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Australia in Sri Lanka 2016

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waiopehu oldboy

Stirling Mortlock (74)
There is, inevitably, a list on wiki that says there's been two, the other being Dick Westcott of South Africa, 1954-58.

They list 52 players "born in non-Test playing nations" but I can't help noticing that 30 of them are from Scotland, Northern Ireland or just Ireland prior to independence. No-one is listed as being Welsh, though, which is doubly odd: surely if Scotland & Ireland are "non-Test playing nations" then so must be Wales?

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Test_cricketers_born_in_non-Test_playing_nations

EDIT: just to add to the oddness, according to a different wiki page, "...The England cricket team is the team that represents England and Wales (and until 1992 also Scotland)....." So how then can Mike Denness etc be listed as being born in a non-Test playing nation?
 

Strewthcobber

Mark Ella (57)
There is, inevitably, a list on wiki that says there's been two, the other being Dick Westcott of South Africa, 1954-58.

They list 52 players "born in non-Test playing nations" but I can't help noticing that 30 of them are from Scotland, Northern Ireland or just Ireland prior to independence. No-one is listed as being Welsh, though, which is doubly odd: surely if Scotland & Ireland are "non-Test playing nations" then so must be Wales?

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Test_cricketers_born_in_non-Test_playing_nations
Nah - the ECB is officially the England and Wales cricket board.

Presumably this is because of Glamorgan's historical position in county cricket.

Bit like the West indies
 

waiopehu oldboy

Stirling Mortlock (74)
^^^^^^^^^^ ECB has only existed since 1/01/97 & as above the preceding Test & County Cricket Board officially represented Scotland until 1992. Still researching the Irish side of things (my money's already on the Irish having been screwed over by the English at some point, tho :))
 

Quick Hands

David Wilson (68)
^^^^^^^^^^ ECB has only existed since 1/01/97 & as above the preceding Test & County Cricket Board officially represented Scotland until 1992. Still researching the Irish side of things (my money's already on the Irish having been screwed over by the English at some point, tho :))

The Irish Cricket Union (forerunner of Cricket Ireland) was founded in 1923.

http://www.cricketireland.ie/about/history

Interesting to read that in 1902 the Gaelic Athletic Association banned its members from playing the "English"sports of rugby, football and cricket and that the ban lasted for 70 years.
 

Strewthcobber

Mark Ella (57)
India A show they have their own struggles batting away - all out for 56 in 16 overs in Townsville. Just one player made more than 7
 

waiopehu oldboy

Stirling Mortlock (74)
Rain delay in Colombo, SL 301/7 (de Silva 129, Chandimal 105*). Aussies must feel they've let a match-winning position slip.
 

The torpedo

Peter Fenwicke (45)
Good score, especially from 5/26.

We have it all to do now - essential that we bat with composure and not throw wickets away trying to hit bowlers out of the attack.

And look what happens - whoop-de-fucking-do.

Australia 1/23

Warner out attempting to smash it
 
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