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Well at least it's playing dividends for them so far. Trapping the opposition in spinning wickets aka "a Pakistan vs England". Was always going to be difficult for a European associate team like the Dutch. But also, the comms mentioned that UAE team nowadays struggle against spin. Also...

Yeah, this one is expected to be quite closer than Challenge League A.

Italy finally got Emilio Gay turning up for them. Currently playing warmup against Uganda XI.

Meanwhile, In other part of the world -

County guys back for Dutch for their latest WCL2 series. Most notable inclusion seems to be evergreen Roelof van der Merwe. Would've liked Daniel Doram to be included as well. https://x.com/BdJcricket/status/1844377972222095785

Apparently the Punjab Kings franchise (St. Lucia Kings in CPL) won their first ever tournament. Aaron Jones scored with 48* from 31 in the chase. Was 10 from 19 at one point.

Some interesting signings from associates and one from Ireland. Mark Adair (Ireland) Brandon McMullen (Scotland) Thomas Draca (Italy) Joe Burns (Italy) Virandeep Singh (Malaysia) Harmeet Singh (USA)

Balbirnie dropped from the T20I squad against South Africa. More likely hinting to invest in Ross Adair for the next T20 WC cycle.

Stokes and Butler star for Guernsey in the European subregional qualifier C final giving them the final Regional Qualifier spot. I guess since the total no. number of teams (5) are less than a specific count so it'd be double round-robin which would potentially make it much more difficult for...

USA bottle up a straight-forward chase against the Dutch. Ryan Klein's re-birth as a batsman looks solid at a WCL2 level. Batting against quality spinners is still a concern for the Dutch.

Dutch beat USA by a whopping 102 runs in a T20I today. Even the WCL2 series they won 4-0 in their home leg with despite a severely depleted batting line-up (albeit the T20 squad is bit different). Though their player-depth (particularly on the batting side) is not top-notch at the moment but...

I think it's more like ICC not being consistent with their own policies. It's like just some random guy turns up and implements what they like without thinking too much.

Cook Islands choked again, Samoa go through next round. Hopefully they can cause some upsets in the combined EAP-Asia final.

Doesn't look top-flight quality but quite solid, experienced and vital at the WCL2 level.

Maybe they could even convince Ross Taylor for the vibes as well :P

Samoa and Cook Islands have recruited heritage players from NZ so their teams look much stronger.

A couple days ago, Italian national Harry Manenti had a solid outing against Pakistan Shaheens representing Adelaide Strikes Academy in Top 20 Series at Darwin scoring 51 from 32.

Sussex' Zach Lion-Cachet gets Dutch international T20I callup for home tri-series against USA and Canada.

Marcus Campopiano appointed as Italian captain for the 50 over format (List A) taking overs reigns from Gareth Berg.

Dutch squad for home WCL2 ODI tri-series (against US/Canada): Highlights: - Bas de Leede missing due to county commitments - Logan van Beek missing due to participation in Cayman Island MAX60 tournaments. Homegrown bowling allrounder Olivier Elenbaas given first callup. - Croes likely to be...