LordPrabhzy Posted October 11, 2018 Share Posted October 11, 2018 (edited) Quote China has long been described as a dormant superpower, but where cricket is concerned, it is clearly still in the deepest of slumbers. It took their next-door neighbours Nepal just 1.5 overs to hunt down a miniscule total of 26, as China slumped to their fifth defeat out of five in the ICC's latest regional qualifier for the next World T20 in 2020. With a population of approximately 1.5 billion people, China has a burgeoning and focussed interest in global sporting prowess - from their hosting of the 2008 Olympics to the recent relaunch of the super-rich China Super League, they aim to create a GBP500 billion dollar sports industry by 2025. But where cricket is concerned, China remains way off the pace - despite the best endeavours of the former Bangladesh captain, Aminul Islam, who described himself as the "Neil Armstrong of Chinese cricket" when he was appointed by the Asian Cricket Council a decade ago oversee the growth of the game in the country. "We are putting extra effort into China, because without China, cricket is not a global sport," Aminul told ESPNcricinfo back in 2010. On the current evidence, the sport will remain a second-class citizen for some years to come. In today's non-contest, just one Chinese batsman, Hong Jiang Yan reached double figures - opening the batting he made 11 from 27 balls, having made scores of 1, 0, 1 and 1 in his first four outings of the tournament. Seven of their players made ducks, two of them falling to Nepal's star of the show, the 18-year-old legspinner, Sandeep Lamichhane, who returned the stunning figures of 3 for 4 in four overs to take his tally for the tournament to 20 wickets in 17 overs at an average of 2.05. In reply, Nepal's openers galloped to their total in an 11-ball flurry - with Binod Bhandari clobbering 24 of those in eight deliveries, with three fours and a six. Nepal have now won five games out of five, with a top-of-the-table showdown to come against Singapore on Friday. Both sides have already secured their progression to next year's WT20 Asian finals, with Nepal sealing their berth with their 117-run win over Bhutan on Tuesday. For China, it's back to the drawing board - although they have one last outing to come against Malaysia on Friday. And given that Malaysia themselves reduced Myanmar to 9 for 8 in another extraordinary contest on Tuesday, the portents are great. On the plus side, China still have time to get their ambitions in order before these beatings take on any official status. The ICC recently announced that all T20Is would be given full international status, but effective only from January 1, 2019. Fortunately, that edict won't be extended to 50-over contests, in which China's record is no better. In April 2017, they lost by 390 runs to Saudi Arabia after being bowled out for 28 in a World League Qualifier. Are they doing this on purpose? How can anyone be THIS bad after being exposed to the sport for 3/4 years? Unless they are flipping coins to randomly pick people of the streets who have never seen cricket pads in their life? http://www.espncricinfo.com/series/18957/report/1160960/china-vs-nepal-16th-match-icc-world-twenty20-asia-region-qualifier-b-2018-19 Edited October 11, 2018 by LordPrabhzy Link to comment
gattaca Posted October 11, 2018 Share Posted October 11, 2018 They were looking for PSL contract. Wall2018, UrmiSinhaRay and Kothili 1 2 Link to comment
rageaddict Posted October 12, 2018 Share Posted October 12, 2018 Deliberately under-performing I think. UrmiSinhaRay 1 Link to comment
beetle Posted October 12, 2018 Share Posted October 12, 2018 They should just retire. UrmiSinhaRay 1 Link to comment
kirkutfan Posted October 12, 2018 Share Posted October 12, 2018 Don’t worry Dhoni will turn it around by teaching them the helicopter shot. Then you’ll hear how grateful they are to the legend who taught them everything they know about cricket. Kothili and UrmiSinhaRay 1 1 Link to comment
nevada Posted October 12, 2018 Share Posted October 12, 2018 2 hours ago, kirkutfan said: Don’t worry Dhoni will turn it around by teaching them the helicopter shot. Then you’ll hear how grateful they are to the legend who taught them everything they know about cricket. The only thing he can teach them is to take it to the last over. That they already did, scoring 35 batting for a full 20 overs in the last game. That is 3x more than what they scored in this game, playing reckless shots and getting all out. UrmiSinhaRay 1 Link to comment
Asim Posted October 12, 2018 Share Posted October 12, 2018 China vs Dera Ismail Khan should be a great contest http://www.espncricinfo.com/series/545574/scorecard/545575/pakistan-railways-vs-dera-ismail-khan- Mariyam, Switchblade, UrmiSinhaRay and 1 other 1 3 Link to comment
LordPrabhzy Posted October 12, 2018 Author Share Posted October 12, 2018 7 hours ago, Asim said: China vs Dera Ismail Khan should be a great contest http://www.espncricinfo.com/series/545574/scorecard/545575/pakistan-railways-vs-dera-ismail-khan- Ye kya bachon ki team thi? Dera Ismail Khan? UrmiSinhaRay and Switchblade 1 1 Link to comment
zen Posted October 12, 2018 Share Posted October 12, 2018 They need to play for CSK, where are friends of the Chennai team say players acquire the “winning mentality” UrmiSinhaRay 1 Link to comment
kirkutfan Posted October 13, 2018 Share Posted October 13, 2018 10 hours ago, Asim said: China vs Dera Ismail Khan should be a great contest http://www.espncricinfo.com/series/545574/scorecard/545575/pakistan-railways-vs-dera-ismail-khan- Especially now. The Dera Ismail Khan guys would be around 75-80 years old now. They can have their morning chai, limber up with their morning walk and take on the Chinese. UrmiSinhaRay 1 Link to comment
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