News: Its happenning….

The ICC is one signature off from cutting the number of teams by 2 in the next world cup…… in addition to that, the suggested format is one crappy one, with a team making winning all games at the same level as the team beating only the associates (plus Ban and Zim)!
In 1996, I remember [...]

Stats: Nearest Victories for Associates vs Test Countries….

I have compiled a list of the 11 closest games that featured associates and they came out losers by a small margin. Please feel free to suggest any games that I may have missed which were closer, and also give your pick of the 3 closest games from this list. Please note that sometimes a [...]

Opinion: ICC’s ODI ranking system…..

Current ICC’s ODI ranking system only includes match results, and the strength of the teams. It does not cater to the margin or manner of the matchup. Scotland’s defeat to WI on the second last ball of the match was essentially the same as some other associate losing to WI by 10 wkts or 150 [...]

Opinion: Lets not discount Namibia U19….

After reading up on their squad, I realized that they have 4 players in their side who have played first class cricket, and 2 were even in the recent game against UAE, with David Botha making a century.
The other 2, Sean Silver and van der Westhuzen, have played the first class games against SA provincial [...]