Opinion: Ramblings on the ICL issue….

I understand that the Pakistani players are professional cricketers, and that they have the right to take the decisions that are in their best interests….. but I have a question in this regard…..
Lets say that the ICC did not have any player qualification criteria for the national teams….. anyone could play for any country. In [...]

News: Kolpak agreement killing Cricket - Majola

 Looks like this issue of losing national players to counties, and then to England is not only affecting the associates, but South Africa as well…… in fact, for some reason it is particularly affecting South Africa, and not England or New Zealand that much.
Gerald Majola has made a statement that Kolpak Agreements are killing Cricket…. [...]

Opinion: Thinking beyond the rain…..

This post is not about associates. This posting is about test teams.
Shouldnt the test countries, especially those that make $5million per match (e..g Pak v Ind game), do something about the rain? The simplest, and most expensive solution is to have a canopy in the stadium. Yes it will cost a lot of money, but [...]

Opinion: A better world cup format……..

I remember reading the original format for the world cup 2007 2-3 years back. It was the one that was also used in the MLB World Championship in 2006. The first round would be the same as it was this year, followed by a second stage. The second stage would be 2 groups of 4 [...]

Opinion: ODIs in 2006

This is a bit interesting. Bangladesh being more successful in ODIs, behind only to NZ and Aus than the rest.
What I find to be very odd is that NZ, despite being #2, played only 12 ODIs!!!! Thats less than Kenya, and about 40% of Both Zim and Bangladesh. Surely, NZ would have liked to have some outing [...]

Thailand’s and Bhutan’s Preparations for the ACC U-15 Cup in Dec.

Rashid Khan’s appointment as coach for the China U-15 team to play in Bangkok in December has been to focus of all attention in the run up to the tournament so far, however two of the other participating teams, namely, hosts Thailand, and Bhutan have also been preparing hard for the tournament where the top [...]

Opinion: How much did the ICC goof up?

One of the most glaring things that stands out in the current ICC Champions Trophy is that the first round was not really needed. ICC could have very easily picked only the top 8 teams from the rankings and held this tournament. If the first round was necessary for some reason, and Bangladesh may have [...]

Opinion: Why a champions trophy…. now?

To me, it seems very silly that there is a tournament, with the top 10 teams playing, 6 months before the World Cup. What is the value of the world cup? That Holland or Kenya would be playing in it?
ICC needs to get one thing through their head…. they are not FIFA and cricket is [...]

Opinion: What is Malaysia getting out of Tri series?

This is not a sarcastic or suggestive question…… its just a simple question…..
I know that Abu Dhabi Cricket Association was given a million dollars for the 2 ODIs between India and Pakistan this year…… Is Malaysia Cricket board expecting something like that? Australia and WI are going to be given $1million each for every game [...]

Opinion: The forfeited test…

It seems that despite the game being 129 years old, you can still have something new popping up in it. A forfeited test match by Pakistan….. one which they in all likeliness would have won and reduced the loss margin to 2-1, will now look 3-0.
First …. ball tampering……. didnt we get that out of [...]