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Got blindsided by the news article (shared by me). Now that you mentioned about their status, I remember they did visit Bangladesh recently for test/ limited overs series.
^^^^ Yup.. they are still getting money.. and plenty of it. The ICC briefly suspended them in 2019. But a few months later, they were re-instated as a full member and the funding resumed. No one really cares about all the corruption going on there. The most important thing is that Zimbabwe is a full member and holds one out of the 15 votes in the general council. And this vote can be very valuable...
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In theory, the rich boards can help the poor boards. It sounds so good. But in reality, it hasn't turned out to be a very good idea. For example, take the case of Zimbabwe. The ICC has allotted $90 million for them during 2015-23, and this is manytimes the amount that boards such as Ireland and Afghanistan receive. But have you witnessed any improvement in the situation in Zimbabwe? The money given to Zimbabwe is like celestial material being thrown up in a black hole. Almost all of it would be stolen by the corrupt officials.
In theory, the rich boards can help the poor boards. It sounds so good. But in reality, it hasn't turned out to be a very good idea. For example, take the case of Zimbabwe. The ICC has allotted $90 million for them during 2015-23, and this is manytimes the amount that boards such as Ireland and Afghanistan receive. But have you witnessed any improvement in the situation in Zimbabwe? The money given to Zimbabwe is like celestial material being thrown up in a black hole. Almost all of it would be stolen by the corrupt officials.
They are still getting money?
This article says that ICC already suspended their cricket board for political interference including corruption charges and all funding is cancelled.
https://www.bbc.com/sport/cricket/49038834
PCB seems to be in favor of having the world cup this year and they're even going for an "online fitness test": 
Imagine failing an online test... even Ctrl+C/Ctrl+V couldn't work in this case! 
Sohaib Maqsood gets injured during PCB's online fitness test
Lol moment for Poor guy....
The money given to Zimbabwe is like celestial material being thrown up in a black hole. Almost all of it would be stolen by the corrupt officials.
If the ICC enforces transparency then all the boards will be in trouble as none of them are clean, Zimbabwe cricket is down the drains and the political system controls everything and they really do not care about the game and hence nothing can be said and they lost their players because majority are migrating to other countries and considering that is the case you only get second string players. 
PCB seems to be in favor of having the world cup this year and they're even going for an "online fitness test":
PCB to conduct online fitness test of Pakistan crickets
https://www.brecorder.com/2020/04/08/587614/pcb-to-conduct-online-fitness-test-of-pakistan-crickets/
PCB to conduct online fitness test of Pakistan crickets
https://www.brecorder.com/2020/04/08/587614/pcb-to-conduct-online-fitness-test-of-pakistan-crickets/
Imagine failing an online test... even Ctrl+C/Ctrl+V couldn't work in this case!
Sohaib Maqsood gets injured during PCB's online fitness test
https://cricketpakistan.com.pk/en/news/detail/sohaib-maqsood-gets-injured-during-pcbs-online-fitness-test
These are bad times and o my the fittest will be able to survive. I am not sure what ICC can do in such situation but Rich boards can certainly help these poor board by donating some money.
As long as this virus is active and spreading there will be sever problem for all. IMF has already predicted a sever recession coming soon. I have not heard a single news related about a cure. Untill a cure is out things will remain the same.
As long as this virus is active and spreading there will be sever problem for all. IMF has already predicted a sever recession coming soon. I have not heard a single news related about a cure. Untill a cure is out things will remain the same.
In theory, the rich boards can help the poor boards. It sounds so good. But in reality, it hasn't turned out to be a very good idea. For example, take the case of Zimbabwe. The ICC has allotted $90 million for them during 2015-23, and this is manytimes the amount that boards such as Ireland and Afghanistan receive. But have you witnessed any improvement in the situation in Zimbabwe? The money given to Zimbabwe is like celestial material being thrown up in a black hole. Almost all of it would be stolen by the corrupt officials.
Now this is again a problem: https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/cricket/news/covid-effect-icc-member-boards-running-serious-risk-of-financial-bankruptcy/articleshow/75207196.cms
Their investments are all stuck and all predict that this year there won't be any matches played. This business is so risky? No cricket for a year and they can go bankrupt?
Their investments are all stuck and all predict that this year there won't be any matches played. This business is so risky? No cricket for a year and they can go bankrupt?
These are bad times and o my the fittest will be able to survive. I am not sure what ICC can do in such situation but Rich boards can certainly help these poor board by donating some money.
As long as this virus is active and spreading there will be sever problem for all. IMF has already predicted a sever recession coming soon. I have not heard a single news related about a cure. Untill a cure is out things will remain the same.
Now this is again a problem: https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/cricket/news/covid-effect-icc-member-boards-running-serious-risk-of-financial-bankruptcy/articleshow/75207196.cms
Their investments are all stuck and all predict that this year there won't be any matches played. This business is so risky? No cricket for a year and they can go bankrupt?
Their investments are all stuck and all predict that this year there won't be any matches played. This business is so risky? No cricket for a year and they can go bankrupt?
Definitely not a good time for any industry other than pharma or the one's which are working currently. Rest everywhere it is going to have an adverse effect in the world. And more so for small people or board which dint had enough money would be suffering a lot and this articles covers about it. ICC would have to plan out and take care of such boards as well and get them back on the track.
Yes I live in Australia and compared to the rest of the big countries in the world, Australia has done a great job at containing the spread of the virus. The country isn't in full lock down as most states are at stage 3 but stage 4 will be a full lock down except for super markets for food and pharmacies. To have just over 6,500 cases compared to most countries is good with a population of over 24 million, the cases have been going down as well and like I said winter is coming which could be a danger period. If Australia can keep it under control then we could see the T20 world cup go ahead on time or maybe delayed a month or two. The Australian summer starts in December so there is a lot of time to get the tournament started.
The Australian government did an exceptional job and it is one of the handful of countries where the number of actives cases is going down. A month ago, they used to have 400 to 500 new cases per day, and this number has been reduce to 40 to 50 cases now. Those countries which refused to implement lockdown (such as Brazil and Sweden) are now paying dearly for it.
Well at first the Prime Minister looked like he wasn't going to shut down and it was actually pressure from the state governments that basically forced the PM to enforce a lock down. I think by doing this early on it has saved most people here from contracting the virus but like I said Australia isn't out of this just yet with winter coming in the next month and a half. That's when we'll see if Australia has avoided the virus and hopefully we will see the T20 world cup played some time later this year or early next year.
Now this is again a problem: https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/cricket/news/covid-effect-icc-member-boards-running-serious-risk-of-financial-bankruptcy/articleshow/75207196.cms
Their investments are all stuck and all predict that this year there won't be any matches played. This business is so risky? No cricket for a year and they can go bankrupt?
Their investments are all stuck and all predict that this year there won't be any matches played. This business is so risky? No cricket for a year and they can go bankrupt?
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Few egoistic leaders have ruined their country and those who understood the situation went ahead and implemented lockdown for the betterment of their citizens.
You need to think out of the box in such situations. The root cause of all these problem is the red dragon which is still not helping the world against this virus.
Don't tell me that you expected Trump to think out of the box :-PYou need to think out of the box in such situations. The root cause of all these problem is the red dragon which is still not helping the world against this virus.
I hope better days are coming soon. We are in world war 3 with bio weapon.
What is retrolive? I just see cricinfo is covering an IPL match as Live but it is also mentioned like "RetroLive". Is it like rewinding an old match ball by ball? Are you people finding it is interesting? I am not sure what is the purposes of reviewing an old match ball by ball. Will the commentators write something new for every ball for commentary or will do copy-paste from old things?
When I saw it first time yesterday, I was confused thinking that it's really happening then vishnu or someone explained what exactly was going on. Of course, it's boring. Who is going to watch the scores in a website that is updating of an event that already happened.However, imagine if the bookies were offering betting on these scores LOL
What is retrolive? I just see cricinfo is covering an IPL match as Live but it is also mentioned like "RetroLive". Is it like rewinding an old match ball by ball? Are you people finding it is interesting? I am not sure what is the purposes of reviewing an old match ball by ball. Will the commentators write something new for every ball for commentary or will do copy-paste from old things?
Is there any perspective from gambling point here? I mean retrolive opens any gambling possibilities also? I guess we cannot bet on old matches still not sure what are the modern innovations, lol
. I mean honestly I did not expect cricinfo to do something like this with old matches.
Here is the coverage of currently retrolive match: https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/19832/commentary/1220949/royal-challengers-bangalore-vs-kolkata-knight-riders-1st-match-n-indian-premier-league-retrolive-2019-20
As we all living in lock down we have no chance of any gambling but still some can take enjoyment with what's happening on next ball as some time ago this was also very good thing in domestic matches many peoples sitting near boundary line doing this all was good and in these old matches this can happen. Is there any perspective from gambling point here? I mean retrolive opens any gambling possibilities also? I guess we cannot bet on old matches still not sure what are the modern innovations, lol
. I mean honestly I did not expect cricinfo to do something like this with old matches.Here is the coverage of currently retrolive match: https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/19832/commentary/1220949/royal-challengers-bangalore-vs-kolkata-knight-riders-1st-match-n-indian-premier-league-retrolive-2019-20
What is retrolive? I just see cricinfo is covering an IPL match as Live but it is also mentioned like "RetroLive". Is it like rewinding an old match ball by ball? Are you people finding it is interesting? I am not sure what is the purposes of reviewing an old match ball by ball. Will the commentators write something new for every ball for commentary or will do copy-paste from old things?
Is there any perspective from gambling point here? I mean retrolive opens any gambling possibilities also? I guess we cannot bet on old matches still not sure what are the modern innovations, lol. I mean honestly I did not expect cricinfo to do something like this with old matches.
Here is the coverage of currently retrolive match: https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/19832/commentary/1220949/royal-challengers-bangalore-vs-kolkata-knight-riders-1st-match-n-indian-premier-league-retrolive-2019-20
Is there any perspective from gambling point here? I mean retrolive opens any gambling possibilities also? I guess we cannot bet on old matches still not sure what are the modern innovations, lol
. I mean honestly I did not expect cricinfo to do something like this with old matches.Here is the coverage of currently retrolive match: https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/19832/commentary/1220949/royal-challengers-bangalore-vs-kolkata-knight-riders-1st-match-n-indian-premier-league-retrolive-2019-20
Yes I live in Australia and compared to the rest of the big countries in the world, Australia has done a great job at containing the spread of the virus. The country isn't in full lock down as most states are at stage 3 but stage 4 will be a full lock down except for super markets for food and pharmacies. To have just over 6,500 cases compared to most countries is good with a population of over 24 million, the cases have been going down as well and like I said winter is coming which could be a danger period. If Australia can keep it under control then we could see the T20 world cup go ahead on time or maybe delayed a month or two. The Australian summer starts in December so there is a lot of time to get the tournament started.
The Australian government did an exceptional job and it is one of the handful of countries where the number of actives cases is going down. A month ago, they used to have 400 to 500 new cases per day, and this number has been reduce to 40 to 50 cases now. Those countries which refused to implement lockdown (such as Brazil and Sweden) are now paying dearly for it.
Few egoistic leaders have ruined their country and those who understood the situation went ahead and implemented lockdown for the betterment of their citizens.
You need to think out of the box in such situations. The root cause of all these problem is the red dragon which is still not helping the world against this virus.
Yes I live in Australia and compared to the rest of the big countries in the world, Australia has done a great job at containing the spread of the virus. The country isn't in full lock down as most states are at stage 3 but stage 4 will be a full lock down except for super markets for food and pharmacies. To have just over 6,500 cases compared to most countries is good with a population of over 24 million, the cases have been going down as well and like I said winter is coming which could be a danger period. If Australia can keep it under control then we could see the T20 world cup go ahead on time or maybe delayed a month or two. The Australian summer starts in December so there is a lot of time to get the tournament started.
The Australian government did an exceptional job and it is one of the handful of countries where the number of actives cases is going down. A month ago, they used to have 400 to 500 new cases per day, and this number has been reduce to 40 to 50 cases now. Those countries which refused to implement lockdown (such as Brazil and Sweden) are now paying dearly for it.
Australia has done a great job at keeping the corona virus under control so far however winter is coming soon which could cause the virus to spike but as the country is in lock down it should help steam the cases in winter. Why I say this is because it could be a good sign that the T20 world cup will go ahead as planned if Australia can keep the virus under control.
Dude, are you from Australia? I heard something crazy about that country and perhaps you can verify it. Somewhere I read that a 6-month lockdown was implemented in Australia? Any truth with this? And I checked the stats about the latest COVID 19 situation. Australia is not faring that well. Despite whatever lockdown they have, till date they have 6,500 cases, increasing at a rate of 40-50 per day.
Yes I live in Australia and compared to the rest of the big countries in the world, Australia has done a great job at containing the spread of the virus. The country isn't in full lock down as most states are at stage 3 but stage 4 will be a full lock down except for super markets for food and pharmacies. To have just over 6,500 cases compared to most countries is good with a population of over 24 million, the cases have been going down as well and like I said winter is coming which could be a danger period. If Australia can keep it under control then we could see the T20 world cup go ahead on time or maybe delayed a month or two. The Australian summer starts in December so there is a lot of time to get the tournament started.
Australia is much better when we compare it with the rest of the world. Only 6000+ cases for Australia means they they have implemented good lockdown and awareness among the people. Still i think T20 world cup will not be possible for them to host this year.
At least during the initial months, the Southern hemisphere was not much impacted by the pandemic. But now the situation is slowly changing. Some of the fastest growing outbreaks are in countries such as Brazil, Peru and Ecuador. The Australian government deserves a lot of credit for announcing the lockdown so early. That prevented a lot of deaths, although there was a lot of economic damage.
Most of the countries have two choices, either save the people or save the economy. Those who opted to save the people opted for lock down at early stages and they did the right thing. Those who waited and worried about their economy are now suffering from both the virus and economic issues.
Australia is much better when we compare it with the rest of the world. Only 6000+ cases for Australia means they they have implemented good lockdown and awareness among the people. Still i think T20 world cup will not be possible for them to host this year.
At least during the initial months, the Southern hemisphere was not much impacted by the pandemic. But now the situation is slowly changing. Some of the fastest growing outbreaks are in countries such as Brazil, Peru and Ecuador. The Australian government deserves a lot of credit for announcing the lockdown so early. That prevented a lot of deaths, although there was a lot of economic damage.
Most of the countries have two choices, either save the people or save the economy. Those who opted to save the people opted for lock down at early stages and they did the right thing. Those who waited and worried about their economy are now suffering from both the virus and economic issues.
Australia is much better when we compare it with the rest of the world. Only 6000+ cases for Australia means they they have implemented good lockdown and awareness among the people. Still i think T20 world cup will not be possible for them to host this year.
At least during the initial months, the Southern hemisphere was not much impacted by the pandemic. But now the situation is slowly changing. Some of the fastest growing outbreaks are in countries such as Brazil, Peru and Ecuador. The Australian government deserves a lot of credit for announcing the lockdown so early. That prevented a lot of deaths, although there was a lot of economic damage.
If anyone has time ( a lot of us should have time in these days ), then you can take this T20 quiz and share your score.
https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/_/id/29047919/how-much-trivia-do-know-t20-world-cups
Remember to take the quiz one time and no cheating. I scored 4/10 only
https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/_/id/29047919/how-much-trivia-do-know-t20-world-cups
Remember to take the quiz one time and no cheating. I scored 4/10 only
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