General Cricket Thread ...

[Rajkumar Sharma]

An interesting fact after retirement of MS. India lost odi series in New Zealand, Australia & South Africa. So, its only E - England, remaining for defeat out of SENA Countries. It has been horrible performance of team India in Odis in last 3 years in overseas

[Rajkumar Sharma]

Plenty of international cricket action going all around the world after the end of World Best T20 League, IPL

WTC 2021-23 - NZ Tour Of England
Finally a win for England at home after poor Ashes and WI tour banking on Joe Root's innings of character of 115*. The test match was evenly poised and was creating interest in every session. However, England managed to cross the line banking on Root's ton followed by comeback of Broad Anderson duo.Potts had excellent debut of getting 7 wickets in the match after good county season. Stokes underperformed but will cherish his first win as England Test Captain

[rajitghosh]

Not sure if anybody is watching but England and New Zealand are playing a memorable match. England just scored 118 runs in 10 overs thanks to Bairstow and Stokes. By the way this is a test match. India didn't score 118 in 10 overs in their T20. At this rate survival of T20 is a big question.

[Mukherjee Babu]

WTC (2023-25)

Away :
July-August 2023 - vs West Indies - 2 Tests
December-January 2023 - vs South Africa - 2 Tests
November-December 2024 - vs Australia - 5 Tests

Home :
January-March 2024 - vs England - 5 Tests
September 2024 - vs Bangladesh - 2 Tests
October 2024 - vs New Zealand - 3 Tests

WTC (2025-27)

Away :
June-August 2025 - vs England - 5 Tests
August 2026 - vs Sri Lanka - 2 Tests
October-November 2026 - vs New Zealand - 2 Tests

Home :
June 2026 - vs Afghanistan - 1 Test ( Not a part of WTC)
October 2025- vs West Indies - 2 Tests
November-December 2025 - vs South Africa - 2 Tests
January-February 2027 - vs Australia - 5 Tests

[usaindia]

New league in UAE
https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/ilt2 ... ty-1329256

[Rajkumar Sharma]

7 away tests in 2023-25 cycle going to be very much crucial.Auditions of new test middle order should begin from NZ A, Bangladesh test series.

[Atithee]

So few tests over the next few years? Is this only those that are part of the FTP calendar but doesn’t include bilateral series?

[prasen9]

The above schedule seems incomplete? Please see this sportstar article.

[Mukherjee Babu]

The above schedule seems incomplete?

No, only test series under WTC has been mentioned

[Rajiv]

A rare and creditable achievement by Hong Kong to qualify for the Asia Cup to join India and pakistan for the ACC championships.What makes it more commendable because this side is the 2nd string HKg comprising 80% Pakistan origin and 2-3 College going Indians , who could spare time for this long tour which commenced , 3 months ago in Namibia , Uganda and now to the ACC Qualies.

None of the experienced Expat players from UK, Australia , India could make the team , as the tour involved staying 3 months away from work, My son too was in the probable short list of 24 players and when the questionnaire was given to the probables on availability , my son like all the expats due to work commitment chose "available for only 3 weeks rather than 3 months" due to work commitment.Finally all those who said 3 months eventually made the team which now comprised of Pakistan origin , and University going 3 Indian kids (one who could spare the long period of 3 months )and in the later part in desperation ,with not much back ups available the team management even hurriedly even imported a UK based player Scot McKeknie who had left Hkg 3 years ago, But still with a depleted squad to make the ACC final rounds is a big achievement .

https://sportstar.thehindu.com/cricket/ ... 807463.ece

[Atithee]

Rajiv, I was going to ask about your son’s cricket progress. Thanks for the general update.

[Rajiv]

Thanks Atithee for your enquiry about my son, Devang is doing fine and juggling with his work as a Geotechnical Engineer overseeing the 3 billion dollars tunneling projects in HongKong for his company and playing cricket alongside and the last cricket season headed the season averages being # 3 in the batting averages.

https://www.crichq.com/competitions/890 ... ds/batting.

Could have made the team but eventually like the few other expat bankers and University professors had to give a shorter available option which was not accepted by the association.

The new season starts next week and hopefully should make it for future shorter tours.

[Atithee]

Good luck to Devang. Thanks for the update, Rajiv.

[PKBasu]

Rajiv, it's great to see your son, Devang Bulsara's numbers -- 55+ batting average at a strike rate of over 80, with a century and 3 fifties in 9 innings. Very impressive stuff. It would have been so great to see him playing in the Asia Cup.

[Rajiv]

Thanks PKB for your encouraging words.