Associates Outshine the Full Members / Canadawatch

[pillowprocter]

unless Cook Islands lose to Fiji, they should be qualified now

 

[INETS]

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

 

[pillowprocter]

combined EAP-Asia final.

is it for this cycle? wikipedia seems to say the EAP pathway gets its own slot for 2026

 

[wasteyouryouth]

is it for this cycle? wikipedia seems to say the EAP pathway gets its own slot for 2026

Yeah, Say Jhah hates PNG

 

[INETS]

Yeah, Say Jhah hates PNG

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.

 

[wasteyouryouth]

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.

Pretty much standard behaviour for all cricket boards

 

[INETS]

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 they have a brilliant coaching stuff and captain. Future looks promising with some in the playing squad being relatively new comers (one of them re-inventing as a batsman due to back injuries) + new additions in their domestic circuit are exciting young talents (passport blow-ins + U19s)

 

[INETS]

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.

 

[INETS]

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 Italy/Jersey to steal the show.

 

[pillowprocter]

Ayush Shukla 4 maidens 4-4-0-1 in the Hong Kong vs Mongolia T20WC qualifier match

 

[INETS]

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.

 

[INETS]

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.

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[INETS]

Meanwhile, In other part of the world -

https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=1097761755690983&id=100063715051311

 

[INETS]

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

 

[pillowprocter]

very interesting group this, given none of these teams made it to the qualifier playoff in the last cycle. Uganda got the closest, while Hong Kong weren't far off either. The rest are probably a level below in 50 over cricket, in particular I expect Singapore to really struggle