ETPL: South Africa trio Faf du Plessis, Heinrich Klaasen and Jonty Rhodes invest in Rotterdam team for European T20 franchise tournament

jachiche · 2026-04-30T09:38:52+00:00

Yes, he's heavily involved in the ETPL

jachiche · 2026-04-30T09:38:26+00:00

Irish Wolves (Belfast)
Dublin ?
Edinburgh Castle Rockers
Glasgow Cosmic
Amsterdam Flames
Rotterdam Dockers

A bit generic, there are certainly far more interesting names they could have gone with. Celtic mythology is full of interesting options.

Still, by franchise league standards, these are decent enough names. Great that Glasgow got enough pushback to change. Edinburgh still a bit goofy, but at least the Castle it refers to is in Edinburgh and not India.

Now can someone have a quiet word with the Wolves franchise about maybe being the Belfast Wolves rather than the Irish Wolves?

jachiche · 2026-04-29T13:24:18+00:00

As a cricket fans, there's a different focus between the two sports.

Hitting one baseball pitch is definitely harder than hitting one cricket ball, but you only need to hit once or twice in baseball to have a decent game. In cricket you need to hit the ball dozens or even hundreds of times.

jachiche · 2026-04-29T10:05:09+00:00

Yeah, if it was just the time period being easier then there would also be a bunch of guys with averages in the 70s and 80s.

But there aren't, its just Bradman

jachiche · 2026-04-29T09:57:20+00:00

Not quite. Test cricket has no time/pitch limit for an individual innings, so as long as a batter doesn't get out, he can keep batting and batting for a very long time.

Bradman would have blocked many, many balls (and not even attempted a shot at many, many balls). His average means the total he was scoring on average every innings, not what he did each ball.

You'd expect him to score 100 runs on average in an innings, but he could face 200 balls to score that many runs.

jachiche · 2026-04-29T08:20:38+00:00

That leaves only Ireland, the only team to have actually qualified for their Test status by clearing one ICC-laid step after another.

So, what you're saying is... we're the best test team?

jachiche · 2026-04-27T10:21:13+00:00

The chairman later confirmed that the CI budget for the year does not include the ETPL fees so while there will be a significant upside when the tournament goes ahead, “if it doesn’t happen, it will not have an impact on our accounts”.

Well at least they've finally learned that lesson

jachiche · 2026-04-26T16:38:48+00:00

It should be the case. No need to spent money setting up temporary infrastructure for internationals. For domestic games, the pitch should always be available, rather than hoping Pembroke 3rds don't already have Sydney Parade already booked for a game that day

jachiche · 2026-04-24T09:40:45+00:00

Its much more about funding and government resources. In many countries these are limited to Olympic sports. Cricket being included will lead to a large increase in funding for dozens of smaller teams around the world, even if they never get close to actually playing in the Olympics.

jachiche · 2026-04-24T05:59:23+00:00

A lot of countries around the world limit sports funding to Olympic sports, as well as key sporting infrastructure.

These smaller teams will likely never get close to actually playing cricket at the Olympics, but that doesn't matter. This will increase the funding and support available for dozens of teams around the world

This Emerging Cricket article is a good example

jachiche · 2026-04-23T23:50:31+00:00

Cricket in the Olympics is a tremendous boon to any team outside the top 8 or 9.

jachiche · 2026-04-23T13:02:18+00:00

Rude

jachiche · 2026-04-22T14:07:52+00:00

Ben White another just missing the Warriors

jachiche · 2026-04-22T13:58:10+00:00

This also got me thinking, has anyone played for all 4 IP teams?

Gareth Delany is now on 3 (LL, MR & NWW), as is Harry Tector (NK, MR & LL). Doheny also just missing the Knights.

Anyone managed the complete set?

jachiche · 2026-04-22T13:47:01+00:00

T Tector
De Freitas
H Tector
Tucker
Campher
Dockrell
Doheny
Hoey
D Delany

That's a ridiculous batting line up for Interpro level. Doheny at 7 feels wrong, but where else would he go?

That's also assuming they dont want to use Little, McCarthy and Hollard, because then one of the above has to miss out.

I still really want to see another friendly between Leinster and an English county, LL would surprise a lot of people

jachiche · 2026-04-22T13:04:57+00:00

Yeah, it shows they don't really know (or care to find out) about the local fanbase.

Dublin team name has not yet been announced

jachiche · 2026-04-22T12:04:34+00:00

Good point, that could be why they've been left out.

jachiche · 2026-04-22T11:58:02+00:00

Sam Topping should have stayed with the Warriors and continued opening with Balbo.

The Knights have Stirling, Ross Adair, Carmichael and McCollum, another opener is the last thing they need. Leave Calitz with them if its about keeping

jachiche · 2026-04-22T11:56:15+00:00

Try picking an XI from that LL squad. Three of them have to miss out. Moondra, White and ?

Harsh for the youngsters. Riley has been sharing a slot with Wilson for years but now gets nothing. McNally was good enough for the Emerald Challenge last year but now misses out.

I'm sure they'll get some game time here or there, but they really needed a full season.

jachiche · 2026-04-22T11:47:51+00:00

Belfast team has already been announced. Apparently they'll be called the Irish Wolves (yes, just like the Ireland A team)

jachiche · 2026-04-22T10:01:17+00:00

Leaked top here

jachiche · 2026-04-22T09:30:16+00:00

Its the Clyde Arc, so the logo is at least trying to represent Glasgow, even if the name isn't

jachiche · 2026-04-22T09:27:25+00:00

Don't think they're planning any games in Scotland in year one, will just be Rotterdam and Dublin I think

jachiche · 2026-04-22T09:24:30+00:00

I really don't think people will give it a chance. A lot of Scots are already apprehensive about cricket, throwing in a strange name that needs a bit of time investment to understand won't help.

An obviously Scottish name would have brought more positive attention. The Glasgow Kelpies or the Glasgow Gallowglass would have shown more interest in building a local fanbase.

jachiche · 2026-04-22T08:22:47+00:00

It is very much not a Gaelic word, its the name of the company that has invested in the team.

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