#associate cricket

Kinchit Shah interview: Difficulties of Hong Kong cricketer, opportunities for Associate teams and uncertainty over future

The most endearing virtues of being young lies in its free spirit. Youthfulness is also a voyage of self-discovery where the smouldering passion within becomes the guiding light rather than rationale and reason.

The free spirit of the youth allows a 20-year-old Rishabh Pant to begin his Test career with a six.

Mumbai-born Prithvi Shaw’s unwavering passion for cricket…

UAET20X: The engine to fuel growth for UAE and other Associates

It was a big hole quite visible for a long time but not much talked about in the streets. The need became more evident when the country initiated the T10 format and successfully organised the event. On why there is no franchise-based T20 league already in place in UAE??

Emirates Cricket Board have been playing host’s to Pakistan’s International Home games/series for a considerable period of time…

Imagine being a team that came very close to qualifying for the 2019 ICC Cricket World Cup, and then beat the #1 ranked ODI nation in a solitary ODI, following it up with a tied T20I against a Full member and ending up winning a T20I Tri-series involving the Full member and fellow Associate. Quite some show and much would be expected more from them, isn’t it.

But a cruel NO is the answer that…

Associate member players all set for 2018 CPL T20 as schedule announced

The Full schedule for 2018 Caribbean Premier League (CPLT20) was announced on the International Cricket Council (ICC) website on 05th Jun 2018. The 34 match season will be held in various venues in the Caribbean region, with few matches to be held in the US as well from 08th Aug – 06th Sep, 2018.

Seven players from Associate countries (4 from US, 2 from Canada & 1 from Nepal) will be part of the…

The Inaugural Gender Equality Annual Day T20 match between Fairbreak International XI and The Sir Paul Getty XI will be streamed live on YouTube. 12 players from 11 countries including representation from 7 Associate member countries is what constitutes the Fairbreak International XI Women’s squad, that will take to the field at Wormsley Cricket Club ground in the UK on 30th May 2018.

FairBreak…

Before being awarded full membership by the ICC, Cricket Ireland were raising their voice and opinion for having more associate countries get chance to participate in Cricket World Cups.

And the mood hasn’t changed a bit since them becoming a Test country and their CEO, Warren Deutrom was quoted in the thetimes.co.uk, “We have only had one board meeting since we became a full member, so the…

ICC criteria for full membership very tough for Associate Countries

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In June 2017, ICC granted test status and full membership for the first time since 2000 (Bangladesh), when they included Ireland & Afghanistan into the fold.

Ireland met all the required conditions and few exceptions were made for Afghanistan based on their country’s cultural profiles.

However, what were the conditions exactly that needs to be met for applying for full…

93 Associate Countries affected as Afghanistan & Ireland will take more than $80 Million out of total $240 Million for Associates

The significant changes in the ICC Global landscape which were approved in the Annual General Meeting last week in London, meant a lot of changes in the ICC funding for the Associate nations. After all, it’s the same story that keeps on continuing for the funding part. But this time, something else happened which has hampered them even more for the near future. So, what exactly happened here?? In…