Good game, this. #SCOvNEP

New Sunset Rubdown album? When did that happen? Well that's today's belatedly biking to cricket tunes sorted then. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kRpNglUxQP0&list=PLrK_gUZWeddUwToWB3GLcr4kzAHaRQ25d&index=4

Aye and RvdM's HBS affilitation is a bit hypothetical at this point tbh.

Couple of changes for the Dutch squad that heads to Scotland for the next leg of #CWCL2, most notably a call up for VRA's left arm quick Ben Fletcher, who replaces Klaassen. Recall for the veteran Wes Barresi too, in for de Leede. So barring ZLC it's a 100% Topklasse squad...

worth making a mental note that cricinfo just uncritically tweeted this statement.

Off to the Bos again for the #CWCL2 tri-series opener - some Scottish nostalia tunes for the bike down: Teenage Fanclub - A Catholic Education https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nj-HgIxh6P0&list=OLAK5uy_leXzxnWXRp3FHcAjTsYuhqcYPo-5H5ges

Just me planning some WT20I rankings strategies with aspiring teams here when the ICC come in with their sudden women's update... youtu.be/wKbU8B-QVZk?...

I thought the Fourth Home Rule Bill did away with these like a hundred years ago?

Happy ICC Men's ODI & T20I Team Rankings Update Day to all who celebrate.

Relevant to my interests.

Intriguingly, the Canadian press is describing Star 333 Sports, sponsor of the promised "Canada Super 60," as a UK-based company. Back when they were backing the Scottish Super 10 (that never happened) they were US-based. Fairly sure it's still Abhishek Shah. Guess he moved?

Have to say it was a bit disappointing to see only a single-camera silent stream for Afghanistan WXI vs CWB XI today given the significance. Okay cameras aren't cheap but how hard is it to wire up a mic for comms? There's a story to be told and surely plenty willing to tell it?

Bit of out-of-season Dutch domestic news for you all, Topklasse will be going back to 8 teams from 2026. So potentially three teams relegated to the Hoofdklasse at the end of next season. HK itself apparently also contracting, so could be a lot of relegation happening there too.

Missed this over the festive period. Cricket Canada cuit ties with Gurmeet Singh's Bombay Sports. Reasonable to surmise this likely means the end of the Canadian Global T20 League. www.cricketcanada.org/news-detail/...

Consistent positive noises regarding the long-mooted European T20 Franchise collaboration between Ireland, Netherlands and Scotland growing ever louder. We now have an ICC sign-off, a new name* and a putative window - July 15 - August 3rd next year. *the extremely dull "European T20 Premier League"

It is official now incidentally, they're off to Nepal next month for a WT20I tri-series along with Thailand.

More reportable news out of the KNCB meet: Netherlands Women will heasd to Kathmandu in late January for a T20 Tri-Series with Nepal and Thailand.

First reportable news from the KNCB meet; the men's tour to Zimbabwe is off, but Namibia and training tour to SA is still on.

📢🚨!SECOND EUROSLAM MENTION KLAXON!🚨📢

We should know something early next year apparently.

Yeah there's been optimistic chat this side of the water too. OH STOP THE PRESSES THERE'S CHAT RIGHT NOW!

KNCB general meeting time. Quite spicy. I will not be live-tweeting this time round...

Oh also I did get a free copy of a cricket-themed dice game that he came up with at one point. It was mildly diverting.

I don't know him well, but interim CEO-ing is a bit of a specialty of his I gather. All it really means is (speculation disclaimer goes here) that they're presumably not expecting Visser back any time soon.

Well well.

Big win for Suriname over the Caymans keeps the Americas T20 SR Qualifier interesting. Bermuda still look like they'll cruise to the title but the other two spots tough to call at this stage. Bahamas making the early running but their toughest fixtures are still to come...

Probably the second dumbest thing Greg Barclay said in a wide-ranging dumb interview that showcased a remarkably broad and diverse range of dumb opinions. Here follows a thread I did on the other place last year which remains correct.

Anybody got a clip of the bird incident that held up Belize vs Mexico at the Americas T20 Qualifier last night? It's important.

Don't think so. There's two Vishaul Singhs. He's not the one that's definitely from Guyana.

Suriname need 13 off the final over for a victory on T20I debut vs Panama. They've been absent from International cricket since being dumped out of the WCL in 2016 for fielding inelligble players. Gavin Singh, now at the crease, was one of them. Hope he's been making his days...

There's literally nothing stopping you from just doing this table yourself and putting it on a blog or in your diary or something, Chef.

This really doesn't read like an interview conducted at 10 in the morning. www.telegraph.co.uk/cricket/2024...

I'll grant you the KNCB's habit of vascillating between different approaches to accountancy does have a somewhat obfuscatory effect, but they deserve a lot of credit for the detailed info they put out. They're far more transparent than most boards in that regard.

While the KNCB's financial woes do put a damper on Full Membership speculation, a double caveat is warranted. 1st that the target of FM status by 2026 was set by the previous board, and 2nd that it's not clear that Full Membership is still a realistic ambition for any Associate.

Long-read on the KNCB budget crunch, and implications for Dutch cricket touching on professionalisation, development, and fading full-memebership ambitions. Je n’ai fait celle-ci plus longue que parce que je n’ai pas eu le loisir de la faire plus courte. www.cricbuzz.com/cricket-news...

Isle of Man and Mongolia's unwanted record for lowest total in men's T20Is under threat right now, Cote d'Ivoire currently 6-6 vs Nigeria and in real danger of being bowled out for single figures. www.icc-cricket.com/videos/niger...

Thinking about this note a lot of late...

Pakistan's T20I tour to the Netherlands, initially scheduled for May of next year, won't be going ahead. Options to reschedule being explored.

Exclusive scoop coming on here tomorrow morning (EuroTime) for my bluesky followers (bluesguys?).

Ok I'm here where's my peeps?