Domestic Cricket in Associate Nations

[Aislabie]

Cricket Ireland have named the three coaches for the Interpros, and there's some calibre. Northern CU have Bobjee Rao as their coach, North West CU have Eugene Moleon and Trent Johnston will be at Leinster, presumably as a player-coach

 

[dancingmongoose]

And we have our first squad: News | Cricket Ireland

 

[Aislabie]

Excellent, I'll use that to look after the Wikipedia pages. A really strong squad that, not quite sure what they'll be looking at for their final XI, but it has to be something like:

Ben Ackland
John Anderson
Andrew Balbirnie
Andrew Poynter
Kevin O'Brien
Alex Cusack
John Mooney
Trent Johnston
Stuart Poynter
Max Sorensen
Albert van der Merwe

That's going to be very tough to beat, and should be something of a window into the domestic strength of Ireland even with plaers unavailable because of county commitments. Let's wait and see what the North and North West come up with, but I'd pencil Leinster in as favourites.

 

[Aislabie]

Also, I've completed the first of a set of three Facebook covers for those who feel like showing their support to one of the teams. All logos are concept logos, though, as nothing has been released officially.

 

[Aislabie]

Couple more squads out, neither of them can really compete with Leinster for depth. Doesn't mean they won't win - one team will almost always be stronger than eleven individuals.

 

[JD10]

What is the standard like ? Good standard or just above good Club cricket (ECB accredited premier league)

 

[Aislabie]

It varies I think. Leinster would probably hold their own in the scrap at the bottom of the County Championship, but the others are more Minor Counties I think.

If they could borrow back their county players, that would be different though.

 

[Aislabie]

For all who want one, a beginner's guide to the Interpros can be found here.

 

[troll3y]

At the moment, the Interpros do not have 'major' status, which would mean that its matches would count as First Class, List A and Twenty20 games. However, without this status, and without the availability of county cricketers such as Will Porterfield, there will be all the more opportunity for young players ... to show their worth.

I'm not sure why, but no matter how many times I read this excerpt, I still don't know what you're trying to say. The Interpros will be classed as FC, LA, and T20... right? Either way, what bearing would that have on young players' opportunities?

 

[Aislabie]

They won't have that status, which means that the county players won't be playing, which means that more young players will. Sorry if it's a bit ambiguous, it was written late at night

 

[Aislabie]

The CS Pro Series has been set back a little by the weather.

 

[dancingmongoose]

Cricket PNG: Cricket Papua New Guinea News

First two rounds of PNG's T20 domestic comp were played the other day, with each team getting a Vanuatuan international as well playing for them

 

[Aislabie]

Looks like one for Cricket Coach!

 

[dancingmongoose]

Even the CC database doesn't have half the players, seeing as half the players don't have cricinfo profiles

 

[Aislabie]

A fantastic first game of the Interpros, KOB powers Leinster to a thrilling and unbelievable victory over the Knights