Agree with this. I find it a lot more irritating than the associates who've qualified for the world cup having ODI status for the intervening four years between ICC Trophies.Not just with the associate nations, but with "all-star teams", for lack of a better word.
Why the **** should Asian XI vs African XI be giving ****en ODI status.
Yeah it they should be made to, if not then said county should be fined as a result. The likes of Ed Joyce should be playing for Ireland anyway.
Yeah, but cricket doesn't and never will. So there's little point in if-onlying, for mine.
Quite. Even FIFA & the IRB give the internationals precedent over the club game & club football is a infinitely bigger deal than domestic cricket.
As seen by the French side put out on the current tour...
Well that's not true, that's why I used the example I did of non-league players playing in the FA Cup. When John Aldridge's career goals totals are discussed (most ever by a British player btw :P) then his goals scored for South Liverpool don't count, and neither do those in friendlies, but all scored in league games and professional cup competitions, as well as internationals do.
This has got me thinking - if the ICC (or whoever) brought in a rule that forced counties to release Ireland/Scotland players for ODIs, then would they have to be classed as overseas players?
Nup. EU passport rule.
Not that the influx of Belgian & Portuguese cricketers will ever be a problem.
Could be. TBH I didn't know if Aldo had scored more or not, but my Uncle Mick is a mad Hoops fan & can remember him banging on about Jimmy scoring "a goal a game for twenty years" when I was a kid, so thought he must be close & wiki seems to agree, for what that's worth.
That's domestic football though - and it's straightforward divisional, there's no case of "this team is worthy, this one isn't" sensible stuff - it's just a set number and every case which falls within this number is one thing, everything that falls outside is another.
