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[delfastTions]

Reading the news on the topic of cryptocurrencies, I found an interesting article on the topic.  Again, the trend is now fashionable NFT.

World’s First Cricket-Based NFTs Launching Ahead of T20 World Cup

World’s First Cricket-Based NFTs Launching Ahead of T20 World Cup
Indian tech startup Rario is set to launch the world’s first cricket-based non-fungible tokens (NFTs) on August 15, well ahead of the Twenty20 World Cup scheduled for October-November.
Subcontinental business website The Economic Times reports that Rario has already secured the Lanka Premier League Twenty20 competition as a partner and is in negotiations with three more major leagues.
Rario claims it has initially signed male and female players from India, South Africa and Bangladesh to offer their digital collectibles to fans. Big names cited include former India fast bowler and official Rario ambassador Zaheer Khan, South African batsmen AB de Villiers and Faf du Plessis, plus Smriti Mandhana, a star of India’s women’s team.......

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[Vishnu.Reang]

^^^ Not a fan of the NFTs. I always thought that it is just another way to scam unsuspecting cryptocurrency investors and in this particular case that seems to be precisely what is happening. It would be interesting to know how much of the profits will be going to Rario and how much the players are expected to receive. If the players (or at least the national cricket board) get at least 50% of the proceedings, then I am OK with it. On the other hand if the proceedings mostly go to the corporate and they distribute some crumbs to the players, then this should not be supported.

[Juggy777]

Reading the news on the topic of cryptocurrencies, I found an interesting article on the topic.  Again, the trend is now fashionable NFT.

World’s First Cricket-Based NFTs Launching Ahead of T20 World Cup

World’s First Cricket-Based NFTs Launching Ahead of T20 World Cup
Indian tech startup Rario is set to launch the world’s first cricket-based non-fungible tokens (NFTs) on August 15, well ahead of the Twenty20 World Cup scheduled for October-November.
Subcontinental business website The Economic Times reports that Rario has already secured the Lanka Premier League Twenty20 competition as a partner and is in negotiations with three more major leagues.
Rario claims it has initially signed male and female players from India, South Africa and Bangladesh to offer their digital collectibles to fans. Big names cited include former India fast bowler and official Rario ambassador Zaheer Khan, South African batsmen AB de Villiers and Faf du Plessis, plus Smriti Mandhana, a star of India’s women’s team.......

^^^ Not a fan of the NFTs. I always thought that it is just another way to scam unsuspecting cryptocurrency investors and in this particular case that seems to be precisely what is happening. It would be interesting to know how much of the profits will be going to Rario and how much the players are expected to receive. If the players (or at least the national cricket board) get at least 50% of the proceedings, then I am OK with it. On the other hand if the proceedings mostly go to the corporate and they distribute some crumbs to the players, then this should not be supported.

@Vishnu.Reang you have raised a very important question about revshare, but I feel player’s won’t be complaining much because this is additional income they never had in the first place. Furthermore I doubt the player’s would be getting 50%, my best guest would be around 30% anything more than it would be pure bonus for them.

[Sithara007]

^^^ Not a fan of the NFTs. I always thought that it is just another way to scam unsuspecting cryptocurrency investors and in this particular case that seems to be precisely what is happening. It would be interesting to know how much of the profits will be going to Rario and how much the players are expected to receive. If the players (or at least the national cricket board) get at least 50% of the proceedings, then I am OK with it. On the other hand if the proceedings mostly go to the corporate and they distribute some crumbs to the players, then this should not be supported.

@Vishnu.Reang you have raised a very important question about revshare, but I feel player’s won’t be complaining much because this is additional income they never had in the first place. Furthermore I doubt the player’s would be getting 50%, my best guest would be around 30% anything more than it would be pure bonus for them.

Unless any of the articles mention the absolute percentage, I would not trust these figures. As far as the players are concerned, they will charge Rario what they usually charge for brand endorsements. And for the retired players and the women's players, this amount may be really low. And I will not be surprised even if their share is less than 10% of the total amount. Now it is up to the respective boards and the ICC to decide whether they should allow this. IMO, they should not. If NFTs need to be listed, then ICC can directly due that, rather than passing to Rario. 

[UmerIdrees]

I have some insider news that Ramiz Raja will be appointed as the chairman of the cricket board and we may hear this decision by today.

Being Part of the 1992 World Cup Winner and one of the renowned commentator of recent times, I think it will bring a new revival in the team.

Good Luck Captian & Team Pakistan !!!

[bryant.coleman]

^^^ It is good that a former captain is appointed as the chairman of PCB. In India also, Sourav Ganguly was recently appointed as the president of the BCCI. These former players are more knowledgeable than the businessmen about various issues faced by the players. Ganguly was instrumental in removing BCCI's opposition to including cricket in the Olympics. Similarly, I believe that Rameez will also make revolutionary changes to cricket in Pakistan. First of all, they need a complete revamp of the domestic tournament.

[onecall123]

JUST NOW: Pakistan will host Afghanistan's upcoming one-day international series, that originally scheduled to be held in Sri Lanka. I think this is a great development for the Pakistan team and the Afghanistan team. The two countries have never played a bilateral series before.

[Vaskiy]

JUST NOW: Pakistan will host Afghanistan's upcoming one-day international series, that originally scheduled to be held in Sri Lanka. I think this is a great development for the Pakistan team and the Afghanistan team. The two countries have never played a bilateral series before.

The step taken forward by Pakistan is really big. There is talks about Pakistan is the one to support Taliban. Same time Pakistan supporting Afghanistan to host the upcoming one day international series is truly controversial. Some way Pakistan is making the sports development of Afghanistan continue without any interruption.

[UmerIdrees]

JUST NOW: Pakistan will host Afghanistan's upcoming one-day international series, that originally scheduled to be held in Sri Lanka. I think this is a great development for the Pakistan team and the Afghanistan team. The two countries have never played a bilateral series before.

I haven't got this news yet. Can you share the source for this please ?
So the series will be between Pakistan Vs Afghanistan or  is it between Sri Lanka Vs Afghanistan ?

Whatever will be case, we know that this region (Pak, India, Sri, Ban and now AFG) always produce some quality cricketers and i hope Afghanistan will become another big cricketing Asian Country.

[JohnBitCo]

JUST NOW: Pakistan will host Afghanistan's upcoming one-day international series, that originally scheduled to be held in Sri Lanka. I think this is a great development for the Pakistan team and the Afghanistan team. The two countries have never played a bilateral series before.

I haven't got this news yet. Can you share the source for this please ?
So the series will be between Pakistan Vs Afghanistan or  is it between Sri Lanka Vs Afghanistan ?

Whatever will be case, we know that this region (Pak, India, Sri, Ban and now AFG) always produce some quality cricketers and i hope Afghanistan will become another big cricketing Asian Country.

The matches are between Afghanistan and Pakistan which were to be played in Sri-lanka but now shifted to Pakistan. The venue (city) is not decided yet.
More details on cricinfo:-
https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/afghanistan-vs-pak-2021-afghanistan-pakistan-odis-moved-from-sri-lanka-to-pakistan-1274425

[bryant.coleman]

The matches are between Afghanistan and Pakistan which were to be played in Sri-lanka but now shifted to Pakistan. The venue (city) is not decided yet.
More details on cricinfo:-
https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/afghanistan-vs-pak-2021-afghanistan-pakistan-odis-moved-from-sri-lanka-to-pakistan-1274425

Sri Lanka is currently witnessing a huge spike in new cases of COVID 19, and therefore this was expected (the government there just announced a complete lockdown for 10 days, which may be extended further). At least compared to this, Pakistan seems to be faring much better. I don't know whether Afghanistan will be able to put up a good fight. The players are also impacted by the civil unrest and even the IPL stars are saying that they are worried about family members back home.

[7788bitcoin]

Sri Lanka is currently witnessing a huge spike in new cases of COVID 19, and therefore this was expected (the government there just announced a complete lockdown for 10 days, which may be extended further). At least compared to this, Pakistan seems to be faring much better. I don't know whether Afghanistan will be able to put up a good fight. The players are also impacted by the civil unrest and even the IPL stars are saying that they are worried about family members back home.

Is Afghanistan cricket team on a tour, i am not seeing any matches after the civil unrest and i have seen comments in social media about players worried about their family back home and i was wondering where they were as i could not see any match schedule.

IPL is scheduled in UAE right, what is the situation in UAE because if things turns out to be bad then they might need to shift the World Cup from there as well  .

[Haunebu]

Is Afghanistan cricket team on a tour, i am not seeing any matches after the civil unrest and i have seen comments in social media about players worried about their family back home and i was wondering where they were as i could not see any match schedule.

They are currently in Afghanistan itself based on the information in the below article.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.espncricinfo.com/story/afg-vs-pak-2021-plan-b-for-afghanistan-travel-to-sri-lanka-via-pakistan-and-dubai-1274241%3fplatform=amp

They are stuck because of no commercial flights taking off from Kabul. The Taliban pledged to support them though I don't trust their words at all. Sad situation.

IPL is scheduled in UAE right, what is the situation in UAE because if things turns out to be bad then they might need to shift the World Cup from there as well  .

The current pandemic situation in UAE is pretty good. IPL teams have already travelled to the UAE and started training for the upcoming matches next month.

I am pretty confident that this situation won't change in the future which is why the T-20 World Cup venue won't shift.

[Sithara007]

IPL is scheduled in UAE right, what is the situation in UAE because if things turns out to be bad then they might need to shift the World Cup from there as well  .

UAE has almost 80% vaccination rate, and therefore they should be OK. UAE was in fact one of the first countries to offer universal vaccination to anyone residing within their borders. However I am not very sure about Oman. Almost every country in the world is affected by the spread of delta variant, and even countries like UAE may witness some impact from it. Even after the vaccination campaign, they are reporting close to 1,000 new cases per day. Just hope that the IPL/T20 World Cup will proceed as per the plans.

[Juggy777]

IPL is scheduled in UAE right, what is the situation in UAE because if things turns out to be bad then they might need to shift the World Cup from there as well  .

UAE has almost 80% vaccination rate, and therefore they should be OK. UAE was in fact one of the first countries to offer universal vaccination to anyone residing within their borders. However I am not very sure about Oman. Almost every country in the world is affected by the spread of delta variant, and even countries like UAE may witness some impact from it. Even after the vaccination campaign, they are reporting close to 1,000 new cases per day. Just hope that the IPL/T20 World Cup will proceed as per the plans.

@Sithara007 indeed you’re right as two days ago UAE reported over 1000+ cases, but they’re equally vaccinating people a lot as shown by the live chart seen in the link below. Furthermore I asked my friend who lives there about the ground situation in UAE, and she confirmed that for now all looks good, but they’re hoping cases dip soon otherwise there may be trouble ahead.

Source:

https://covid19.ncema.gov.ae/en

[bryant.coleman]

@Sithara007 indeed you’re right as two days ago UAE reported over 1000+ cases, but they’re equally vaccinating people a lot as shown by the live chart seen in the link below. Furthermore I asked my friend who lives there about the ground situation in UAE, and she confirmed that for now all looks good, but they’re hoping cases dip soon otherwise there may be trouble ahead.

Source:

https://covid19.ncema.gov.ae/en

It is strange. Their official site shows that they have administered 179.09 doses per 100 people, which is enough to vaccinate 90% of the population. If they are witnessing so many new cases (the total population of UAE is less than 10 million), then it means that at least some of the vaccines that they have used is ineffective. And that doesn't surprise me, as during the initial stages they were heavily using the Sinopharm vaccine. I am worried about the IPL and the T20 World Cup. If they impose lockdowns, then these tournaments may get postponed again.

[UmerIdrees]

^^^ It is good that a former captain is appointed as the chairman of PCB. In India also, Sourav Ganguly was recently appointed as the president of the BCCI. These former players are more knowledgeable than the businessmen about various issues faced by the players. Ganguly was instrumental in removing BCCI's opposition to including cricket in the Olympics. Similarly, I believe that Rameez will also make revolutionary changes to cricket in Pakistan. First of all, they need a complete revamp of the domestic tournament.

Finally its happened. Now Rameez Raja have to proof himself  as there is a lot of work and changes due in the domestics structure of the cricket in the country.

[Haunebu]

Finally its happened. Now Rameez Raja have to proof himself  as there is a lot of work and changes due in the domestics structure of the cricket in the country.

This is big news. Personally, I have always enjoyed Raja's commentary and views on Cricket which is why I feel that PCB did the right thing appointing him as their chief. This could help the Pakistan team move in the right direction in my opinion.

Some stupid people are opposing his appointment due to his support for Indian Cricket. These people are clearly focusing on his political side and neglecting his experience in Cricket over the years.

[Sithara007]

The news from Zimbabwe is that Craig Ervine has been appointed as the captain. And he is the 5th captain of the Zimbabwe cricket team since 2020. Zimbabwe has named a strong squad for the tours of Scotland and Ireland, with star players such as Craig Ervine, Sean Williams and Brendan Taylor included in the squad. The matches are going to be very crucial, as Zimbabwe is currently placed at the last position of the World Cup Super league points table, with just one win from 6 matches. Ireland has 3 wins from 12 matches played so far.   

[Iranus]

The news from Zimbabwe is that Craig Ervine has been appointed as the captain. And he is the 5th captain of the Zimbabwe cricket team since 2020. Zimbabwe has named a strong squad for the tours of Scotland and Ireland, with star players such as Craig Ervine, Sean Williams and Brendan Taylor included in the squad. The matches are going to be very crucial, as Zimbabwe is currently placed at the last position of the World Cup Super league points table, with just one win from 6 matches. Ireland has 3 wins from 12 matches played so far.   

The Zimbabwean team does not seem bad. They try a lot but don't get the expected performance. Players like Williams and Tylor are in the squad. Hopefully, they can win the next series. Ireland and Scotland are not very strong teams. Zimbabwe will win only if they can get a stable performance.