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 beat  in a last ball thriller at home in front of a sell out crowd, this was their first T20I win against the reigning T20 world cup finalists.

 

The ground will also host the Men's ODI WC in 2027.

 

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On 9/30/2025 at 9:58 AM, Dolby said:

And that too in T20s, which was the last format in which they were good. Losing to Nepal by 90 runs is simply unimaginable. 

It occasionally happens that a great nation in a sport, through the fullness of time and events, simply fades away from the top table, or near the top table - the travails of Romania in rugby union and gymnastics, for example, although the romanian girls seem to be back on an upward slope - it is very sad to see West Indies in that position. One wonders if a mooted 2 division structure might not be good for them to reboot and come back,

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3 hours ago, mpjmcevoy said:

It occasionally happens that a great nation in a sport, through the fullness of time and events, simply fades away from the top table, or near the top table - the travails of Romania in rugby union and gymnastics, for example, although the romanian girls seem to be back on an upward slope - it is very sad to see West Indies in that position. One wonders if a mooted 2 division structure might not be good for them to reboot and come back,

Football has taken a lot of its support and players there. 

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Lordy, incredible historic 19 wicket first day of the Ashes in Perth! 

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https://www.youtube.com/live/w5uSVbwMgBs?si=kilRwxIjjQIdGokn

 

Sylhet Titans scored an impressive 190-5 in  the first inning against Rajshahi Warriors in the opening of the Bangladesh Premier League.

 

Great to find this on YouTube.

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Sorry to all Italy

[NearPup 4,183]

21 minutes ago, Dragon said:

Sorry to all Italy

As I said elsewhere, Italy is a baseball / softball and cricket country now.

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Now just gotta wait for the official cricket qualification document to make sure is a guarantee.

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35 minutes ago, NearPup said:

As I said elsewhere, Italy is a baseball / softball and cricket country now.

Hey, no fair.

 

It's a rugby monolith too!

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8 minutes ago, clemsonbeav said:

Now just gotta wait for the official cricket qualification document to make sure is a guarantee.

Joking aside, apparently discussions are ongoing with ECB and CI for some kind of euro 6 Nations in T20 cricket - apparently the idea at this point is automatic qualification for England, Ireland, Scotland and the Netherlands, while the final two places will be decided at a Tri-series in which Italy will be the only automatic entry, more or less guarnteeing Italy entry - from there, its two parallel Tri series with a finals day. Apparently inspired by the rise of Nepal and the Asia Cup, English cricket think they can make a short sharp tournament of this sort financially viable, as it would involve only three T20 games over 5 days in the early season, and they could rest the biggest players while getting some goodwill from ICC - previously they had not shown interest in a comp the Scots and Dutch have always wanted.