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[KiWiNiNjA]

It would be a slap in the ICC's face if Bangladesh come unstuck against Bermuda, but that clearly will not happen. Obviously the theory that playing the strongest nations will help them grow as a cricketing nation will be proved to be so much cant if, by some miracle, they actually did contrive to lose. It'd be bad news for the ICC, but good news for cricket's pretensions of spreading the gospel outside the traditional countries.

Zimbabwe are really only a test nation in name now & Kenya have had their own issues too. Of all the possible upsets Ireland turning Zimabawe over would've looked the most likely before the World League, but yer Micks hardly covered themselves with glory. Canada have a puncher's chance aganist Kenya, but as Goughy & others observe, their squad's make up is primarily ex-pats. There are only three native-born Canucks &, of those, Davison & Billcliff were Australasian-raised, leaving Kevin Sandher as the sole real McCoy born-and-raised Canadian.

This being so, I do wonder how they're allowed to get away with it. I thought after the UAE's team in 1996 regulations were introduced to make sure teams had to have a certain number of local players?

*cough* *cough* New Zealand-raised

Also add Darron Reekers to that list

 

[Neil Pickup]

*cough* *cough* New Zealand-raised

Also add Darron Reekers to that list

Australasia = Australia + NZ + PNG + Rugby Islands...

 

[Steulen]

*cough* *cough* New Zealand-raised

Also add Darron Reekers to that list

Uhhmmm..Darron Reekers plays for The Netherlands. And he's actually half-Dutch, not just of Dutch descent.

 

[KiWiNiNjA]

Uhhmmm..Darron Reekers plays for The Netherlands. And he's actually half-Dutch, not just of Dutch descent.

Darron Reekers is New Zealand-raised and born for that matter. I never said he played for Canada.

Yes, he is half Dutch. But your point is.......?

 

[Craig]

Uhhmmm..Darron Reekers plays for The Netherlands. And he's actually half-Dutch, not just of Dutch descent.

Now you Dutch aren't like the Irish who will hand out a Dutch passport at anybody who has so far and gone and drunk a bottle of Heinkein before?

 

[KiWiNiNjA]

Australasia = Australia + NZ + PNG + Rugby Islands...

My bad. Australasian looks so much like Australian.

You know us kiwis get all hot and sweety when we are associated with those Aussies

 

[Richard]

Things like "I'll eat my computer..."?

Indeed.

How many cases on this forum can you think of where I've said something and I'll eat my computer and said something has not come to pass?

 

[Nishant]

Davison 145* to lead Canada to victory over England, anyone?

that wud be jokes!