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Re: Associate competitions
Posted: Fri Feb 23, 2024 12:55 am
by Victorian
Also BTW, League 2 has started. Netherlands got smoked by Nepal. Namibia are strong.
Re: Associate competitions
Posted: Fri Feb 23, 2024 9:04 am
by ray
Here is the ICC schedule for the top eight Associates for the next 3 years:
https://images.icc-cricket.com/image/up ... iqqxb3.pdf
Includes CWC League 2, other ODIs, T20Is
No First Class fixtures indicated so far.
Next T20 WC : Feb 2026 in India/Sri Lanka
Re: Associate competitions
Posted: Mon Feb 26, 2024 7:19 am
by ray
Very interesting results in the Challenge League Playoff:
Super sixes :
Kuwait, Tanzania 4 points
Italy, Bahrain 2 points
Bermuda, Vanuatu 0 points
Malaysia out of ICC 50 over competitions, Saudi Arabia still excluded for now. Both will be fine however, given the active regions in which they play.
As for the first tri-series of the 2024-26 CWC League 2 in Nepal. Namibia took 3 wins, Netherlands 2 wins and Nepal a single win.
And this was a slightly stronger Nepal side than the one that beat Canada 3-0 in the bilateral series. Tough road ahead for Canada ...
Re: Associate competitions
Posted: Mon Feb 26, 2024 1:38 pm
by timmyj51
Bermuda cricket has really gone down the toilet...
Re: Associate competitions
Posted: Sat Mar 02, 2024 11:59 pm
by Victorian
Kuwait Tanzania Italy and Bahrain through to the Challenge League. Daniel Beswick, a host of Emerging Cricket and an Australian, pronounced it Tan-ZAN-ya
Re: Associate competitions
Posted: Sun Mar 03, 2024 12:04 am
by Victorian
As Timmyj mentioned, Bermuda are very weak. Of course, they didn’t win a game in the last challenge league. It would be good to have Canada Emerging play some games v Bermuda. Also some more tier two comps. Leverock complaining about not getting franchise gigs. I mean…guy…
Re: Associate competitions
Posted: Sun Mar 03, 2024 8:17 am
by ray
So, 3 of the 4 of the initial Challenge League participants are relegated including the only remaining Americas representation. Two more members of Asian (and Arabian) region are promoted as well as another East African team. Based on the results, the next Challenge League will be more competitive with some much stronger incoming teams. PNG, Jersey, and Uganda would be among the early favourites. Kuwait may also prove to be a rising team.
Re: Associate competitions
Posted: Fri May 03, 2024 8:24 pm
by ray
Not even 6 months into the 2024-27 Associate cycle and there are already changes to the ICC calendar. The USA/Canada/UAE T20 tri-series of May 2024 looks to have disappeared as well as the Scotland/Oman/Namibia League 2 series. I can see that the 2024 T20 WC takes precedence but those series should never have been put to paper in the first place. So what else has changed on the schedule ?