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Re: The Future of the West Indies @DK they have some decent academies and their youth teams are pretty strong and the facilities that the 2007 World Cup left should have them playing better than currently. I think the West Indies in its current form is unlike anything other in the world of...

U19 Tri Series in South Africa Cricket South Africa (CSA) today announced the fixtures for the upcoming tri-series between South Africa U19, Sri Lanka U19 and India U19. The tournament will be the prelude to a thrilling season leading up to the ICC U19 Cricket World Cup in New Zealand in...

Re: Brad Hodge to retire from First Class cricket A top class performer just in the wrong era as he might have played Test Cricket if he was from another nation. The one question though is why the selectors never stuck with him but rather picked the player back from injury etc. I suspect he...

Re: Test Cricket for Ireland (Face Book) Rankings should play apart but it needs a massive overhaul and need to calculate the level of the opposition better. I would add to the idea that a final be played at a neutral venue with neutral umpires.. Two-tier system crucial to saving Test...

Re: Test Cricket for Ireland (Face Book) Mas I must admit there is some good ideas there and I think the truth is for the game to survive it is exactly like you mention that they should be playing longer forms (ie 4 day cricket) as well.

Re: England in South Africa Guys have a look at history the English in general have a decent tour while in South Africa, the main thing as I wrote on my blog is that inconsistency have become the order of the day and also that Kallis's injury have shown the lack of performance from Albie...

Re: Test Cricket for Ireland (Face Book) @Caesar The truth is that the A Tours would be good for the development of the bigger nations and I am for it as well. The South African A side does play the touring sides when they are here, but I think that they could help the development of the game...

Re: Test Cricket for Ireland (Face Book) Mas I disagree with you - the smaller nations will need time before the can play the bigger nations. I agree with that they cannot survive by playing the same level of opposition but what progress have nations like Bangladesh,Zimbabwe while get hammered...

Re: Test Cricket for Ireland (Face Book) I agree with that and also a funding structure that will reward performance, ie. Bangladesh got a fair amount for the ICC but are not really showing any real progress. I am still of the opinion that the top echelon needs to play together and the rest...

Re: England in South Africa @EddieSmith - The English won the last Natwest Competition, knocked the stuffing out of the Proteas in the Champions Trophy and have won the 2nd ODI (the first was washed out).. The truth is that the English have done it recently without much words being sai about...