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The Rapid Rise of Nigerian Cricket and Becoming ICC’s Priority Member: A Chat with Uyi Akpata

“Growing up, when I was playing cricket, there were no female players. Nationwide, only twenty schools even featured cricket as an option. Now just...

The Dutch at the World Cup 2: Looking forward

The regrettable, arguably scandalous decision of the ICC to abandon the Super League means that the Netherlands, like other leading Associates, will spend the...

The Dutch at the World Cup 1: Looking back

Ryan Cook and Scott Edwards talked, as they really had to do, about semi-final ambitions as they set out for India, unaware like everyone...

Champions Trophy misdirection opens window for the Dutch

It was such a bizarre series of events you might have thought it was a practical joke. The sudden revelation that the qualifying procedure...

Emerging Cricket Roundtable – ODIs in Crisis!

The future of international cricket has been an issue almost as long as the international game has existed. There have been many proclamations that...

Cricket Umpiring in Japan: Interview with Sagir Parkar

“The players are so humble and nice. They take on board what you say, they don’t challenge your decisions that much, there is no...

Indonesia’s tournament of what-ifs and opportunities

Indonesia's quest to win the East Asia-Pacific Qualifier for the 2024 Women's T20 World Cup started off with great misfortune, having their connecting flight...

Ireland’s T20 Rebuild and the Time Warp

You know when you learn or pick up something by accident? That's pretty handy, right. Well for Ireland that's what seemed to happen during...

(Almost) as good as it gets: Dutch pick strong, varied squad for India

If there were no real surprises in the Dutch World Cup squad announced last Thursday there was one genuine disappointment: the fact that Fred...

From provinces to the World Cup: How women’s cricket has brought Indonesia to the world stage

This piece is about an associate nation with no Commonwealth link who is rapidly advancing their cricketing status primarily through their women's teams -...

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