Two years on…

Dear Readers, 
Its been 2 years since this blog was started in Dec 2005. I should probably have written this article on 9th Dec, but I got caught up in other things.
This blog has so far been read 80,913 times, with 2743 comments. There are a total of 354 posts.
In Dec 2006, the blog had been [...]

Canada making new league? With a baseball player?

3 international players and 1 baseball player?
But I like the 4 city based teams…… for once they are trying to create a single league covering all of Canada. I dont know the authenticity of this link

News: ICC releases schedules for HPP associates

The following is the ODI schedule:
20 March: Ireland v Bangladesh (ODI)
22 March: Ireland v Bangladesh (ODI)
24 March: Ireland v Bangladesh (ODI) 
28 June: Canada v Bermuda, Canada (ODI)
29 June: Canada v Bermuda, Canada (ODI)
1 July: Canada v Bermuda, Canada (ODI)
1 July: Scotland v New Zealand, Scotland (ODI)
2 July: Scotland v Ireland, Scotland (ODI)
3 July: Ireland v New [...]

News: Kenya get $445K sponsorship

EABL has committed to support Cricket Kenya with $445K (Sh 28 mil) over the next 4 years. This is about $110K per year. Not bad at all.
Now perhaps Kenya can play some cricket ! Maybe more than 1 game every 2 months!
Kenya already has Ihsan as their sponsor, and also the agreement with Nimbus Productions.

News: Ireland get a $615K cheque…

Well….. actually they got 2; one of $100K, and one of $515K. This should take care of somethings for the next year.

News: Bangladesh chalk out tour plans for Ireland….

The details are here, but Bangladesh have essentially offerred Ireland a longish tour. 2 four day games, 2 three day games, and 3 ODIs. This is likely to be a 3-3.5 week long tour.
Also, it has been decided that the 20 20 championship will have a qualifier, instead of selecting the top 2 ODI teams [...]

News: The WI rugby team….

There is now a west indies rugby team. This article is very interesting, and it talks about a lot of the issues that we keep on talking about regarding small countries. That is not the only reason why I am posting it here. What I found interesting is that Bermuda, Bahamas and the Cayman Islands [...]

News: Kenya league gets sponsor…

Looks like the league is still on, pushed out a little to January now. But $35000 has been pledged by a company for this tournament.

News: World Cup format may change…

It was reported today that there are 7 different formats that boards would like to have, instead of the format that was tried in this world cup…
The comparison is almost always made with the success of the 20 20 world cup. It is not taken into consideration that the champions trophy in India, which was [...]

News: KNCB’s grand plans…

CricketEurope had an article recently talking about the steps that KNCB is thinking of taking. The article is available here
There is talk of a seperate “Pakistan Cricket League”? Because there is too much tension between the “2 cultures of Dutch cricket”? Where is this “talk” emnating from? The Pakistani community or the Dutch community?
This is [...]