The 16-team format used for the 2007 World Cup proved to be short-lived, as the tournament reverted to a two-group structure of 14 teams (as was the case in 2003, but with quarterfinals instead of the Super Six) for the next two editions. In this final part of our series on Associates at the […]
Read More Specials – Associate nations at the World Cup, Part 5As seen in Part 2, Zimbabwe became the ninth Test nation in 1992, thus opening up further opportunities for the Associates to partake at the World Cup. Moreover, the next two editions of the World Cup saw 12 teams in action, which meant that three spots were up for grabs for the Associates in […]
Read More Specials – Associate nations at the World Cup, Part 3The 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 desert
The Cricket Cauldron 