News: Namibia come from behind to beat UAE…

The result is a little odd given that UAE beat Namibia in Namibia a month ago, and also given that Namibia were dismissed so cheaply on Day 1. But it has been probably the best intercontinental game for a while.
For, UAE, despite the fact that they back their born and bred players these days, what [...]

News: Malaysia not second best in ACC U19?

I am jumping the gun, but the 2 semi finals have been decided in the ACC U19. It is Malaysia v Nepal, and Afghanista v UAE. The match ups are courtesy of Afghanistan’s upset victory over Malaysia on the opening day of the tournament.
Now lets say Afghanistan and Nepal make it to the finals, then Malaysia [...]

News: Ireland do the expected…. thrash Bermuda…..

After Netherlands beat Bermuda by an innings, I dont think anyone was expecting any improvements from Bermuda……
I think Bermuda v Namibia, and Bermuda v UAE will be the ones to watch. I am expecting that if the current state of affairs persists, Bermuda is likely to end up at the bottom end of the pile. [...]

Opinion: UAE and Nepal U19 teams…..

Here is a question for some….. why is the Nepal U19 team so much stronger than the UAE U19 team?
For the last 6 years, Nepal has been winning the U19 ACC event, and UAE I think has not even finished runners up once; Malaysia has been taking that spot.
Even if you take only the expats [...]

News: UAE destroyed by Canada…

Last year, UAE lost to Namibia in a similar manner…… looks to me like the world rankings are pretty much correct, with UAE not being able to fare well against anyone away from home….. in fact, the word that I should be using is woeful……
UAE players are pretty much professional players….. some of them have [...]

News: Finally…. a step in the right direction by UAE….

Unfortunately, its not by the board. However, this news piece does show that there is interest in the locals as well.
UAE perhaps went as far as they could go with an associate set up 2-3 years back. They have since stayed at the same level. The only way forward is for the game to go to the [...]

News: Ireland crush UAE….

By an innings and 170 runs……. Boyd Rankin, who as far as I know did not play in the WCL got 5 wickets in the match, and that is probably the edge that Ireland missed in the WCL. I think that Ireland have a strong enough batting lineup that they dont really need their batsmen [...]

News: Namibia thrash UAE in 2 days

Namibia’s recent routing of UAE by an innings and 149 runs, from memory being the most one sided 4 day Intercontinental cup match between 2 teams of consecutive ‘rank’, opens up a number of questions.
For one thing, the UAE team was a full team. All their expats were playing, including Shadeep Silva who I forgot [...]

News: Namibia sensing victory on first day!

Well well….. what is happenning here?
Nambia have been quite impressive in the South African provincial championships as well, but I thought that UAE would be able to put up a better fight. Being dismissed for a under 100 and then conceding a 150 runs lead on day 1 is pretty bad, and I would be [...]

Opinion: What is wrong with UAE?

Recently, there have been many articles about Dubai losing all its cricket grounds because the city government thought they would remove them and build multiplezes or something like that over there instead. A classic case of a problem that you have when the playing population is all a minority that is not even represented in [...]