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Born into a family of cricket tragics in Canada and Tri-lingual across English, French and Spanish, Nick has broad experience providing descriptive and entertaining match coverage for multiple events across three continents involving emerging cricket teams. Nick’s personal blog is helicentcric.blogspot.com and tweets as @HeliocentCric, where he tirelessly proselytises the emerging game.
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Afghanistan: Cricket has a second chance at genuine reform

Cricket Australia has announced their withdrawal from an upcoming fixture against Afghanistan, citing the Taliban’s appalling treatment of women. The ICC has expressed concern at...

Challenge League Day 8: Qatar hold on, Singapore finish strong

Qatar (181/9 in 50 overs; Imraz 47*, Syahadat 3/24) defeated Malaysia (177 in 47.5 overs; Azim 71*, Tanveer 3/14) by 4 runs. Vanuatu (111 in 29.4...

Challenge League Day 7: Canada unbeaten and Denmark chasing second place

Canada (246/4 in 38 overs; Kirton 108*, Nipiko 2/19) defeated Vanuatu (42; Rasu 10, Shahzad 4/8) by 244 runs. Denmark (242/6 in 49 overs; Shah 75,...

Challenge League Day 6: Denmark thrills while Canada dominates

Denmark (297/7 in 50 overs; Shah 138, Mahboob 2/45) defeated Singapore (296 in 49.5 overs; Rangarajan 87, Anand 3/44) by 1 run. Canada (275/9 in 50...

Challenge League Day 5: Qatar and Singapore too good for battling Vanuatu and Malaysia

Qatar (293/8 off 50 overs; Rizlan 77, Wotu 2/28) defeated Vanuatu (197 off 44.4 overs; Kaltapau 67, Babu 3/45) by 96 runs. Malaysia (210/8 off 50...

Challenge League Day 4: Canada and Denmark get home with bowling

Canada (239/8 in 50 overs; Thaker 57*, Mogan 2/29) defeated Malaysia (118 in 29.3 overs; Muniandy 48, Zafar 5/31) by 121 runs. Denmark (267/7 in 50...

Challenge League Day 3: Damgaard and Dhaliwal lead Denmark and Canada to dominant wins

Denmark (285/8 in 50 overs; Shah 85, Samson 2/38) defeated Vanuatu (158 in 38.3 overs; Mansale 66*, Damgaard 4/26) by 127 runs. Singapore (188 in 49.2...

Challenge League Day 2: Vanuatu and Singapore win despite missing stars

Malaysia (124 in 37.5 overs; Hayat 42*, Nipiko 3/42) lost to Vanuatu (125/8 in 32.3 overs; Allan 39*, Aziz 3/36) by 2 wickets with 105...

Challenge League Day 1: Denmark fight, but Canada too strong

Canada (219/8 in 50 overs. Kirton 48; Shah 2/31) defeated Denmark (145 in 43.2 overs. Anand 39; Heyliger 5/34). With last-minute preparations and customary organised chaos,...

Capricorn Women’s Tri-Series Wrap: Zimbabwe triumph, Namibia and Uganda find positives

Zimbabwe’s women were too good against Namibia in the final of this week’s Capricorn Women’s Tri-Series, lifting the trophy in the Namibian capital of Windhoek...

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