Quote from: TheGreatPython on July 15, 2022, 09:30:56 PM

Quote from: Ramiza on July 15, 2022, 04:58:25 PM

Australia T20 World Cup 2022 at the doorstep. The Netherlands cricket team qualified for the T20 World Cup to be held in Australia.

Definitely this is going to be good news for Zimbabwe they are again in World Cup which is going to play in Australia after three months after beating The USA, Jersey and Singapore. From other group Netherlands also qualify for T-20 World cup after beating PNG, Uganda and Hong Kong after winning group matches these both teams played in semifinal with Zimbabwe against PNG and Netherlands against The USA and beat their opponents for qualifying into main event.

https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/t20-world-cup-qualifier-zimbabwe-and-netherlands-claim-final-two-spots-at-2022-mens-t20-world-cup-1324898

Zimbabwe had the unfair advantage of receiving $12 million per year in ICC funds. Other teams such as PNG receives around 1% of that amount. But despite all that, Papua New Guinea gave them a good fight yesterday. I will miss them in the next world cup, because they were one of the small number of teams with native players from the Oceania region. And also, I am glad that Netherlands managed to qualify. A few young players are emerging within the Netherlands squad, such as Bas de Leede. The direction of growth for Netherlands has been in the negative direction for the last few decades. Hopefully with younger players performing well, they may once again be able to perform at the top level.