Cricket Discussion | Qualification to Summer Olympic Games Los Angeles 2028 Road to LA 2028

[Dragon 2,071]

8 hours ago, Gianlu33 said:

Big news for the italian cricket! That's a game change for our team 

6 Professionals on the men's team but this is the first woman...

[JoshMartini007 2,861]

If they weren't already, Italy is establishing itself as a top 4 European NOC, not that there was a lot of competition. It'd be more interesting to see if they can bridge the gap between themselves and Ireland and Netherlands.

[phelps 8,710]

I really hope we somehow can find the way to develop this game and not just relying on imprt players for the rest of our days

 

we have a really large number of young people with heritage from true Cricket Nations like India, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh that already play for fun in the public parks and recreation areas in many of our cities

 

hopefully we should try and get them into the organized game, but first we need to promote the game all around the Country and build some decent infrastructure in order to grow up a serious "system"

 

I know it's gonna be avery, very long process, but at least we should have room for that in this sport, it's not hopeless like ice hockey

[phelps 8,710]

back to the field of play, earlier Today the  men's BBL came to a conclusion of an amazing season (record breaking attendance at the stadiums and in front of the TV screens) with a very exciting match between the Hobart Hurricanes and the Sydney Thunder

 

the guys from Tasmania finally won it in style thanks to a smashing batting performance: after the Thunder posted a big 182/7 off 20 overs, they answered with a mighty 185/3 off 14.1 overs and won by 7 wickets

 

hero of the day was Mitch Owen, who scored (tied) the fastest century in the BBL history (100 off 39 balls, ended the day with 108 off 42 balls) for the Hobart Hurricanes

 

BBL #14 - The Final, Match Highlights

[Dragon 2,071]

15 hours ago, phelps said:

I really hope we somehow can find the way to develop this game and not just relying on imprt players for the rest of our days

 

we have a really large number of young people with heritage from true Cricket Nations like India, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh that already play for fun in the public parks and recreation areas in many of our cities

 

hopefully we should try and get them into the organized game, but first we need to promote the game all around the Country and build some decent infrastructure in order to grow up a serious "system"

 

I know it's gonna be avery, very long process, but at least we should have room for that in this sport, it's not hopeless like ice hockey

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Will_Bosisto This sounds like an Italian name, correct? Maybe he's qualified too? https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/will-bosisto-the-lost-boy-of-australian-cricket-finds-his-way-in-the-bpl-1470740

[Gianlu33 6,015]

Just notice that  Usman Khawaja scored 232 runs off 352 balls in a single innings in the Test match against Sri Lanka. 

Two other Australian players have already scored centuries, and the Aussi are 591/5. Massive batting performance

In other news, Steven Smith scored 10k runs in his Test career. 

Edited January 30, 2025 by Gianlu33

[phelps 8,710]

On 1/28/2025 at 1:55 PM, Dragon said:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Will_Bosisto This sounds like an Italian name, correct? Maybe he's qualified too? https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/will-bosisto-the-lost-boy-of-australian-cricket-finds-his-way-in-the-bpl-1470740

yes, that's definitely an Italian sounding name...

 

but I have no idea if he's potentially eligible for our NT (especially for an Olympic team) 

[Gianlu33 6,015]

The great cricket is back!
The Championship Trophy starts today, where the best eight teams in the world will compete. Afghanistan will be there for the first time, while Sri Lanka failed to qualify. The tournament will be held in Pakistan, except for India's matches, including the semi-finals and final, which will be held in Dubai 

[phelps 8,710]

11 hours ago, Gianlu33 said:

The great cricket is back!
The Championship Trophy starts today, where the best eight teams in the world will compete. Afghanistan will be there for the first time, while Sri Lanka failed to qualify. The tournament will be held in Pakistan, except for India's matches, including the semi-finals and final, which will be held in Dubai 

after a relatively slow start,  start hitting boundaries left and right and  just couldn't chase their score of 320/5 (50 overs), leaving the home fans highly disappointed

 

 Will Young (107) and  Tom Latham (118, not out) were the key batsmen for the eventual winners

 

Tomorrow, it's time for  vs  (in Dubai @ 10 a.m. CET)

[phelps 8,710]

Yesterday,  defeated  quite easily by 6 wickets (after  posted 228/all out off 49.4 overs,  scored 231 runs/4 wickets off 46.3 overs)

 

right now,  are facing  and in the 1st innings  posted a good 315/6 off 50 overs...we'll see how  manage to respond and if they can chase that score