17th Match - Afghanistan v Scotland

[Dick Rockett]

Great stuff this. I was hoping Afghanistan would dominate, because I think they have a future in international cricket. No disrespect to Scotland as a country, or their players, but I'm bored with them making up the numbers. Same goes for the UAE.

 

[Antihippy]

This might be the first time I've seen an Afghani right arm bowler not go around to a left hand batsman.

 

[_Ed_]

13 runs and a wicket in the power play is an outstanding result for Afghanistan.

 

[Antihippy]

So many broken bats recently.

 

[cnerd123]

Great stuff this. I was hoping Afghanistan would dominate, because I think they have a future in international cricket. No disrespect to Scotland as a country, or their players, but I'm bored with them making up the numbers. Same goes for the UAE.

Did you not see UAE vs Ireland?

 

[Jimbo the giant]

good little partnership this by the scots tail, if they can get to 190+ then they're in with a good chance

 

[_Ed_]

Yeah, 38-run stand so far for the ninth wicket - hugely valuable.

 

[_Ed_]

50 stand now! This is massive.

 

[Prince EWS]

I've been a broken record in previous game threads about Scotland's tail being awesome; good to see they've finally done something to back me up on it here.

 

[_Ed_]

And there's the 200. Didn't think it was possible from 144-8.

 

[Midwinter]

This partnership has the icing on the scottish cake

 

[Burgey]

**** me that's a decent snare. And a fine knock. Really good batting down the order from Scotland. Cribb vindicated.

 

[Dick Rockett]

Did you not see UAE vs Ireland?

Yeah. They ran another associate close, and still lost.

 

[Burgey]

My man Shapoor gets a four fer.

Afternoon session should be a belter.

 

[cnerd123]

Yeah. They ran another associate close, and still lost.

Not the scorecard. Did you actually see it. Like watch the match?

Fielding aside, UAE are pretty good.

 

[Dick Rockett]

Not the scorecard. Did you actually see it. Like watch the match?

Fielding aside, UAE are pretty good.

I saw bits of it. I'm not denying that they are capable of good performances occasionally.

In my opinion, overall, there's not a lot to recommend persisting with the likes of the UAE. They historically haven't performed, and from what I can see (I may be wrong about this) they have no indigenous cricket culture. Propping up teams of expats just seems like a waste of time and money to me.

 

[cnerd123]

Ah ok. Yea fair enough.

Quite a few nations worth persisting with though. Ireland, Scotland, Afghanistan, Netherlands, Nepal, Namibia, Uganda, PNG, all have great local cricket cultures.

 

[anil1405]

Irish batting and Afghan bowling (plus dockrell) would make some team.

 

[Dick Rockett]

Ah ok. Yea fair enough.

Quite a few nations worth persisting with though. Ireland, Scotland, Afghanistan, Netherlands, Nepal, Namibia, Uganda, PNG, all have great local cricket cultures.

I disagree about Scotland and the Netherlands, but yeah, it would be great to see what the others are capable of.

 

[cnerd123]

I disagree about Scotland and the Netherlands, but yeah, it would be great to see what the others are capable of.

Cricket in the Netherlands - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Cricket in Scotland - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Both countries have very long histories with the sport.

FWIW I feel that wherever in the world there are people who want to play cricket - be they exapts, or natives of a new country - the ICC should support them. I have nothing against expat-heavy nations like UAE, Hong Kong, Canada and the USA playing cricket. I think its healthy if they become strong teams, as it will increase the chances of the locals taking up the sport.