Rod Lyall - Page 25

Retired academic, now a journalist and commentator, mainly covering Dutch international and domestic cricket.
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Emerging cricket one hundred years ago

A century ago the world was recovering from a War to End All Wars and a global influenza pandemic, but outside the ICC’s then three...

2020: The year that mostly wasn’t

2020 should have been the year of Twenty20, with the Women’s World Cup in the shortest format in February and March balanced by the men’s...

The Netherlands gets a second indoor cricket centre

A few years ago travellers on the 199 bus route in Amstelveen, on the outskirts of Amsterdam, would encounter in the late afternoon a beturbaned...

A turf square is not just for Christmas

The Nigerian Cricket Federation’s ambitious plans to develop turf pitches in Lagos and Abuja has run into trouble. The first group of clay soils the...

KNCB appoints Milena van Not as its new CEO

The KNCB has announced that its new CEO will be Milena van Not (51), a former hockey player and coach with an extensive background in...

Dutch youth squads include some well-known names

It’s not uncommon for familiar names to recur across the generations in Dutch cricket teams, but the names of almost all those selected in the...

KNCB gives women’s cricket a boost

The development of women’s cricket in the Netherlands took a significant step forward this week with the advertising of the post of national Head Coach...

The Netherlands adds another turf square

Dutch cricket acquired its eighth turf square last weekend with the launch of the new facility at Hermes-DVS’s Sportpark Harga complex in Schiedam. Local council plans...

Former Sri Lankan international Tony Opatha dies

Tony Opatha, the former Sri Lankan seam bowler who died on Friday at the age of 73, played a significant part in the development of...

‘T20, Jim, but not as we know it’ – Dutch T20 Cup finals day report

If you’re the kind of Twenty20 enthusiast who believes that the short format is only about massive sixes, shots of spectacular inventiveness and bowlers suffering...

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