What a match. Unfortunately, we didn't watch any of it. Luckily, one of our friends told us about the match and we followed it on Cricinfo. We were rooting for Ireland and were very happy with the outcome. Zimbabwe should have won this game easily. Based on this performance, how can Zimbabwe be a test-playing country? We should not go down that road. We have strong feelings about Zimbabwe and will save that rant for after the world cup.
Here's the scoreboard and here's the match report. Enjoy.
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Zimbabwe is in a bad way these days, but I don't see the solution as being stripping their test status. Quite the opposite -- I'd grant test status to Kenya and Ireland. Make the pie higher!
Make the pie higher, indeed. I think we can all agree, the past is over. Zimbabwe is not the team it was a few years back. They are rapidly regressing.
I agree that the associates need more international cricket exposure but granting them test status is not the solution. Because that will just lead to padding of stats against the minnows.
Instead have international teams visit them whenever they are in the vicinity. Say a team goes to England to play a series, have the visiting team play a 3-day match and a couple of one-days against Ireland. The same with Kenay when teams visit South Africa.
Also, have the associates play a lot of games against the other 'A' teams. This way, the grassroots cricketing quality will increase and it will be better for the game in the long run.
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