Is Newzealand the only team never lost to minnows

[ramkumar_gr]

all big nations have been beaten by minnows. Newzealand somehow managed this....
Or is it Newzealand plays minnows only in WCs. Even then this is a unique WC record.

AUS ZIM/BAN 1983/2005
ENG ZIM 1992
SA BAN 2007
IND KEN/BAN/ZIM
PAK BAN/IRE 1999/2007
SRI KEN 2003
WI KEN 1996

 

[Sanz]

Zimbos were not Minnows in 1992.

 

[simmy]

Yeah they were a decent side. Nowhere near the shock of say WIvKEN or IREvPAK

 

[Neil Pickup]

Zimbabwe were still a non-Test nation in 1992.

 

[Richard]

So? Just by being non-Test does not make you substandard in ODIs.

 

[Kweek]

So? Just by being non-Test does not make you substandard in ODIs.

is that you Richard?....

 

[FILOCRICKET]

WELL Zimbabwe has beaten them 7 times out of 28 ODI they played against one another, but Zimbabwe has never won against them in a test match. The current Zimbabwe cricket team does probably look up to Bangladesh

 

[FILOCRICKET]

So? Just by being non-Test does not make you substandard in ODIs.

Yeah true, Irish eyes might also be looking down on Zimbabwe. Shocking that Cricket in Zimbabwe has come to this

 

[Richard]

is that you Richard?....

Yeah. Suprised you're surprised, mind - I'm always the first to point-out the differences between Tests and ODIs.

 

[Matt79]

So? Just by being non-Test does not make you substandard in ODIs.

Non-Test = Minnow for me - at least in common usage... Esp. given Zimbabwe and Bangladesh today ARE Test teams.

 

[Richard]

I tend to judge teams purely on the standard of their game.

At one point Bangladesh were looking like becoming Test-class and had never once remotely looked like doing so in ODIs.

 

[Hoppy1987]

Some of the players Zim had back then though are well recognised throughout cricket as being decent ODI and Test players and they were (even though not a test nation) a decent ODI side!

 

[Dick Rockett]

I certainly think that Zimbabwe qualified as minnows back in 1992. I remember reading a Benaud article where he described them as such.

 

[Richard]

But people always described new(ish) sides as something along those lines (don't know how new or old that horrible term "minnow" is), it doesn't mean it was always true.

 

[FILOCRICKET]

But people always described new(ish) sides as something along those lines (don't know how new or old that horrible term "minnow" is), it doesn't mean it was always true.

****wits

 

[FILOCRICKET]

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[Prince EWS]

Oh FFS! Why on Earth wasn't it a permaban? The most obvious case for one I've ever seen!

 

[dontcloseyoureyes]

Hahahaha, it wasn't permanent? Hahahahahaha. Worst moderation I've ever seen.

 

[Smudge]

****wits

Hahahaha, it wasn't permanent? Hahahahahaha. Worst moderation I've ever seen.

Careful, Smith, FILOCRICKET will accuse you of cyber-bullying in 5...4...3...2...

 

[Richard]

Oh FFS! Why on Earth wasn't it a permaban? The most obvious case for one I've ever seen!

Hahahaha, it wasn't permanent? Hahahahahaha. Worst moderation I've ever seen.

Umm... ditto.

I was rather worried when I saw the avatar had disappeared... and I was right... oh, WTF? I seriously cannot believe this has happened.