The arrival of Perth’s Optus Stadium on the international scene in January 2018 increased the total number of men’s ODI grounds in Australia to 19. Of these, as many as seven grounds have ended up hosting just a solitary ODI each. Here is a look back at these forgotten venues’ trysts with the international […]
Read More Specials – Australia’s one-match ODI groundsIn 1992, Scotland broke away from the Test and County Cricket Board (TCCB), thus creating their own cricketing identity separate from England. They gained Associate membership of the International Cricket Council (ICC) in 1994, making them eligible to play in the ICC Trophy, as the World Cup Qualifier was then known. Scotland’s first appearance […]
Read More Record Book – Scotland’s first ODI appearanceA fourth-place finish at the 2005 ICC Trophy (as the World Cup Qualifier was then known) in Ireland handed Bermuda a historic spot at the 16-team 2007 World Cup to be played in the Caribbean. After having narrowly missed out on qualifying for the 1979, 1983 and 1996 editions of the World Cup, the […]
Read More Specials – When Bermuda triumphed on ODI debutIndia’s largest ODI victory by runs at home came in the fourth match of the recently-ended ODI series against the West Indies at the Brabourne Stadium in Mumbai. It had all the essentials for a massive win: batsmen bulking up the scoreboard, followed by dominating performances by the bowlers and the fielders. Yet, […]
Read More Specials – The biggest wins in ODI cricketIndia were due to play in their third consecutive ODI tournament in Singapore, but pulled out at the last minute, citing that it would not be appropriate to take part during the match-fixing crisis. Pakistan came in instead, joining New Zealand and South Africa for the Godrej Singapore Challenge held at the Kallang Ground […]
Read More Specials – ODI cricket in Singapore, Part 3The second triangular ODI tournament in Singapore took place three and a half years after the first, at a new venue. The Kallang Ground played host to India, the West Indies and Zimbabwe in the Coca-Cola Singapore Challenge from September 2-8, 1999, and like the Padang, it was characterised by short boundaries, which contributed towards […]
Read More Specials – ODI cricket in Singapore, Part 2The Asia Cup group game between India and Pakistan in Dubai on September 19 was the first instance of the arch-rivals playing each other in the United Arab Emirates in over 12 years. The previous instance of the two teams meeting in the UAE was in 2006, when they played a two-ODI series in […]
Read More Specials – Best of Indo-Pak duels in the desertIn the first of this three-part series, we look back at the first ever One-Day International (ODI) tournament to be hosted by Singapore. The subcontinental trio of India, Pakistan and newly-crowned World Cup champions Sri Lanka came together to contest the Singer Cup, a week-long round-robin competition played on the Singapore Cricket Club ground […]
Read More Specials – ODI cricket in Singapore, Part 1By virtue of winning the six-team Asia Cup Qualifier held in Malaysia, Hong Kong confirmed a return to the Asia Cup after a decade. Earlier this year, Hong Kong lost their ODI status after a wooden-spoon finish at the World Cup Qualifier in Zimbabwe, but their qualification for the Asia Cup has ensured them […]
Read More Specials – Hong Kong at the Asia CupIn early 2004, six Associate nations competed in an ICC Six Nations Challenge held in the United Arab Emirates, the winner of which would join the ten full members and Kenya at the ICC Champions Trophy to be played in England later in the year. The teams in the fray were Canada, Namibia, the […]
Read More Specials – When the USA faced the world champions
