Specials – Northern Ireland’s Commonwealth moment

Cricket has been part of the Commonwealth Games only once, i.e in 1998 in Kuala Lampur, the Malaysian capital. Sixteen countries took part in the event, consisting of 50-over-a-side List A matches. Among the teams was Northern Ireland, who qualified by virtue of being a Commonwealth nation. The Ireland cricket team has always been […]

SPECIALS – Cricket’s tryst with the Commonwealth Games

The 20th Commonwealth Games are underway in Glasgow with the best sporting talent from Commonwealth nations in action. Cricket – one of the lasting legacies of the British empire – continues to stay away from the quadrennial event, even though almost all the cricketing nations are members of the Commonwealth. However, cricket […]