutant
Not sure if it's already been brought up but looks like the ICC are rethinking ODI status.

I wonder what the difference is financially for the Associates. Wasn't there an England v Afghanistan match in the UAE a few years back downgraded because of cost?
 
SeamUp

SeamUp

International Coach
Played against James Cameron-Dow who I see is now in the Ireland A squad. Always find out little bits and bobs.
 
SeamUp

SeamUp

International Coach
Afghanistan Premier League starting next month. Crazy how mant T20 events are going around. Seriously going to be a massive break away from the rest of the sport.

Paktia squad: Shahid Afridi* (icon), Thisara Perera, Mohammad Shahzad, Cameron Delport, Sharafuddin Ashraf, Samiullah Shinwari, Chris Jordan, Faheem Ashraf, Luke Wright, Amatullah Omerzai, Rahmanullah Garbaz, Zia Urhaman Akber, Calum MacLeod, Tahir Adil, Yousaf Zazi, Fazal Zazai

Kabul squad: Rashid Khan (icon), Luke Ronchi, Hazrat Zazai, Colin Ingram, Fareed Ahmad, Javed Ahmadi, Sohail Tanvir, Laurie Evans, Wayne Parnell, Shahidullah, Muslim Musa, Afsar Zazai, Ali Khan, Zahir Shirzad, Fitrat Khawry, Usman Adil, Shawkat Zaman, Nasir Totakhil, Zamir Khan

Balkh squad: Chris Gayle (icon), Colin Munro, Mohammad Nabi, Ravi Bopara, Aftab Alam, Gulbadin Naib, Mohammad Irfan, Ben Laughlin, Kamran Akmal, Qais Ahmad, Usman Ghani, Ikrain Alikhil, Ryan ten Doeschate, Tariq Skanikai, Asadullah Matani, Samiullah Salarzai, Farhan Zakhil, Mohammad Nawaz, Darwish Rasooli

Nangarhar squad: Andre Russell (icon), Tamim Iqbal, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Ben Cutting, Shafiqullah Shafaq, Najeeb Tarakai, Mitchell McClenaghan, Mushfiqur Rahim, Mohammad Hafeez, Rahmat Shah, Naveen Ul Haq, Zahir Khan, Sandeep Lamichhane, Fazal Haq, Imran Janat, Nasratullah Quarishi, Khyber Omar, Ibrahim Zadran, Fazal Nazi

Kandahar squad: Brendon McCullum (icon), Wahab Riaz, Asghar Afghan, Paul Stirling, Najibullah Zadran, Karim Janat, Tymal Mills, Sam Billings, Iftikhar Ahmed, Amir Hamza, Karim Sadiq, Sayed Shirzad, Mohammad Naveed, Waqar, Abdul Baqi, Waheed Shafaq, Waqarullah Ishaq, Nasir Jamal
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cnerd123

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turnstyle said:
Not sure if it's already been brought up but looks like the ICC are rethinking ODI status.

I wonder what the difference is financially for the Associates. Wasn't there an England v Afghanistan match in the UAE a few years back downgraded because of cost?
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link?
 
cnerd123

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SeamUp said:
Afghanistan Premier League starting next month. Crazy how mant T20 events are going around. Seriously going to be a massive break away from the rest of the sport.
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The Dubai T20x tournament excites me - a ton of good Associate cricketers are taking place in that.

I'm all for a booming T20 industry if it means more sustainable careers for cricketers from the non-Test playing nations.
 
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