3-2 ODI series win! Congrats to them!!
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Zimbabwe takes out Sri Lanka..
Big up Zimbabwe, my favorite African team!
How is Zimbabwe moving up in the rankings table? Are they close to overtaking the West Indies now?
In reply to Khaga
In reply to Kay
Not close, they're still ranked below Afghanistan. But it does help us get closer to Sri Lanka, they will lose some ranking points from the series loss.
To qualify Sri Lanka has to lose all their matches against India and WI must win all their matches against Ireland and England
Zimbabwe beats Sri Lanka.
Sri Lanka beat India.
Netherlands *and* Scotland beat Zimbabwe.
Netherlands/Scotland > India?
In reply to Khaga
How many African teams did you have to choose from?
This just illustrates how stupid it is to have ICC full members--like Zimbabwe--qualify to play the World Cup. Champions trophy, yes. But World Cup should include all full members with associates playing a qualifying tournament.
Congrats to the Zimmers! Btw, the pak born SRaza, what's his speciality?
In reply to JOJOEven that is a farce. ICC needs to look at how FIFA WC and Championship Trophy competitions work. The Confederations Cup is one example that lets Cup Winners play for a Major Trophy. Similar to Golf even if its an individual sport - You win a major you qualify. Same with the ICC World Championship, let teams play an equal amount of sanctioned WC qualifying matches over the 3 year period to get points from those matches. Traditional multi revenue generating series that teams set up on their own shouldn't give you points ( they are sort of friendlies.
In reply to JOJO
Why not have *all* members play a qualifying tournament instead? Seems like a far more fair and meritocratic system.
Or, as Scar suggests, have everybody play a set of fixed length series with World Cup qualification at stake.
Of course, the ICC is run by the FMs, unlike FIFA and everybody else. So unlikely to happen especially if a 'big country' would be at risk of not qualifying.
Apart from a trophy or plaque and a bit of cash, they truly are friendlies.
Apparently Angelo Mathews has resigned as national team captain. Maybe the time is right?
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