Tag: Test

  • West Indies wins only 2 matches of 9 in England

    In the West Indies tour of England ending today (September 29, 2017), the West Indies lost the test series 1-2 won the only T20 international lost the 5 match ODI 0-4, with one match rained out.  England basically scored at 7 – 8 runs per game in almost every match, something unheard of.  Even when…

  • Ireland and Afghanistan now both Test cricket nations

    In an unprecedented move, the  International Cricket Council (ICC) have upgraded both Afghanistan and Ireland to “Test Cricket status”, up from next level of “Associate nations”, joining the other ten (10) full test playing nations of England – 1877 Australia – 1877 South Africa – 1889 (12 years later) West Indies – 1928 (39 years…