Beyond the Boundary!

Our year in review continues, this time covering Canada through to Hong Kong.
Canada
Canada’s first year of ODI status was a hit and miss affair to say the least. Whilst they’ve been successful in the Intercontinental Cup, reaching the final, their ODI form has been very patchy. They lost against Bermuda and Zimbabwe in Trinidad back […]

I’ve updated the non-test rankings up to the end of the European Championships today. You can see them by clicking the link to the left hand side of the page. As one might expect, Norway are one of the biggest gainers in the rankings, climbing from 47th to 20th, although the biggest climb was further […]

The final day of the European Championships was today. In Division One, Ireland already had the title secured, but Scotland still needed to beat Italy to secure second place. They did this in fine style with a 10 wicket demolition of the Italians. In the other Division One game, the Netherlands beat Denmark, with just […]

With a result not forthcoming in today’s Ireland v Netherlands ODI at Ayr, the Irish have secured the European Championships, thus completing the set of all European outdoor titles at all age-groups this year. The game was abandoned after 19 overs of the Dutch innings, just one short of the required amount required for a […]

A rain affected day, though all five games got a result. In the ODI at Ayr, Scotland got their first ODI win, against The Netherlands in a game reduced to 20 overs a side. Star performance of the day was from Ryan Watson who took 3/18 before a brutal 47 helped seal the win for […]

Another day, some more surprises at the European Championships in Scotland. In Division One, Scotland, with Navedeep Poonia, John Blain and Dougie Brown in their ranks were expected to beat an Ireland side whom they’d beaten in the ICC Trophy, when they still had Ed Joyce in their ranks.
It wasn’t to be however, and the […]

In cricket it is a generally accepted fact that Full members are better than associate members, and associate members are better than affiliate members. Well today, that second statement was turned on it’s head by the European affiliates playing in the second division of the European Championships.
The three matches that were played today were all […]

Although it’s status as a second tier tournament may not suggest so, this is a very important tournament, probably more so that the European Division One championships. This is because all five teams in the Division One tournament already have their places in the World Cricket League secured, whilst the winner of this tournament will […]