Last time we had cricket in commonwealth games was in 1998. Back then, there were a total of 16 participants, including India and two from the WICB (Barbados, and Antigua and Barbuda). Associate nations such as Kenya, Scotland and Ireland also participated. Back then, South Africa won the gold, by defeating Australia in the final match (New Zealand won the bronze medal). This time under pressure from the ICC, they cancelled the men's event and scheduled a 8-team women's event. It makes no sense to have a tournament with just 8 teams.

I have the same opinion. Bilateral series is only for hardcore fans. People like me prefer either ICC tournaments, or triangular/quadrangular series involving multiple teams, but these type of tournaments are no longer being organized by the cricket boards. In fact, I forget when for the last time I heard about a triangular series. Previously such tournaments used to be hosted by cities such as Sharjah, Singapore and Toronto. But everything came to a halt because of the packed international calendar.

 If only they knew what happens to African countries (and their leaders) who attempt to subvert the global-economic order and shun the petro dollar.

Be careful when you use the term "invader". There was a recent video posted by France24 YouTube channel. It showed residents of Lysychansk celebrating the Russian victories in Severodonetsk and Zolote and were openly cursing the Ukrainian soldiers. It is clear that at least a part of the Eastern Ukrainians view the UAF as the invaders and the Russians as liberators. Without adequate local support, Russia would have struggled to hold on to such huge swathes of territory. Despite the initial rumors, residents of Kherson and Donbass are not rioting against the Russian rule. 

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If funding was the issue, then how the tours were being organized a decade ago, when the boards were not as rich as they are today? ICC, as well as the national boards have become more money minded and they are simply not interested in developing and grooming talent. Talented young players now face a lot more difficulty in showcasing their skills, especially in the longer formats (test, 4-day) of cricket. In T20, every now and then someone emerges as the new sensation, so that format is not a concern for me.

jostorres mentioned about the Olympics, so I thought that I could speak on a related topic. Women's cricket is included for this year's Commonwealth Games. The Games will start by the end of this month, and a total of 8 countries will be taking part. The only surprise is that West Indies can't participate, since they are a group of independent countries. Barbados will be representing the WICB. None of the associate nations are taking part and surprisingly this time India has also sent a squad. Among the tier-1 test nations, only Bangladesh is missing.

ODI eh? I don't remember when was the last time i watched the ODI, may be last WC idk. I didn't even looked at the tally once and only got to know about that when you mentioned this thingy sometime back. Anyway it's good to see that smaller boards are also getting bilateral series, we need more of that as it's still not enough, specially from PIG-3.

The performance of the Indian batsmen was incredible. It was unthinkable that they would end their innings at 416 after losing top-order five batsmen by just 98 runs. Even in the last wicket partnership, India scored 41 runs. I say it's because of the stupidity of England's bowlers. If they had bowled in a controlled manner, India would have finished their innings by 320.

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Well, look - you understand what's going on! Yes, yes, yes, that's right - corruption and pocket agreements with terrorists led to the fact that:
- Germany bought oil from a terrorist country, at 70-80 dollars per barrel
- When the EU refused to buy "bloody oil", Russia, as not only technologically backward, but also infrastructurally undeveloped, has no choice but to sell the surplus to those who are not bothered by the "smell of money." True, China, as the elder brother of Russia, ordered the price to be reduced to $40. India, I'm sure, did the same! And what - someone else will buy such volumes of oil from a terrorist?
What the EU pays is the price of betrayal of national interests by a bunch of corrupt officials at the top of power. I repeat once again - for all crimes comes retribution. Sometimes the innocent answer. By the way, friends who live in Germany write that many "questions" have appeared for the government and the ruling party, soon they will get to Schroeder and Merkel, we will find out how they lay at the feet of an international terrorist ...

Every country has some players who aren't really good Cricketers(Not just India), but Indian cricketers are usually far better than cricketers from several countries primarily due to their intense passion and competitiveness.

Also, if Nepal wants to recruit foreign players to build their team, that's an excellent move since they could actually compete with other teams.

ICC is always going to look for money. they are going to look for places where they will be able to generate better money e instead of thinking about what is best for the game.  and it is true that unless the Pakistan cricket board starts making more money or at least close to the amount of money that BCCI generates,  ICC will probably never hear them.

So, this is the reason why FIFA banned Pakistan from taking part in the Asian Cup 2023.
It would have been really interesting to see Pakistan play in this event. at least we could have seen some action between India and Pakistan.

Actually, I feel really sad to admit, but it is true that the matches are not going to be competitive. The Ireland team has no chance against a team like India. And the first match was not competitive at all. It was absolutely one-sided. But it was a little better to see that Ireland can bat. I don’t think that any of the matches are going to be competitive. Only one match left by the way so don’t have much expectation from Ireland in that match as well. Hopefully, they can still play a little better and probably get noticed by the ICC. That should give them a little more funding as you have mentioned.

It's really sad to see that Pakistan is not able to play this Asian cup 2023 even though we are one of the prominent country in this region. It's not that we were not able to qualify, but actually, FIFA has banned Pakistan from playing football.
The Pakistan Football Federation has been banned by FIFA for more than a year for some unknown reasons and we are not sure when this ban will be lifted. It's a sad moment for me  

The main problem is that in the 2007 World Cup ICC tried to play it with a lot of teams. If I am not wrong 16 teams played in that World Cup end it was a disaster for the better teams. A lot of big names were eliminated in that World Cup by smaller teams. And that caused a lot of less revenue to be generated.

That also hurt ICC funding as well. It is like the ICC and the top four teams made it back that the World Cup is going to be played with less teams so that the revenue is going to be higher but if they did continue with having a lot more teams in the World Cup it would have made a lot more revenue than they are making right now.

It was actually good to see Ireland trying to achieve something from that match, they actually batted well. Really well if we consider the level of both teams. But it was a good performance only from 1 batsman as it is expected to happen with low level teams. Generally, only 1-2 players play really well. But that is no matter for a team like India, they won the match comfortably. I am also happy that the matches are not ODI , it would have been boring. And I also think if Ireland can make some surprises it is going to be on the t20 format.

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