Intercontinential Cup

[cricketmad09]

Are we missing a thread about this? Two matches on at the moment. Namibia getting the better of Ireland in their match.

 

[angryangy]

Would like to see more opinions on associate cricket in their own domain and not so much when they suddenly appear on the ODI radar. However, coverage isn't 100% and the schedule is a bit confusing. Maybe this can just be a permanent sticky.

 

[jongoh_1979]

The ICC now ranks the top non-Test nations to complement the Test nations' rankings.

Latest rankings are:

10 Ireland
12 Netherlands
13 Kenya
14 Afghanistan
15 Scotland
16 Canada
17 United Arab Emirates
18 Namibia
19 Papua New Guinea
20 Hong Kong

With number of Irish and Dutch players now getting exposure in England, I can see these two countries putting pressure on Bangladesh and Zimbabwe.

 

[Rohit Doshi]

Sad to see Kenya slipping so down but then they have been surrounded by politics and no money problems

 

[AnshtheDj]

The ICC now ranks the top non-Test nations to complement the Test nations' rankings.

Latest rankings are:

10 Ireland
12 Netherlands
13 Kenya
14 Afghanistan
15 Scotland
16 Canada
17 United Arab Emirates
18 Namibia
19 Papua New Guinea
20 Hong Kong

How come 11th rank is missing ? or is it a typo ?

Honestly speaking, information about more and more associate nations should be made available to present day cricket followers if we want cricket to be truly global sport, which it is not.

Starting off the discussion with Ireland:
If only Irish players are not mercilessly poached by ECB, they would have had a much stronger limited overs squad by now. Eoin Morgan is a big loss to them, I would love see him in whites for Ireland, if ever Ireland are given official test status.

I also read somewhere that ECB has also set its sights on lanky pacer Boyd Rankin and impressive teenage spinner, George Dockrell (as a succession plan for Swann). This seems unfair to Irish cricket, who have made their mark in international cricket albeit with sporadic appearances.

Already their most experienced player Trent Jonston is nearing retirement. With Morgan having gone and few more under ECB poach-list, Irish cricket can find it tough to put on a decent XI on the park.

They would be much stronger if
1. they can have Morgan back in their batting line-up
2. Unearth a good fast bowler to bowl in tandem with Rankin.

Of course, we don't live in a ideal world and all this are wishful thinking as of now.

I find international cricket quite boring at times with the same 8 top International teams playing each other ever since I started following cricket as a kid. So I really hope that smaller cricketing nations are given every chance to improve and play international cricket.

 

[VC the slogger]

How come 11th rank is missing ? or is it a typo ?

Honestly speaking, information about more and more associate nations should be made available to present day cricket followers if we want cricket to be truly global sport, which it is not.

Starting off the discussion with Ireland:
If only Irish players are not mercilessly poached by ECB, they would have had a much stronger limited overs squad by now. Eoin Morgan is a big loss to them, I would love see him in whites for Ireland, if ever Ireland are given official test status.

I also read somewhere that ECB has also set its sights on lanky pacer Boyd Rankin and impressive teenage spinner, George Dockrell (as a succession plan for Swann). This seems unfair to Irish cricket, who have made their mark in international cricket albeit with sporadic appearances.

Already their most experienced player Trent Jonston is nearing retirement. With Morgan having gone and few more under ECB poach-list, Irish cricket can find it tough to put on a decent XI on the park.

They would be much stronger if
1. they can have Morgan back in their batting line-up
2. Unearth a good fast bowler to bowl in tandem with Rankin.

Of course, we don't live in a ideal world and all this are wishful thinking as of now.

I find international cricket quite boring at times with the same 8 top International teams playing each other ever since I started following cricket as a kid. So I really hope that smaller cricketing nations are given every chance to improve and play international cricket.

Yeah its very unfair for Ireland to be weakened due to players preferring playing for England so that they can also play tests.Its even more unfair that the ICC haven't given Ireland test status.Till now they have performed 10-15 times better than Bangladesh before they got test status.Ireland beat Pakistan comprehensively in the 2007 world cup and beat England in 2011 by chasing the highest wc run-chase ever chasing 327 when they were 111-5 and Kevin O'Brien scored that fastest hundred.They should have given Ireland test status by now.

 

[VC the slogger]

Here are the 2011 ICC Global Associate/Affliate rankings:-
11-Ireland
12-Netherlands
13-Kenya
14-Afghanistan
15-Scotland
16-Canada
17-UAE
18-Namibia
19-Papua New Guinea
20-Hong Kong
21-Uganda
22-Bermuda
23-Oman
24-Italy
25-Denmark
26-USA
27-Nepal
28-Tanzania
29-Cayman Islands
30-Argentina
31-Bahrain
32-Singapore
33-Guernsey
34-Malaysia
35-Kuwait
36-Jersey
37-Nigeria
38-Fiji
39-Germany
40-Botswana
41-Norway
42-Japan
43-Vanuatu
44-Gibraltar
45-Suriname
46-Bhutan
47-Ghana
48-Samoa
49-Swaziland
50-Panama
51-Maldives
52-Phillipines
53-France
54-Mozambique
55-Belize
56-Saudi Arabia
57-Tonga
58-Belgium
59-Sierra Leone
60-Turks&Caicos
61-Qatar
62-Cook Islands
63-Austria
64-Malawi
65-Bahamas
66-Thailand
67-Indonesia
68-Israel
69-Rwanda
70-Brazil
71-Iran
72-South Korea
73-Croatia
74-Seychelles
75-Peru
76-China
77-Isle of Man
78-Lesotho
79-Chile
80-Brunei
81-Portugal
82-Morocco
83-Mexico
84-Myanmar
85-Spain
86-Gambia
87-Costa Rica
88-Greece(aka Hellas)
89-Cameroon
90-Falkland Islands
91-Finland
92-Mali
93-Cuba
94-Luxembourg
95-Zambia
96-Malta
97-St Helena
98-Cyprus
99-Sweden
100-Estonia
101-Slovenia
102-Czech Republic
103-Turkey
104-Bulgaria
105-Switzerland