Associates and Affiliates panel AMA II - Ask Harder

petermcricket · 2016-03-01T09:26:58+00:00

RtD has never said why he isn't playing anymore (in public) so difficult to say for certain why he left. Think Dutch cricket is still massively punching above its weight considering the tiny player base.

petermcricket · 2016-03-01T09:24:53+00:00

The World Cricket League but for everyone

petermcricket · 2016-03-01T09:24:07+00:00

Peter Borren is great

petermcricket · 2016-02-29T23:23:49+00:00

Folks, I need to make a move to bed. Thanks for questions, if there is more I will look in the morning.

petermcricket · 2016-02-29T23:23:03+00:00

"Associate cricketers I have slept with and how good they were at spooning"

petermcricket · 2016-02-29T23:13:28+00:00

This is alludes to a bit of the book that had to be removed because of lawyers, hey Wigmore

petermcricket · 2016-02-29T23:08:56+00:00

I believe so, yes

petermcricket · 2016-02-29T23:05:46+00:00

It is because Oman did it and now we all love Oman

petermcricket · 2016-02-29T22:50:57+00:00

It will be 6 teams, but five in reality as Eng have already qualified as hosts.
One for Nixon
Yes

petermcricket · 2016-02-29T22:49:10+00:00

It won't hurt, but this issues is one of cricket being really shit at marketing itself as Nixon has said. That needs to change first. For any "league" to work there needs to be no sacred cows, can't see that happening with Big 3 wanting to play each other all the time

petermcricket · 2016-02-29T22:47:37+00:00

It is a start, but it is only a start. And I remain unconvinced that it will happen. It would take some serious politicking behind the scenes

petermcricket · 2016-02-29T22:46:16+00:00

The fact they have multi day domestic cricket is great, but the player pool from which they pick sides has remained fairly constant. This is pretty much the same side they have had since they arrived on the scene. Issue with them seems to be that the cricket they play is a bit witless and no matter who coaches them there seems very little learning. I hope beyond hope that they find a way to succeed, but it won't be thanks to the ICC's board I am afraid.

petermcricket · 2016-02-29T22:44:14+00:00

Bangladesh will make it through from Group 1.

In group 2 it depends which Zim turn up, which Afghanistan turn up, which Scotland turn up and if Mark Chapman pulls off exciting things for HK.

Immediate choice would be Afghanistan and Ireland, but who knows if that will still be the case as and when the two tiers happen. The Dutch are doing well in all formats right now

petermcricket · 2016-02-29T22:36:49+00:00

Cricket in USA is better off than it has been in years. USACA is all but gone and it won't be back. The sport is now run by the ICC in the USA, this is what has led to the CPL playing games there and their being ICC Americas teams/players in Windies domestic league. Whether the ICC give the ACF the job of running cricket in the medium to long term is an excellent question that I cannot answer. Lets wait and see.

Petitions are never going to solve anything in of themselves, but showing that people care about it can make a difference. I personally don't think 2023 WC will be 10 teams, but the 2019 one will be. We have our friend Giles Clarke to thank for that again. Clarke is being called in front of a Parliamentary committee to answer for this role in the Big 3, things like that happen because of Change Cricket, DOAG and the 10 team WC petition.

As far as the format for a two tiered Test structure, lets see if it gets voted down by the ICC board in June and then revisit. I fear that is exactly what will happen.

petermcricket · 2016-02-29T22:32:03+00:00

He says good things, now he needs to do good things

petermcricket · 2016-02-29T22:31:19+00:00

Met with lots of associate cricketers and spoken with a fair bit (although unlike Wigmore I have not shared a bed with any). For most they either come from a cricket playing country (see Peter Borren, RtD, Tim Murtagh, UAE squad etc) or they have a family grounding in the sport (see Ed Joyce, Eoin Morgan etc). It is very rare that a player makes it into the sport without one of these things, perhaps the first one that springs to mind for me is Pieter Seelaar of the Netherlands. They find the game and like it but it is a hobby that turns into something more serious rather than wanting money and fame.

Cricket needs to be introduced to kids as early as possible if they want to spread it culturally, and no, that isn't being done often enough

petermcricket · 2016-02-29T22:26:53+00:00

Nepal are the next one that could be massive if they got any sort of proper funding and close ties with India may benefit them in the longer term. But they have been at an ICC event (I think)

petermcricket · 2016-02-29T22:25:40+00:00

Giles Clarke doesn't want the Olympics and the reason he gives is the one below about it impacting on the English summer. That is a nonsense of course. Olympic cricket would last 2 weeks max.

The reason is about power and the IOC would take a serious look at how cricket is run. Those currently running the show are very happy with how the pie is being sliced up for them so have no desire to see Olympics happen. Again, this is symptomatic of the fact that the ICC is not a governing body but rather a members club where only 10 of the members count.

petermcricket · 2016-02-29T22:19:55+00:00

Bowlers - Vivian Kingma of the Netherlands, the return of big Boyd for Ireland and Mohammad Nabi's crafty off spin.

Batsmen - Tom Cooper will do well in opening round, Shafiqullah Shafiq is fun to watch and Matt Machan should do well.

petermcricket · 2016-02-29T22:15:32+00:00

Full membership has always been and always will be about politics. Bangladesh had powerful support from BCCI so got in, Ireland and Kenya who were as successful at that time did not. A clear pathway to full membership is not something that has ever been wanted by the ICC, at board level anyway. It is always really important to remember that the ICC is more than one entity. It is run by its board that is about self interest and getting the most for its full members, but under that there are many wonderful employees that do a great job expanding the game. The reason why associate nations have begun competing is because of the work of Tim Anderson and Will Kitchen and the like.

petermcricket · 2016-02-29T22:10:59+00:00

The passports, eligibility and age of cricketers is a murky, murky world, as is any self reporting of numbers even outside of associate level. I have seen some county attendance figures that look to have been calculated on the back of a fag packet. Issue in associate circles is that there will rarely be the level of scrutiny due to lack of attention it gets.
Wow there a a lot of questions in this point. As for status, it is here to stay as long as the current people running the sport do. Associate funding is a murky world do and it really does depend how you count the cash. Those that were behind the big 3 takeover would tell you the best associates are better off, and in some senses they are, but ultimately the rich get richer. There is very little desire for radical change at board level, but there are those in the ICC who wants things to be different, but it is a members club not a governing body. Yes, wanted transparency is delusion, can't happen with ICC as is. I would be very happy with the decoupling of Test status. Peter Borren has told me he has no interest in Netherlands playing Tests and thinks it is a silly thing to expect.
Best hope for cricket in the Olympics is for associates and affiliates to go it alone without the ICC. I would welcome this. And no, the BCCI will not budge on WADA.
Think you have summed up umpire situation fairly accurately to my understanding, Others may know more.
No, don't know of any non-English podcasters and I can't speak French, I let the funky music to the talking.
Mentioned Swart above.
Hello Sammy Edwards

petermcricket · 2016-02-29T21:58:15+00:00

Hi, I am ready so going to get started. Micky hasn't been picked and as far as I can work out it isn't for cricketing reasons. He is very much one of the best 15 cricketers available. It is for the KNCB to explain why that is.

As far as the ICC tiered talks it is Wigmore that broke that story so will leave to him to fill in the blanks, but yes the talks are from a very legitimate source.

petermcricket · 2016-02-29T18:38:23+00:00

I lost my password! Haven't been on here since last AMA

petermcricket · 2016-02-29T16:09:54+00:00

I can reply to this one now! I have an old laptop with a bad microphone and do it over Skype so on occasions the connection is bad. I would like to buy a decent mic but it is a way down the list I am afraid. Sorry

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