Posted in afghanistan, argentina, cayman islands, hong kong, papau new guinea, uganda, tagged afghanistan, argentina, cayman islands, estaban macdermott, hamish barton, hong kong, jamie brazier, kevin bazil, kevon bazil, nadeem ahmed, new caledonia, papau new guinea, pearson best, uganda, wcl, wikipedia, world cricket league on January 23, 2009 | 1 Comment »
The next stage in the long road to World Cup qualification gets underway in Buenos Aires tomorrow, with Division 3 of the World Cricket League.
Afghanistan qualified from Division 4 in October, as they indeed did from Division 5 back in May. Their progress this far has been remarkable given the obvious obstacles they face.
Hong Kong, [...]
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Hong Kong and Afghanistan have both qualified from the World Cricket League Division 4, and will now head off to Argentina for the next stage of qualification for the 2011 World Cup. The two sides are playing each other today, but the result is mainly academic.
Meanwhile, Jersey and Fiji were relegated to Division 5, [...]
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Posted in afghanistan, fiji, hong kong, italy, jersey, tanzania, tagged afghanistan, fiji, gary kirsten, hong kong, italy, jersey, neil maxwell, peter kirsten, tanzania, world cricket league on October 3, 2008 | 1 Comment »
The next stage (Divison 4) of the inaccurately-named World Cricket League gets underway tomorrow, with Jersey and Afghanistan (qualifiers from Division 5 – see highlights here) joining Hong Kong, Italy, Fiji and hosts Tanzania in the battle for two spots in the Division 3 tournament (to be held in Buenos Aires).
Jersey’s squad has four sets [...]
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Posted in bangladesh, hong kong, pakistan, united arab emirates, tagged bangladesh, hong kong, mohammad ashraful, nadeem ahmed, pakistan, sohail tanvir, uae, united arab emirates, zahid shah on June 24, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Today was all about the minnows. The UAE took on Bangladesh, whilst Hong Kong were up against Pakistan.
The results were never really in doubt, but there were at least some creditable performances. Not least of these was from Hong Kong’s young left-arm spinner Nadeem Ahmed, who took 4-51, and (as has been mentioned elsewhere) those [...]
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Posted in bangladesh, hong kong, india, pakistan, sri lanka, united arab emirates, tagged ajantha mendis, bangladesh, courtney kruger, gautam gambhir, habibul bashar, hong kong, india, ireland, mohammad asif, mohammad rafique, pakistan, rudra pratap singh, salman butt, saqib ali, sri lanka, tamim iqbal, uae, united arab emirates, world cricket league, world cup on June 21, 2008 | 1 Comment »
The Asia Cup 2008 gets underway on Tuesday, with the ‘established’ Indian, Pakistani, Sri Lankan and ’semi-established’ Bangladeshi (no link because the official site ‘may harm your computer‘) teams competing against the ‘emerging’ UAE and Hong Kongese sides.
Group A
Sri Lanka will be looking to recapture the One-Day form that brought victory over England, but which [...]
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