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Harsh Test lessons for Ireland against dominant Sri Lanka

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Hopes were high after a spirited finish to Ireland's only Test against Bangladesh a few weeks ago. Lorcan Tucker's incredible test century on debut, and...

USA Cricket name 15 for Women’s World Cup Global Qualifier

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USA Cricket have selected 15 for the Women’s T20 World Cup Global Qualifiers to begin on September 10 in Dubai.  This latest team configuration shows...

New hosts and competitors breathe life in regional structures: By Hook or By Brooks

By Hook or by Brooks
It has been very uplifting to see cricket being played far and wide across the emerging cricket world in recent months after the period...

Super Over: One key question for each team ahead of the T20 World Cup

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With the T20 World Cup almost upon us, Emerging Cricket explores the challenges that each of the six teams will need to overcome in...

Super Over: Six key stories for 2021

Super Over
After 2020 and COVID-19 brought the cricketing world to grinding halt, 2021 offers hope that cricket can pick up where it left off in...

Challenges and opportunities at the turn of the millennium

By Hook or by Brooks
Although culturally very distinct, continental Europe was also within the orbit of the ECB and those that shared a North Sea coast were so...

Germany’s tryst with the World Cup Qualifier

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The 2001 World Cup Qualifier in Canada, then known as the ICC Trophy, featured as many as 24 teams bifurcated into two divisions, with two groups...

Revisiting a Franco-German cliffhanger

EC Rewind
Be it France’s 6-3 win at the 1958 World Cup, or West Germany’s victorious penalty shootout in the semifinal of the 1982 edition, the Franco-German fixture has provided...

The first ODI on Scottish soil

EC Rewind
The third-place playoff of the 1997 ICC Trophy (as the World Cup Qualifier was then known) in Malaysia saw Scotland beat Ireland by 51 runs on...

Super Over: 6 great women’s games with emerging stars

Super Over
While Daniel Beswick runs an eye over a host of exciting young women's cricketers, Nick Skinner takes a look at 5 classic matches involving...
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