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Personally, I think the Afghans are milking the full status membership. They cherry pick who they want to play, that’s why Zimbabwe are cut. It will be interesting to see if they host Ireland, Bangladesh & NZ as per FTP & tour Sri Lanka. One saving grace is they meet full status standards by hosting...

After many of England’s dads army withdrew from the 1972/73 tour of India & Pakistan, Tony Lewis was chosen as captain & to make his test debut. Prior to that, England sent under strength teams at the same time to NZ & the Windies in 1929/30. I think the tests were given “test” status retrospectivel...

Hi Eugene, While the rain saved Oz from defeat in the fourth test & the momentum of the series is England’s way, there is more to ponder than just the rain. Oz was two up after 2 tests. How did that happen? In the first innings of the first test, England blew away the last four Oz wickets for 14 run...

Here’s another irony- Australia retain the Ashes but Cummins resigns from captaincy due to the pressures placed upon Australia by Bazball.

I’m an Aussie & find irony that under Bazball the poms declare towards the end of the first day of the first test & lose narrowly, yet in this test, when rain is forecast, they batted as long as possible. At the time of writing, no play has been possible on the last day. Play maybe unlikely but it i...

Depending on how much heart the Afghans have, this could be Bangladesh’s biggest win in terms of runs.

I'll start with the history that Graeme Hick qualified for England during the 80's. Then the ICC granted Zimbabwe test status because as South Africa were coming back into the international arena & the ICC felt cricket would die in Zimbabwe with players exiting the country for greater exposure. One ...

I was going to ask Kriterion this in the Bangladesh watch thread but what chance the Bangladesh v Afghanistan tests taking place in June? According to the FTP, a full tour of Bangladesh is to made by Afghanistan. Personally I feel the ICC should grow a pair & tell Afghanistan if they don’t want to p...

Didn't former U19 skipper Dylon Higgins also claim 11 - in his debut FC match?

Yes, 100% correct! I forgot about him being a leggie.

Chesa's 11 wickets puts him in elite company in Zimbabwean FC statistics for leg spinners only. Cremer took 12-203 for MW Rhinos against the Eagles in 2010 LC. (the best match figures for a Zimbo leggie). Adam Huckle took 11-255 in a test against NZ in 1997 (still the best match bowling figures for ...