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Poor Nepal performances not down to Patwal

When Umesh Patwal announced his resignation as Nepal coach on the eve of their home Tri-Series last month, pockets of fans and critics in...

Analysing Thailand’s memorable T20 World Cup debut

Chanida Sutthiruang runs in from wide of the crease. It’s a ripper of an inswinger. A helpless Shemaine Campbelle is late on it. She’s...

In the gutter, looking at the stars

Let us conduct a thought experiment. I want you to join me in imagining a governing body of a global sport (let’s, for the sake of...

From ICC calendar conflict comes a chance to change. Pool global rights. Save international cricket.

Much has been said over the past 24 hours in response to Dan Brettig's ESPN Cricinfo piece on the ICC's proposed event calendar for...

Olympic inclusions offers a huge platform for emerging cricket

The conversation about cricket entering the Olympics is optimistic at best, overdone and jaded at worst. However, the past Olympic cycle has seen a...

Associates driving global growth? Up to a point . . .

In April 2018 the ICC took a bold, and on the face of it, rather surprising step: it decided that as from 1 January...

Is an Associate player spot the way forward for the BBL?

With the ever-expanding international cricket schedule, this season's edition of Australia's BBL has seen international players coming and going from their teams at a...

Japan defeat exposes cricket’s media oligopoly

After Japan's 10 wicket defeat to India at the U19 World Cup, cricket's ugly discourse criticising developing nations reared its head once more.

EPL 2020 – Moving forward, but never straightforward

Kicking off under the Kathmandu sun in March, the 2020 Everest Premier League (EPL) aims to move into uncharted territory. Avoiding cliches that link...

The ICC is sitting on a 300 million person cricket revolution ahead of this month’s U19 World Cup

The Under-19’s Men's Cricket World Cup is usually relegated to vague opinion pieces regarding who the next big thing will be for the major...

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