luffy
International Captain
well one thing for sure...some of the english commentators would have a really hard time saying some of the chinese names...
well one thing for sure...some of the english commentators would have a really hard time saying some of the chinese names...
Ireland can never, ever get Test status because Ireland is in cricketing terms part of England and every Irishman who has ever got good at cricket has played in and for England.but looking at how ireland can be looking forward at test status if they go like this...and some test quality players stay loyal..cant they?
And it's a start many have made. A start is of little consequence. It's the next few steps that will make those with some sense sit up and take notice.never said it was going to happen overnight...its doesn't happen overnight...but its a good start...
I would hate to be the bowler who had to bowl uphill into the breeze in Nepal.Is cricket not a mainstream sport in Nepal?
It would be great... you bowl from next to the wickie and stand in as a slip once you bowlI would hate to be the bowler who had to bowl uphill into the breeze in Nepal.
I don't know whats the qualification process for these two countries though, i know that if your from northern ireland than you could hold citizenship for either ireland or the uk. So players who play for ireland have to be either one. so if you play for ireland don't you have to wait and then play for england like 4 years later or is the process different for them? Every good enough irish might have played for england but that might change though because they have a good infrastructure and if they produce some good players i'll bet you at least one of them will stay loyal...Ireland can never, ever get Test status because Ireland is in cricketing terms part of England and every Irishman who has ever got good at cricket has played in and for England.
Which ones specifically?in some of those countries its pretty much mainstream.
Citizenship is totally and utterly irrelevant, as I've told you several times. It's not about your political identity, it's about your cricket-playing one. Nor is it about "staying loyal", that's an utterly ridiculous accusation to make. Ireland is part of England in cricketing terms, and therefore if an Irishman wants to make a good shot at an international cricket career of a serious nature his only choice is to play for England.I don't know whats the qualification process for these two countries though, i know that if your from northern ireland than you could hold citizenship for either ireland or the uk. So players who play for ireland have to be either one. so if you play for ireland don't you have to wait and then play for england like 4 years later or is the process different for them? Every good enough irish might have played for england but that might change though because they have a good infrastructure and if they produce some good players i'll bet you at least one of them will stay loyal...
Not one player born in modern day Bangladesh has played for India or Pakistan, even before their independence. I'll leave you to draw your own conclusions...then wouldn't it be the same for a bangladeshi player to play for india or pakistan?
Not really, because Bangladesh has never been a cricket-playing part of India or Pakistan. It was, of course, once a complete part of both, but once separated everything within was split totally from both countries.then wouldn't it be the same for a bangladeshi player to play for india or pakistan?
When's modern day Bangladesh?Not one player born in modern day Bangladesh has played for India or Pakistan, even before their independence. I'll leave you to draw your own conclusions...
When? Do you mean where? I meant no player born within the modern-day (i.e. post indepedence) borders of Bangladesh has ever played tests for India or Pakistan.When's modern day Bangladesh?
The country's only existed for 36 years - for 20-odd years before that it was part of Pakistan, and for as long as I know before that both were part of India.
No "of course" about it at all. Players born in modern-day Pakistan have played for India & vice versa too. No-one born in the area now called "Bangladesh" has ever played for India or Pakistan, either when it was part of India or East Pakistan.Well of course they haven't - the place was split away from India and Pakistan, wasn't it!
Well, they haven't.No "of course" about it at all. Players born in modern-day Pakistan have played for India & vice versa too. No-one born in the area now called "Bangladesh" has ever played for India or Pakistan, either when it was part of India or East Pakistan.
The point I was making is that they seemingly do not produce many test-quality players.