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‘I have always been an outsider’ – The expat native binary in Associate cricket

Opinion
In a recent interview with Emerging Cricket, Cricket Russia’s CEO Ashwani Chopra argued ‘unless we popularise cricket among native Russians and no longer remain as...

Five rings. Five hundred grand: How Olympic inclusion will turbo-charge cricket’s development in Brazil and beyond

EC Podcast
Speaking on the Emerging Cricket Podcast that aired on 31st July, Matt Featherston, the former Kent representative and now Cricket Brazil President renewed calls...

Loaded dice in the zero-sum game

Opinion
Back in 2013 I had a lively argument with Tim Anderson, who was at the time the ICC’s Global Development Manager. He was visiting the...

Associate cricket is stronger than ever, but how to continue this momentum?

Opinion
As we look to the future and long for the return of cricket, it now might be a good time to reflect on the...

Of Eligibility and Expats

Opinion
The ICC’s eligibility criteria - which determine under what circumstances a player is allowed to represent a given country in international cricket - are...

In the gutter, looking at the stars

Opinion
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...

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

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

CWC League 2 – points table, schedule, previews & match reports

CWC League 2
The seven-team Cricket World Cup (CWC) League 2 will see each side play 36 ODIs over 9 double round-robin tri-series. It will run from...

A statistical look at the 2019 Emerging game

Insight
Emerging players and nations took up a bigger part of the 2019 cricket calendar year with 389 male matches played by Associate nations and...

Broader issues in spotlight after annus horribilis for Cricket Ireland

Opinion
It hasn't been the best of years for Cricket Ireland, has 2019. There was a significant loss (a "six figure sum") due to cyber-fraud,...

CWC Challenge League B – points table, schedule, previews & match reports

CWC Challenge League B
Bermuda, Hong Kong, Italy Jersey, Kenya, and Uganda began their long road to World Cup Qualification when they squared off in Group B of...

Status and statistics – cricket’s hegemonic nonsense

Opinion
Republished and updated after the Maldives were defeated by 249 runs against Bangladesh during the South Asian Games in Nepal. They were dismissed for...

ECL 2020: Weston opens up tournament ownership

European Cricket League
Founder of the European Cricket League Daniel Weston is handing an opportunity to fans and investors to own a share in his competition for...

The Smiling Assassins: how Thailand built a formidable women’s national cricket team, Part 2

Insight
Whereas Part 1 charted the history of the Thailand women’s long road to World Cup qualification, in this article we talk in-depth about the...

Parity complete as Europe emerges as next to join cycle

Insight
When Afghanistan beat the West Indies in Lucknow on Saturday, something special occurred. What appeared to be an innocuous T20I match in a bilateral series...

The six qualifiers for the 2020 Men’s T20 World Cup

Men's T20 World Cup
Fourteen teams travelled to the UAE for the global qualifiers hoping to pick up one of the six places on offer at the 2020...

Stand and deliver: new heroes needed to drive the Nepali droves

Opinion
With a new board and a new captain to be announced, who is ready to step up to take Nepal forward?

Of bilaterals and Bangladesh; cricket’s short series conundrum

Opinion
Today, David Schout wrote a piece for The Roar where he lamented next year's cricket schedule for being 'obsessed' with the three-game series; Australia...

EXCLUSIVE: Anshuman Rath quits Hong Kong to pursue Indian dream – will enter IPL draft as a local

News
Incumbent Hong Kong men's captain Anshuman Rath has not been included in the squad selected for the impending T20 World Cup Qualifiers "so he...

Emerging Cricket launches on Patreon

News
Enjoying our podcast? Love reading stories like Nishadh Rego's in-depth piece on the rise of the Thailand women's team, when Nick Skinner disproved the...

The smiling assassins: How Thailand built a formidable women’s national cricket team, Part 1

Insight
It is January 2009. The mood at the Chiang Mai Gymkhana Club is buoyant. The Thailand men’s national team has just beaten the Maldives...

ICC global funding model explainer

Insight
With various discussion online about the World Cup format and whether changing the structure would affect the value of the event ergo the money...

Social media, migration, marketing and the Olympics; building profile and broadening appeal in Associate nations

Insight
In many countries cricket is a minority sport at the very margins of cultural awareness. This can make it difficult to build participation and...

The World Cup “competitive games” fallacy

Opinion
This article serves as a rebuttal of the argument justifying the ICC’s decision to reduce the CWC to 10 teams on the basis that...

‘Anywhere, Anyone, Anytime’, ICC launches ‘criiio’ to celebrate the game worldwide

News
On the eve of the ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup 2019, the 'criiio' campaign has been launched by the ICC. Fans have been encouraged...

Appeal, foundations, commercial success. Full Membership. World Cups. What does success look like?

Insight
While the opportunity to play in World Cups and present a case for Full Member elevation are guiding objectives for Associates, for lower ranked...

Building domestic pathways: local engagement, integrating new talent and fun in the park

Insight
There are many elements to developing a successful, sustainable cricket programme. For the casual observer - and even for those who watch a lot...

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