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

[Orangehair43 285]

5 hours ago, Dragon said:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/articles/cgkg6zyr0v2o

 

A 14 year old wonderkid...

He is not 14. He is at least 18 months older than his claimed age. 

[Gianlu33 5,288]

I admit that I have been fond of men's cricket for the past year (mainly watching some associated members' matches in the background while doing other things), but this time I am casting my eyes on women's cricket (but objectively it is much less interesting).

 

The European Division Two for the Women's T20 World Cup qualifiers are underway in Rome, with the top two national teams advancing to Division One with Ireland and Holland. Italy is certainly one of the favourites, certainly on paper superior to the other continentals, but watch out for the British dependencies,

[Gianlu33 5,288]

86 runs for Nanayakkara, best Italian ever in a women's international match

[Dragon 2,033]

 

[Dragon 2,033]

Italy and Germany qualify for the next stage of European qualifying alongside The Netherlands and Ireland.

[Gianlu33 5,288]

3 hours ago, Dragon said:

Italy and Germany qualify for the next stage of European qualifying alongside The Netherlands and Ireland.

Italy surclassed all the other teams, we had just a bit of troubles with Jersey. We'll surely finish 3rd in the European Qualifiers, but I'm really curious to see our girls against two serious team. Hoping for a decent tournament 

[Dragon 2,033]

1 hour ago, Gianlu33 said:

Italy surclassed all the other teams, we had just a bit of troubles with Jersey. We'll surely finish 3rd in the European Qualifiers, but I'm really curious to see our girls against two serious team. Hoping for a decent tournament 

Neither the Irish or the Dutch have had good results lately so Italy might have a good chance.

[phelps 8,302]

2 hours ago, Dragon said:

Neither the Irish or the Dutch have had good results lately so Italy might have a good chance.

I think we're still a good (great) bat and a good (great) bowler short of the top 2 teams in the final round, but who knows? I guess we've had some good injections lately and we're on the rising curve (meanwhile the other 2 aren't)

[Dragon 2,033]

3 hours ago, phelps said:

I think we're still a good (great) bat and a good (great) bowler short of the top 2 teams in the final round, but who knows? I guess we've had some good injections lately and we're on the rising curve (meanwhile the other 2 aren't)

I can think of 3 more Australian women who probably have Italian ancestry but the problem is that they are also close to making the Australian team.

[phelps 8,302]

On 5/30/2025 at 12:15 AM, Dragon said:

I can think of 3 more Australian women who probably have Italian ancestry but the problem is that they are also close to making the Australian team.

yeah, and now with the new Italian law on the ius sanguinis citizenship it's also a lot harder to be eligible for our passport (and National team for what concerns the sport competitions)